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101.

The Clyms live in

A. Mistover-Klap
B. Budmouth
C. Blooms End
D. Alderworth
Answer» D. Alderworth
102.

Which character in Hard Times is a Member of Parliament?

A. Bounderby
B. Mr. McChoakumchild
C. Bitzer
D. Gradgrind
Answer» E.
103.

Who attempts to commit suicide in The Return of the Native?

A. EustaciaVye
B. ClymYeobright
C. Diggory Venn
D. Damon Wildeve
Answer» C. Diggory Venn
104.

Who is described as a lady killer in The Return of the Native?

A. Diggory Venn
B. Damon Wildeve
C. ClymYeobright
D. Charley
Answer» E.
105.

Who wore the appearance of an installment of night which had taken up its place before its astronomical hour?

A. The Heath
B. Wildeve
C. ClymYeobright
D. Charley
Answer» B. Wildeve
106.

Who said this? O, I could live in a street for a world; Egdon is a ridiculous old place: but I have got used to it and I could not be happy anywhere else at all .

A. Wildeve
B. ClymYeobright
C. Thomasin
D. EustaciaVye
Answer» D. EustaciaVye
107.

Eustacia marries

A. Clym Yeobright
B. Damon Wildeve
C. Diggory Venn
D. Little Pete
Answer» D. Little Pete
108.

From what does Mrs. Sparsit imagine Louisa falling?

A. A ladder
B. A staircase
C. The opera balcony
D. The moon
Answer» C. The opera balcony
109.

Who is the first character to speak in the novel?

A. Bounderby
B. Sissy
C. Bitzer
D. Gradgrind
Answer» E.
110.

Why is Stephen unable to marry Rachael?

A. He is already married
B. He is too old
C. He is too poor
D. She is in love with another man
Answer» B. He is too old
111.

What is the name of Mrs. Sparsit s aristocratic relative?

A. Col. Reginald Powler
B. Lady Scadgers
C. Rupert Hardwick, Esq.
D. Ephraim Gride
Answer» C. Rupert Hardwick, Esq.
112.

How did Crusoe mark the one year anniversary of his shipwreck on the Island of Despair?

A. He grew both barley and rice on the island
B. He devised a method of making pots from clay
C. He spent a day in prayer and fasting
D. He built a boat and tried to get off the island
Answer» B. He devised a method of making pots from clay
113.

The first ship Robinson Crusoe boarded was going to

A. Brazil
B. London
C. Guinea
D. America
Answer» E.
114.

Robinson Crusoe celebrated his first anniversary in the island on

A. September 30, 1661
B. September 30, 1662
C. September 30, 1660
D. September 30,1663
Answer» B. September 30, 1662
115.

What does Crusoe see on the island that fills him with fear?

A. A terrible lion
B. A dead shark
C. Wild wolves
D. A human footprint
Answer» E.
116.

In the middle of the night, Lockwood is awakened by a ghostly child who calls herself _____

A. Mary Earnshaw
B. Cathy Grange
C. Catherine Linton
D. None of the above
Answer» D. None of the above
117.

When Nelly takes over the narration of Wuthering Heights, how many years had passed?

A. Thirty years
B. Thirty two years
C. Twenty seven years
D. Twenty five years
Answer» B. Thirty two years
118.

What is the name of the housekeeper at Thrushcross Grange?

A. Nelly Lockwood
B. Nelly Dean
C. Nelly Grange
D. Nelly Linton
Answer» C. Nelly Grange
119.

When Mr. Earnshaw set off for Liverpool, what did Hindley ask for to bring back to him?

A. A horse
B. A pony
C. A fiddle
D. A whip
Answer» D. A whip
120.

In Wuthering Heights, what is the name of Hindley s wife who died not long after her son s birth?

A. Jane
B. Isabella
C. Cathy
D. Frances
Answer» E.
121.

To which Shakespearean hero does Lockwood compare himself after Joseph and Heathcliff accuse him of stealing?

A. Hamlet
B. Romeo
C. King Lear
D. Othello
Answer» D. Othello
122.

When Hindley gambled away all his money, to whom did the mortgage of Wuthering Heights went entirely to?

A. Catherine
B. Nelly
C. Hareton
D. Heathcliff
Answer» E.
123.

Why does Lockwood visit Heathcliff in chapter one of Wuthering Heights?

A. To inquire about his health
B. To sell him a Bible
C. He and Heathcliff were friends in their school days
D. To rent property from him
Answer» C. He and Heathcliff were friends in their school days
124.

Who intercedes in the argument in Chapter two and ensures that Lockwood can spend the night at Wuthering Heights?

A. Cathy Linton
B. Zillah
C. Haretom Earnshow
D. Joseph
Answer» C. Haretom Earnshow
125.

Why do most of the servants leave Wuthering Heights after Frances dies?

