Jane Eyre - Quiz
Jane Eyre
  • 1. Which harsh boarding school is Jane sent to in the early sequences?
A) Thornfield
B) Ferndean
C) Cowan Bridge
D) Lowood
  • 2. What disease causes the death of Helen Burns?
A) Tuberculosis
B) Smallpox
C) Cholera
D) Typhoid
  • 3. What alternative name is used in the text for tuberculosis?
A) Pneumonia
B) Declension
C) Fever
D) Consumption
  • 4. Who were the sisters of Charlotte Brontë that died of tuberculosis in childhood?
A) Ellen and Agnes
B) Anne and Emily
C) Jane and Mary
D) Elizabeth and Maria
  • 5. What was the name of the school attended by Charlotte's sisters?
A) Clergy Daughters School
B) Lowood Boarding School
C) North Lees Academy
D) Cowan Bridge Seminary
  • 6. Where was the Clergy Daughters School located?
A) Cowan Bridge
B) Hathersage
C) Haworth
D) Manchester
  • 7. Near which town is Cowan Bridge located?
A) Derby
B) York
C) Lancaster
D) Tunstall
  • 8. In which county is Tunstall located?
A) Derbyshire
B) Lancashire
C) Lancaster
D) Yorkshire
  • 9. Who is Mr Brocklehurst based upon?
A) Cary Joji Fukunaga
B) Rev. William Carus Wilson
C) Branwell Brontë
D) Henry Cunliffe
  • 10. What was the profession of Rev. William Carus Wilson?
A) Evangelical minister
B) Novelist
C) Architect
D) School headmaster
  • 11. What are the birth and death years of Rev. William Carus Wilson given in the text?
A) 1791–1859
B) 1800–1870
C) 1816–1890
D) 1785–1845
  • 12. Whose decline into alcoholism and dissolution recalls John Reed's fate?
A) Cary Fukunaga
B) Henry Cunliffe
C) William Carus Wilson
D) Branwell
  • 13. What substances was Charlotte's brother Branwell addicted to?
A) Wine and cocaine
B) Opium and alcohol
C) Opium and laudanum
D) Alcohol and tobacco
  • 14. What profession did Charlotte Brontë share with Jane Eyre?
A) Governess
B) Teacher
C) Nurse
D) Writer
  • 15. Who wrote 'The Life of Charlotte Brontë' published in 1857?
A) Liane Moriarty
B) Emma Tennant
C) Elizabeth Gaskell
D) Tracy Chevalier
  • 16. What was Elizabeth Gaskell's relationship to Charlotte Brontë?
A) Sister and critic
B) Cousin and biographer
C) Publisher and mentor
D) Friend and fellow novelist
  • 17. What Gothic manor probably inspired Thornfield Hall?
A) Norton Conyers house
B) Cowan Bridge Manor
C) North Lees Hall
D) Wycoller Hall
  • 18. Near which location is North Lees Hall situated?
A) Manchester
B) Haworth
C) Hathersage
D) Tunstall
  • 19. In which region is Hathersage located?
A) Lake District in Cumbria
B) Yorkshire Dales
C) Lancashire Moors
D) Peak District in Derbyshire
  • 20. Who visited North Lees Hall with Charlotte Brontë in the summer of 1845?
A) Emma Tennant
B) Elizabeth Gaskell
C) Tracy Chevalier
D) Ellen Nussey
  • 21. On what date is the letter describing North Lees Hall dated?
A) 10 June 1857
B) 5 January 1839
C) 22 July 1845
D) 15 August 1830
  • 22. Which family was North Lees Hall the residence of?
A) Cunliffe family
B) Eyre family
C) Reed family
D) Wilson family
  • 23. Who was the first owner of North Lees Hall said to be confined as a lunatic?
A) Agnes Ashurst
B) Mia Wasikowska
C) Elizabeth Eyre
D) Sirilak Pongchoke
  • 24. In which room of North Lees Hall was Agnes Ashurst reputedly confined?
A) Padded second floor room
B) Attic with sloping roof
C) Basement dungeon
D) Tower chamber
  • 25. Which hall provided the setting for Ferndean Manor?
A) Norton Conyers house
B) Wycoller Hall
C) North Lees Hall
D) Cowan Bridge Hall
  • 26. Where is Wycoller Hall located?
A) Lancashire, close to Haworth
B) Derbyshire, near Hathersage
C) Manchester
D) North Yorkshire
  • 27. To which location does Mr Rochester retreat after the fire at Thornfield?
