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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jane is speaking to whom when she states, "I will say the very thought of you makes me sick, and that you treated me with miserable cruelty."

2. According to the gypsy, what is within Jane's reach?

3. Who is the newcomer who arrives from England whom the ladies call a "beautiful man"?

4. Jane discovers the gypsy to be whom?

5. To whom is Jane referring when she thinks, "I will put her to some test, such absolute impenetrability is past comprehension"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Bessie and Mr. Lloyd help Jane after she is punished in the Red Room, and why is this significant?

2. What happens to Helen Burns, and why is this significant?

3. Why is Jane punished in the Red Room, and why is the room significant?

4. What does Mr. Rochester demand of Jane and Mr. Mason when they are left alone together, and what does it signify?

5. What does Jane's first dinner with Mr. Rochester at Thornfield foreshadow?

6. How is Helen Burns treated by Miss Scatcherd, and how does she respond?

7. What does Jane do when she discovers smoke coming from Mr. Rochester's room, and what does this signify?

8. What does the gypsy ask Jane, and why is this significant?

9. When Jane and Rochester meet in the garden, why does Mr. Rochester tell her about a position in Ireland?

10. What does Mrs. Reed tell Mr. Brocklehurst about Jane, and how is this significant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of imagination in the novel. How does imagination function as both a blessing and curse for Jane?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the autobiographical elements in "Jane Eyre."

1) Compare Jane Eyre with Charlotte Bronte.

2) What fictional events are modeled after real-life incidents?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the conflict in "Jane Eyre."

1) What is the conflict between Jane and society?

2) What is the conflict between Jane and the other characters?

3) What is the conflict between Jane and herself?

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