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