A) Lowood School
B) Ferndean Manor
C) North Lees Hall
D) Norton Conyers
  • 28. Who inherited Wycoller in the 1770s and lived there until 1818?
A) William Carus Wilson
B) Cary Joji Fukunaga
C) Branwell Brontë
D) Henry Cunliffe
  • 29. What was the maiden name of Elizabeth Eyre, a relative of Henry Cunliffe?
A) Nussey
B) Cunliffe
C) Ashurst
D) Brontë
  • 30. In which publication from August 1830 was the sequence of setting fire to bed curtains prepared?
A) Wide Sargasso Sea
B) The Life of Charlotte Brontë
C) The Young Men's Magazine, Number 2
D) Nine Perfect Strangers
  • 31. Where did Charlotte Brontë begin composing Jane Eyre?
A) Derbyshire
B) Manchester
C) Hathersage
D) Haworth
  • 32. Which location likely inspired the burial place for Jane's parents?
A) Hathersage churchyard
B) Wycoller parish cemetery
C) Manchester Cathedral churchyard
D) Lowood churchyard
  • 33. Which house did Charlotte visit in 1839 as a governess that may have inspired the novel?
A) Cowan Bridge House
B) Wycoller Hall
C) North Lees Hall
D) Norton Conyers house
  • 34. In which county is Norton Conyers house located?
A) Lancashire
B) North Yorkshire
C) Lancaster
D) Derbyshire
  • 35. What family legend is associated with Norton Conyers house?
A) A cursed wedding portrait
B) A madwoman confined in the attics
C) A hidden treasure in the cellar
D) A ghost wandering the hallways
  • 36. How many full-length operas have been adapted from Jane Eyre according to the text?
A) Five
B) Exactly one
C) At least three
D) None
  • 37. Which seminal 1966 novel is a notable rewriting and interpretation of Jane Eyre?
A) The French Dancer's Bastard
B) Ruk Diow Kong Jenjira
C) Wide Sargasso Sea
D) Nine Perfect Strangers
  • 38. Who wrote the 1966 novel Wide Sargasso Sea?
A) Tracy Chevalier
B) Jean Rhys
C) Emma Tennant
D) Liane Moriarty
  • 39. At the beginning of which chapter does the famous line 'Reader, I married him' appear?
A) Chapter 15
B) Chapter 20
C) Chapter 38
D) Chapter 1
  • 40. What is the famous first line of Chapter 38?
A) To be or not to be.
B) My life has been dark.
C) It was a dark and stormy night.
D) Reader, I married him.
  • 41. Who used and discussed the line 'Reader, I married him' in her 2018 novel Nine Perfect Strangers?
A) Liane Moriarty
B) Tracy Chevalier
C) Elizabeth Gaskell
D) Emma Tennant
  • 42. What is the title of the 2018 novel by Liane Moriarty that references Jane Eyre?
A) Wide Sargasso Sea
B) Nine Perfect Strangers
C) The French Dancer's Bastard
D) Reader, I Married Him
  • 43. Who edited the 2016 anthology of short stories titled 'Reader, I Married Him: Stories inspired by Jane Eyre'?
A) Emma Tennant
B) Jean Rhys
C) Liane Moriarty
D) Tracy Chevalier
  • 44. To mark what anniversary was the 2016 short story anthology commissioned?
A) 150th anniversary of the novel's publication
B) 200th anniversary of the novel's publication
C) 200th anniversary of Brontë's birth
D) 100th anniversary of Brontë's death
  • 45. Which press published 'Reader, I Married Him: Stories inspired by Jane Eyre'?
A) HarperCollins
B) Oxford University Press
C) Penguin Books
D) The Borough Press
  • 46. What is the title of the Thai novel adapted by Nida in 1993?
A) Ruk Diow Kong Jenjira
B) Wide Sargasso Sea
C) The French Dancer's Bastard
D) Nine Perfect Strangers
  • 47. Who adapted the Thai novel Ruk Diow Kong Jenjira in 1993?
A) Nida
B) Emma Tennant
C) Jean Rhys
D) Tracy Chevalier
  • 48. On which television channel was Ruk Diow Kong Jenjira made into a drama in 1996?
A) Channel 7
B) Channel 3
C) BBC One
D) Channel 5
  • 49. Who starred in the 1996 television drama adaptation of Ruk Diow Kong Jenjira?
