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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. What year does Mr. Lockwood see on the gate to Mr. Heathcliff's estate in Chapter 1?

2. How many years does Mrs. Dean say she has worked at the estate in Chapter 4?

3. What is the name of Catherine Earnshaw's older brother?

4. What is the distance between Thrushcross Grange and Wuthering Heights?

5. How many years after her father's death does Catherine marry Edgar?

Short Essay Questions

1. How much time has passed since Isabella's disappearance in Chapter 13? What happened during this time?

2. In what year does the novel begin? Where is Mr. Lockwood when his character is first introduced?

3. What revelations does Heathcliff make to Nelly of his motivations in Chapter 14?

4. What causes the conflict when Mr. Lockwood leaves Wuthering Heights in Chapter 2?

5. What causes the conflict between Heathcliff and Edgar in Chapter 7? How is Heathcliff punished?

6. How does Mrs. Dean describe the changes in the Earnshaw household after the birth of Hareton in Chapter 8?

7. What letters are received from Isabella in Chapter 13? What does Isabella ask for in her letters?

8. What leads Nelly to visit the Heights in Chapter 11? What does she encounter when she arrives there?

9. How is Mr. Lockwood greeted when he arrives at Wuthering Heights in Chapter 2?

10. What events and circumstances at Wuthering Heights does Nelly learn about in Chapter 17?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Victorian beliefs regarding the supernatural and the depictions of the supernatural in Wuthering Heights. What were common beliefs during this period in regards to ghosts and haunting? Do you think that the readers of Victorian England would have believed it possible to be haunted by a ghost? How do you think reader perceptions differ today?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the changes in the narrative style of Wuthering Heights that occur in Chapter 4. How does the narrative shift when Mrs. Dean begins telling her story? How does the language style of Nelly’s narration differ from Mr. Lockwood’s? Why do you think the author chooses to make this narrative shift?

Essay Topic 3

Examine Heathcliff’s role as “the outsider” in Wuthering Heights. In what ways does Heathcliff differ in appearance from his adopted siblings at the Earnshaw home? Is Heathcliff treated differently due to his appearance? How does Heathcliff differ in terms of his education, manners, and social expectations? How does this influence his behavior?

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