Jane Eyre, Chapter XXIV quiz

Questions and answers

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   Question 1. How soon does Rochester say the wedding will take place after announcing the engagement?

   • Six months
   • Two weeks
   • Correct answer: Four weeks
   • Three months

   Rochester tells Jane they will be married in four weeks: "in four weeks, Janet; not a day more."

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   Question 2. What does Jane do for the beggar-woman and her son the morning after the proposal?

   • She invites them into the kitchen for breakfast
   • Correct answer: She gives them all the money in her purse
   • She offers them her old Lowood frocks
   • She asks Mrs. Fairfax to give them food

   Jane gives them "all the money I happened to have in my purse--some three or four shillings," wanting them to "partake of my jubilee."

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   Question 3. Why does Mrs. Fairfax express skepticism about the engagement?

   • Correct answer: She thinks Jane is too young and the class difference too great
   • She wants Rochester to marry Blanche Ingram after all
   • She believes Rochester is financially ruined and in debt
   • She fears Adele will be sent away to a distant boarding school

   Mrs. Fairfax cites the twenty-year age gap and says "equality of position and fortune is often advisable," warning that "gentlemen in his station are not accustomed to marry their governesses."

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   Question 4. What dresses does Jane ultimately persuade Rochester to buy instead of amethyst and pink silk?

   • Brown wool and lavender cotton
   • White muslin and cream lace
   • Lilac gingham and grey merino wool
   • Correct answer: Black satin and pearl-grey silk

   Jane persuades Rochester "to make an exchange in favour of a sober black satin and pearl-grey silk" instead of his preferred vibrant colors.

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   Question 5. Why does Rochester say he feigned courtship of Miss Ingram?

   • To satisfy his family's expectations
   • To distract attention from his feelings for Jane
   • To test Miss Ingram's character
   • Correct answer: To make Jane jealous and fall in love with him

   Rochester admits: "I feigned courtship of Miss Ingram, because I wished to render you as madly in love with me as I was with you; and I knew jealousy would be the best ally."

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   Question 6. To whom does Jane resolve to write a letter during the carriage ride home from Millcote?

   • Correct answer: Her uncle John Eyre in Madeira
   • The Reverend Mr. Brocklehurst
   • Her friend Helen Burns's family
   • Her cousins the Reeds

   Jane remembers "the letter of my uncle, John Eyre, to Mrs. Reed: his intention to adopt me and make me his legatee" and decides to write him about her marriage, hoping for future financial independence.

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   Question 7. What metaphor does Jane use at the end of the chapter to describe Rochester's effect on her spiritual life?

   • A storm cloud that hides every star from sight
   • Correct answer: An eclipse that intervenes between man and the sun
   • A fog that hides the church steeple from the road
   • A blue-piled thunderloft over a dark forehead

   Jane confesses that Rochester "stood between me and every thought of religion, as an eclipse intervenes between man and the broad sun," acknowledging her idolatrous love.

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   Question 8. What fairy tale does Rochester tell Adele during the carriage ride?

   • A story about Danae and a golden shower falling round her
   • A story about a sultan who enriched a slave with gold and gems
   • Correct answer: A story about a fairy who offered him a gold ring and a life on the moon
   • A story about a mermaid who traded her voice for a prince's love

   Rochester tells Adele about encountering a fairy in a field who "held out a pretty gold ring" and said if he put it on her finger, they could "leave earth, and make our own heaven" on the moon.

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   Question 9. Which of these events actually happened in this chapter?

   • True or False: Jane agrees to dine with Rochester and change her daily routine immediately after their engagement.

     Didn't happen

     Jane refuses to dine with Rochester, saying "I never have dined with you, sir: and I see no reason why I should now." She insists on maintaining her governess routine for another month.

   • True or False: Rochester sings a love poem to Jane that includes the line "My love has placed her little hand / With noble faith in mine."

     Happened

     Rochester sings a multi-stanza love poem at the piano that evening, which includes these lines along with declarations of overcoming obstacles for love.

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    Question 10. In the sentence "He was quite peremptory, both in look and voice," what does "peremptory" mean?

    • Thoughtful and quietly reflective
    • Gentle, mild, and easily yielding
    • Correct answer: Insisting on immediate obedience
    • Performed hastily, as a routine

    "Peremptory" means imperiously insistent, brooking no argument. Rochester is being commanding and authoritative when he refuses to let Adele accompany them.

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    Question 11. When Jane says Rochester's eye "most pertinaciously sought mine," what does "pertinaciously" mean?

    • Correct answer: Persistently and with stubborn determination
    • Briefly, timidly, and absentmindedly
    • Lazily and without the slightest interest
    • Relevantly; in a way that bears on the matter

    "Pertinaciously" means with persistent, unyielding determination. Rochester keeps seeking Jane's gaze even though she averts her face.

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    Question 12. What does "badinage" mean when Jane tells Adele not to mind Rochester's "badinage"?

    • A dressing for a wound
    • Sad reminiscences
    • Angry, resentful outbursts
    • Correct answer: Playful, witty banter

    "Badinage" refers to humorous, lighthearted conversation or teasing. Jane recognizes Rochester's fairy tale as playful rather than serious.

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    Question 13. What historical and mythological figures does Jane reference to warn Rochester about men conquered by love?

    • Achilles and Odysseus
    • Correct answer: Hercules and Samson
    • David and Solomon
    • Caesar and Antony

    Jane says she was "thinking of Hercules and Samson with their charmers," both legendary strongmen undone by the women they loved (Deianira and Delilah, respectively).

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