A) Willie McIntosh and Sirilak Pongchoke
B) Branwell Brontë and Ellen Nussey
C) Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender
D) Cary Joji Fukunaga and Emma Tennant
  • 50. What is the title of the 2006 novel by Emma Tennant that reimagines Adèle's back story?
A) Nine Perfect Strangers
B) The French Dancer's Bastard
C) Ruk Diow Kong Jenjira
D) Wide Sargasso Sea
  • 51. Who is the author of The French Dancer's Bastard (2006)?
A) Emma Tennant
B) Liane Moriarty
C) Jean Rhys
D) Tracy Chevalier
  • 52. Whose back story does The French Dancer's Bastard explore?
A) Adèle
B) Agnes Ashurst
C) Jane Eyre
D) Helen Burns
  • 53. In what year was the most recent film adaptation of Jane Eyre released?
A) 2018
B) 2006
C) 2011
D) 1996
  • 54. Who directed the 2011 film adaptation of Jane Eyre?
A) Emma Tennant
B) Tracy Chevalier
C) Liane Moriarty
D) Cary Joji Fukunaga
  • 55. Who played Jane Eyre in the 2011 film adaptation?
A) Ellen Nussey
B) Elizabeth Gaskell
C) Mia Wasikowska
D) Sirilak Pongchoke
  • 56. Who played Mr. Rochester in the 2011 film adaptation?
A) Michael Fassbender
B) William Carus Wilson
C) Willie McIntosh
D) Branwell Brontë
  • 57. What forms of media have been used to adapt Jane Eyre?
A) Theatre, film, television, and operas
B) Video games and comics
C) Newspapers and poetry
D) Radio only
  • 58. How does Jane travel away from Thornfield Hall?
A) By hiding on a cargo ship
B) Using the little money she had previously saved
C) By stealing a horse from the stables
D) By walking the entire distance barefoot
  • 59. What happens to Jane's bundle of possessions on her journey?
A) It burns in a fire at the inn
B) She loses it while crossing a river
C) She accidentally leaves it on the coach
D) It is stolen by a highwayman
  • 60. Who turns Jane away from the doorstep of Moor House?
A) Diana Rivers
B) An angry guard dog
C) The housekeeper
D) St John Rivers
  • 61. Who rescues Jane after she collapses on the doorstep?
A) John Eyre
B) A local farmer
C) St John Rivers
D) Mr Rochester
  • 62. How does St John behave towards Jane initially after she recovers?
A) He proposes marriage immediately
B) He remains aloof
C) He is fiercely suspicious and hostile
D) He is overly affectionate
  • 63. How much money does Jane inherit from her uncle John Eyre?
A) 10,000 pounds
B) 50,000 pounds
C) 20,000 pounds
D) 5,000 pounds
  • 64. What relation is John Eyre to St John, Diana, and Mary?
A) He is their father
B) He is their uncle
C) He is their cousin
D) He is an unrelated family friend
  • 65. What does Jane do with her newly found inheritance?
A) Keeps it all to secure her independence
B) Insists on sharing the money equally with her cousins
C) Gives the entire fortune to Mr Rochester
D) Donates every penny to the church
  • 66. Where does St John want Jane to go with him as his wife?
A) Australia
B) France
C) India
D) America
  • 67. What does Jane find when she arrives at Thornfield Hall?
A) A bustling household with new owners
B) A boarded-up and empty mansion
C) Blackened ruins
D) Mr Rochester waiting for her patiently
  • 68. Where did Rochester send Mrs Fairfax following Jane's departure?
A) Into retirement
B) To manage Ferndean Manor
C) Back to her family in London
D) To live with Adèle at school
  • 69. How did Rochester's wife die?
A) After jumping from the roof
B) She choked on heavy smoke
C) She burned inside her locked room
D) She fell down the grand staircase
  • 70. What does Rochester fear when Jane reunites with him?
A) That she will report him to the police
B) That she has spent all of her inheritance
C) That she has married St John Rivers
D) That she will be repulsed by his condition
  • 71. What does Jane reply when Rochester asks, 'Am I hideous, Jane?'
A) 'You are completely unrecognizable'
B) 'Beauty is only skin deep, my dear sir'
C) 'Not at all, you look more handsome than ever'
D) 'Very, sir; you always were, you know'
  • 72. What kind of man has Rochester become upon their reunion?
A) A wealthy and powerful lord
B) A quiet and indifferent recluse
C) A humbled man
D) An arrogant and bitter man
  • 73. What does Rochester vow to live?
