Lesson 4.1.1.8

4.1.1.8 Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Quiz: AQA English Literature A, Unit 1

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The 20 questions

  1. Who narrates Jane Eyre?

    • Jane Eyre herself, in the first person
    • Mr Rochester, in the third person throughout
    • A chorus of villagers who comment on events
    • Nelly Dean, the housekeeper of the household

  2. Who is the mad woman locked in the attic at Thornfield Hall?

    • Diana Rivers, the cousin who helps Jane
    • Helen Burns, Jane's friend from Lowood
    • Adele Varens, Rochester's young ward
    • Bertha Mason, Rochester's first wife

  3. What happens to Jane and Rochester's wedding at the altar?

    • It is cancelled by the bishop for lack of money
    • It is postponed for a full year by the family
    • It is interrupted when Bertha's existence is revealed
    • It proceeds smoothly and ends in a grand feast

  4. Where does Jane spend her childhood before she is sent away to school?

    • Ferndean, the remote estate of Rochester
    • Lowood, a charity school in the north of England
    • Moor House, the home of the Rivers family
    • Gateshead, the home of her aunt Mrs Reed

  5. Which character at Lowood is Jane's close friend who dies of consumption?

    • Diana Rivers, the cousin at Moor House
    • Bertha Mason, the wife locked in the attic
    • Adele Varens, the young ward at Thornfield
    • Helen Burns, who teaches Jane patience

  6. Who is the cousin and missionary who asks Jane to marry him as a missionary wife?

    • Hiram Lowood, the head of the school
    • Richard Mason, the brother of Bertha
    • St John Rivers, who proposes to Jane
    • Mr Brocklehurst, the harsh head of Lowood

  7. How does Jane's inheritance from her uncle John Eyre affect the plot?

    • It sends her as a governess to the prison in Madeira
    • It forces her to marry St John Rivers at once
    • It gives her financial independence, so she can return to Rochester on her own terms
    • It leaves her in poverty at Gateshead for many years

  8. The line 'Reader, I married him' occurs in which part of the novel?

    • The final chapter, after Rochester has been blinded
    • The opening of the Moor House section with the Rivers
    • The middle of the Lowood section with Helen Burns
    • The first chapter at Gateshead with Mrs Reed

  9. What happens to Bertha at the end of the novel?

    • She escapes to Madeira and is never heard of again
    • She dies in a fire that she sets at Thornfield
    • She marries St John Rivers after his mission fails
    • She is reconciled with Rochester and lives at Ferndean

  10. Which literary term describes a novel focused on the moral and emotional development of its protagonist?

    • verse drama, a play written in poetic form
    • pastoral elegy, a poem mourning a shepherd
    • bildungsroman, a novel of formation
    • epic poem, a long heroic narrative in verse

  11. Rochester's blindness at the end of the novel is best understood as:

    • a punishment imposed by St John Rivers on his rival
    • a physical consequence of the fire that also humbles his pride
    • a plot device that is never explained at all
    • a result of an illness that Jane caused by neglect

  12. Which phrase best describes the Gothic element in Jane Eyre?

    • a pastoral idyll of peaceful rural harmony
    • the secret attic, the strange laughter and the fire create suspense
    • a satirical account of court life in London
    • a realist account of conditions in northern factories

  13. How does the novel present the relationship between passion and moral principle?

    • Passion always wins over every other concern in the novel
    • Passion is always condemned by the narrative without exception
    • Principles have no role in the plot or in the choices
    • Jane resists passion when it conflicts with her principles, valuing both feeling and integrity

  14. Which family offers Jane a home and refuge after she leaves Thornfield?

    • Mr Brocklehurst, the director at Lowood
    • The Reed family at Gateshead Hall
    • Mrs Fairfax, the housekeeper at Thornfield
    • The Rivers family at Moor House

  15. Jane's assertion that she is 'a free human being with an independent will' is best understood as:

    • a claim to moral and emotional autonomy in a restrictive society
    • a comic joke about the institution of marriage
    • a religious confession made to a priest
    • a legal argument presented in a court of law

  16. What is the significance of Adele in the novel?

    • She is Rochester's ward, and her presence raises questions about his past
    • She is St John's sister, who lives at Moor House
    • She is Bertha's daughter, who escapes from the attic
    • She is the novel's main villain, who plots against Jane

  17. Which statement best supports an evaluation of the novel as a critique of social class?

    • Money is never mentioned anywhere in the novel
    • Jane's low status makes her struggle for recognition, and her independence challenges hierarchy
    • Jane is always treated with respect by everyone in the upper class
    • The novel praises aristocratic privilege without any question

  18. Which Jane Eyre quotation reflects the novel's view of freedom and equality?

    • 'I must go down to the sea again'
    • 'I am no bird; and no net ensnares me'
    • 'Fear not the dark, for it is only night'
    • 'Let me leave my pen and paper behind'

  19. Who is the harsh head of Lowood who mistreats the girls?

    • Mr Brocklehurst, the strict head of Lowood
    • Mr Rochester, Jane's employer at Thornfield
    • Mr Reed, Jane's uncle at Gateshead
    • Mr Lloyd, the kindly apothecary at Lowood

  20. What is Jane's first post after leaving Lowood?

    • companion to Mrs Reed in Bath
    • housekeeper at Gateshead Hall
    • teacher at a school in London
    • governess to Adele at Thornfield Hall

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