Q.1
What do the accounts of Mrs Reed's punishment of Jane, Mr Brocklehurst's running of Lowood School and Blanche Ingram's account of her governesses share in common?
  • The theme of love
  • The theme of marriage
  • The theme of cruelty
  • The theme of self-determination
Q.2
Which one of the following characters exhibits passion tempered by reason?
  • Bertha Mason
  • Jane as a child
  • St John Rivers
  • Jane as an adult
Q.3
How does class impact on Jane?
  • She is a member of the working class and is lucky to become a governess rather than a kitchen servant
  • She is from a wealthy background and expects to marry well as a consequence
  • She is from a relatively poor background; her poverty is compounded by being an orphan housed by wealthy relatives
  • She is from a middle-class background and can move freely in the same social circles as Mr Rochester
Q.4
The first objects of Jane's affections are....
  • Mrs Fairfax and Sophie
  • Mr Rochester and Adèle
  • John, Eliza, Georgiana and Mrs Reed
  • Helen Burns and Miss Temple
Q.5
"Mr Brocklehurst was here interrupted: three other visitors, ladies, now entered the room. They ought to have come a little sooner to have heard his lecture on dress, for they were splendidly attired in velvet, silk, and furs." To which of the following themes does this sentence relate?
  • Class
  • Gender
  • Hypocrisy
  • All of the above
Q.6
"If you won't let me live with you, I can build a house of my own close up to your door, and you may come and sit in my parlor when you want company of an evening." Which of the following themes is NOT evident in this sentence?
  • Self-determination
  • The supernatural
  • Love
  • Home
Q.7
What does Jane feel as a great, and unjust, restraint on her ability to determine her own future?
  • Her age
  • Her gender
  • Her education
  • Her religion
Q.8
When Jane informs Rochester's servants that she has married him, one remarks that she is not the handsomest of ladies but that she's good-natured and better than the "grand ladies". Which of the following statements is correct?
  • In the novel, good character creates a beautiful outward appearance
  • In the novel, good looks often correspond with poor character
  • In the novel, good looks always correspond with good character
  • In the novel, a beautiful appearance creates a good character
Q.9
What is the effect of Jane's large inheritance from her uncle?
  • The inheritance drives her away from friends
  • The inheritance allows her to be independent
  • The inheritance makes her unhappy
  • The inheritance encourages St John to propose to Jane
Q.10
Throughout the novel, Jane is frequently placed in the position of an outsider. This is NOT true in which of the following situations?
  • As a teacher in Lowood School
  • At Gateshead with her aunt and cousins
  • At Thornfield Hall when the visitors, including Blanche Ingram, stay
  • When first taken in at Moor House
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