A) A life of absolute seclusion in London
B) As a wealthy philanthropist
C) A purer life
D) As a travelling monk
  • 74. What did Rochester do one night in despair that connected him to Jane?
A) Dreamt about Moor House
B) Called out her name
C) Wrote a long letter and burned it
D) Played a sad song on the piano
  • 75. As what does Jane assert herself when reuniting with Rochester?
A) A high-ranking noblewoman
B) A powerful landowner in the county
C) A financially independent woman
D) An equal partner in a business
  • 76. What is implied to have happened to St John in India?
A) He fell gravely ill
B) He married a local woman and settled down
C) He became a wealthy governor
D) He returned to England a rich man
  • 77. What is Rochester able to see when he regains sight in one eye?
A) The ruins of Thornfield Hall
B) Jane's face for the very first time
C) Their newborn son
D) The woods surrounding Ferndean
  • 78. Who replies to Jane's advertisement for a governess?
A) Alice Fairfax
B) Edward Rochester
C) Blanche Ingram
D) Mrs Reed
  • 79. What was the profession of Adèle's mother?
A) A famous dancer
B) A French aristocrat
C) An actress
D) A music teacher
  • 80. What is the name of the master of Thornfield Hall?
A) Richard Mason
B) Grace Poole
C) John Eyre
D) Edward Rochester
  • 81. Who is the beautiful and talented woman Mr Rochester brings back to Thornfield after a party?
A) Adèle Varens
B) Grace Poole
C) Miss Temple
D) Blanche Ingram
  • 82. How long does Jane remain at Gateshead Hall tending to her dying aunt?
A) A month
B) Six months
C) A week
D) Three months
  • 83. Who does Mr Rochester blame for the destruction of Jane's wedding veil?
A) Adèle Varens
B) Blanche Ingram
C) Alice Fairfax
D) Grace Poole
  • 84. What affliction does Bertha quickly descend into after the marriage?
A) Paralysis of the limbs
B) Congenital madness
C) A terminal lung disease
D) Sudden memory loss
  • 85. How does Bertha manage to escape and cause strange happenings at Thornfield?
A) When Jane leaves the master key unattended
B) When Grace gets drunk
C) When Mr Rochester forgets to lock the heavy oak door
D) When a severe storm damages the upper floor
  • 86. How old is Jane Eyre at the beginning of the text?
A) 12
B) 8
C) 14
D) 10
  • 87. How did Jane's parents die?
A) Cholera
B) Typhus
C) A carriage accident
D) A house fire
  • 88. Who is Jane's only ally in the household?
A) Bessie
B) Mr Brocklehurst
C) John Reed
D) Mr Lloyd
  • 89. What is Bessie's role in the household?
A) Housekeeper
B) Cook
C) Nursemaid
D) Governess
  • 90. How old is Jane's cousin John Reed?
A) 12
B) 16
C) 10
D) 14
  • 91. What is Mr Lloyd's profession?
A) Apothecary
B) Lawyer
C) Clergyman
D) Schoolmaster
  • 92. What pen name did Charlotte Brontë use for the original publication of Jane Eyre?
A) Acton Bell
B) Currer Bell
C) Daniel S. Burt
D) Ellis Bell
  • 93. On what date was Jane Eyre originally published?
A) January 1848
B) 19 October 1848
C) 19 October 1847
D) January 1847
  • 94. Which company published the first edition of Jane Eyre in London?
A) Oxford University Press
B) Smith, Elder & Co.
C) Penguin Books
D) Harper & Brothers
  • 95. Which company published the first American edition of Jane Eyre?
A) Random House
B) Macmillan
C) Smith, Elder & Co.
D) Harper & Brothers
  • 96. In what month and year was the first American edition of Jane Eyre published?
A) October 1847
B) January 1847
C) January 1848
D) October 1848
  • 97. What literary genre does Jane Eyre belong to, following the experiences and growth of its heroine?
A) Biography
B) Bildungsroman
C) Epic poetry
D) Tragedy
  • 98. What literary critic called Charlotte Brontë "the first historian of the private consciousness"?
A) James Joyce
B) Jane Austen
C) Daniel S. Burt
D) Marcel Proust
  • 99. In what year was Jane Eyre ranked as the tenth best-loved book in Britain by the BBC in The Big Read poll?
A) 1999
B) 2003
C) 1847
D) 1848
  • 100. What narrative perspective is used in Jane Eyre?
A) Third-person omniscient
B) Third-person limited
C) Second-person narrative
D) First-person narrative
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