A. The Earnshaws can no longer afford them
B. Hindley becomes a cruel master
C. They are disgusted by Hindley's treatment of Heathcliff
D. They loved Frances, and working Wuthering Heights reminds them too much of her tragic death.
Answer» D. They loved Frances, and working Wuthering Heights reminds them too much of her tragic death.
126.

Crusoe left the island after 28 years on

A. June 11, 1687
B. June 11, 1688
C. December 19, 1686
D. December 19, 1687
Answer» D. December 19, 1687
127.

What gift did Mr. Earnshaw promise to bring Nelly Dean from Liverpool?

A. Fruit
B. A set of Paints
C. A bridle for her horse
D. A fiddle
Answer» B. A set of Paints
128.

Why does Ellen stay in the room when Edgar Linton visits Cathy?

A. She is worried about Cathy's Honor
B. She didn't have time to tidy the room before Edgar arrived
C. She is trying to avoid Heathcliff
D. Hindley asked her to
Answer» E.
129.

Catherine was engaged to Edgar for :-

A. 6 months
B. 1 year
C. 2 years
D. 3 years
Answer» E.
130.

Catherine gives birth to a daughter :-

A. 4 weeks prematurely
B. 6 weeks prematurely
C. 1 month prematurely
D. 2 months prematurely
Answer» E.
131.

Who is the narrator of Wuthering Heights?

A. Lockwood
B. Nelly Dean
C. Both a & b
D. Only a
Answer» D. Only a
132.

Wuthering Heights opens in :-

A. 1800
B. 1801
C. 1802
D. 1803
Answer» C. 1802
133.

Whom does Catherine Earnshaw marry?

A. Edgar Linton
B. Hareton
C. Heathcliff
D. Hindley
Answer» B. Hareton
134.

Who plans to live at Thrushcross Grange at the end of the novel, Wuthering Heights?

A. Young Catherine and Hareton
B. Lockwood
C. Heathcliff
D. Young Catherine and Linton Heathcliff
Answer» B. Lockwood
135.

Over the course of Wuthering Heights, which character claim to see Catherine s ghost?

A. Heathcliff, Hareton and Joseph
B. Edgar Linton and Heathcliff
C. Joseph and Nelly Dean
D. Lockwood and Heathcliff.
Answer» D. Lockwood and Heathcliff.
136.

Mr Earnshaw brought Heathcliff from :-

A. New York
B. Liverpool
C. Edinburgh
D. London
Answer» C. Edinburgh
137.

Heathcliff told Nelly that Catherine s ghost had tormented him every night for the last :-

A. 15 years
B. 16 years
C. 17 years
D. 18 years
Answer» E.
138.

Where did Heathcliff live?

A. Thushcross Grange
B. Lowood
C. Wuthering Heights
D. The Chase
Answer» D. The Chase
139.

Nelly tells Lockwood that she has lived at Thrushcross Grange for :-

A. 12 years
B. 15 years
C. 18 years
D. 20 years
Answer» D. 20 years
140.

The diary that Lockwood found in the room at Wuthering Heights was:-

A. 20 years old
B. 22 years old
C. 24 years old
D. 25 years old
Answer» E.
141.

Over the course of the novel, which characters claimed to see Catherine's ghost?

A. Heathcliff, Hareton, young Catherine and Joseph
B. Edgar Linton and Heathcliff
C. Joseph and Nelly Dean
D. Lockwood and Heathcliff
Answer» E.
142.

What did Crusoe give to the widow?

A. One hundred pounds
B. Two hundred pounds
C. Three hundred pounds
D. Four hundred pounds
Answer» C. Three hundred pounds
143.

To which Shakespearan hero does Lockwood compare himself after Joseph and Heathcliff accuse him of stealing?

A. Hamlet
B. Othello
C. King Lear
D. Romeo
Answer» D. Romeo
144.

Where is Catherine buried?

A. In a Churchyard overlooking the moors
B. In a Chapel
C. Under a stone wall
D. She is not buried but cremated
Answer» B. In a Chapel
145.

Young Catherine and Hareton plan to be married on

A. New Year s Day
B. Christmas Day
C. New Year s Eve
D. Christmas Eve
Answer» D. Christmas Eve
146.

What happens to Catherine the first time she goes to Thrushcross Grange?

A. She catches a cold
B. A dog bites her
C. She falls down a rocky hill
D. She cuts her arm
Answer» B. A dog bites her
147.

What is the name of Mr. Earnshaw s adopted son?

A. Hindley
B. Edgar
C. Heathcliff
D. Hareton
Answer» D. Hareton
148.

Linton is the son of :-

A. Isabella and Heathcliff
B. Catherine and Heathcliff
C. Hindley and Frances
D. Linton and Catherine
Answer» B. Catherine and Heathcliff
149.

The novel Wuthering Heights begins with the year

A. 1801
B. 1802
C. 1803
D. 1804
Answer» D. 1804
150.

Emily Bronte was a

A. Restoration novelist
B. Romantic novelist
C. Victorian novelist
D. Modern novelist
Answer» C. Victorian novelist