Jane Eyre, Chapter XXIX quiz

Questions and answers

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   Question 1. How long does Jane lie in a semi-conscious state at Moor House before recovering?

   • One night and a day
   • Correct answer: Three days and nights
   • A full week or more
   • Two days and two nights

   Jane spends three days and nights barely conscious, unable to speak or move, before beginning to recover on the fourth day.

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   Question 2. What does St. John diagnose as the cause of Jane's condition?

   • Correct answer: Reaction from excessive and protracted fatigue
   • Pneumonia caught from exposure to the cold, wet night
   • Malnutrition, dehydration, and exposure
   • A serious illness requiring a doctor's care

   St. John says her lethargy is "the result of reaction from excessive and protracted fatigue" and pronounces it needless to send for a doctor.

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   Question 3. What argument does Jane make to Hannah about poverty?

   • That Hannah, as a servant, has no authority to judge a lady
   • That a clergyman's family has a religious duty to shelter every stranger
   • That wealthy people are morally inferior to the poor
   • Correct answer: That poverty is not a crime and the best people have been destitute

   Jane tells Hannah that "some of the best people that ever lived have been as destitute as I am" and that a Christian ought not to consider poverty a crime.

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   Question 4. According to Hannah, how long has the Rivers family owned Marsh End?

   • Fifty years
   • One hundred years
   • Correct answer: Over two hundred years
   • Since the Norman Conquest

   Hannah affirms the house is "aboon two hundred year old" and the Rivers family has been gentry since the days of the Henrys.

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   Question 5. How does Jane describe St. John's facial features?

   • Plain and weather-beaten like his father's, a man fond of shooting and farming
   • Correct answer: Like a Greek face, very pure in outline, with a classic nose and Athenian mouth
   • Dark and brooding like Mr. Rochester's, with black brows and a square chin
   • Plain and unremarkable, with irregular features and small grey eyes

   Jane describes St. John's face as "like a Greek face, very pure in outline: quite a straight, classic nose; quite an Athenian mouth and chin."

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   Question 6. What false name does Jane give the Rivers family, and why?

   • Jane Temple, in honor of Miss Temple
   • Jane Reed, to reclaim her birth family's name
   • Jane Rochester, because she considers herself married
   • Correct answer: Jane Elliott, because she fears discovery

   Jane uses "Jane Elliott" because she fears being traced back to Thornfield. She tells St. John, "I fear discovery above all things."

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   Question 7. What does Jane say she is willing to do to earn her living?

   • Return to Thornfield and accept Rochester's offer
   • Become a governess only at a prestigious household
   • Correct answer: Be a dressmaker, plain-workwoman, servant, or nurse-girl
   • Ask the Rivers family for a loan to start a school

   Jane declares, "I will be a dressmaker; I will be a plain-workwoman; I will be a servant, a nurse-girl, if I can be no better," demonstrating her commitment to independence.

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   Question 8. What information does Jane reveal about her background to the Rivers siblings?

   • Correct answer: Only that she is an orphan educated at Lowood and formerly a governess
   • Everything about Thornfield, including the secret of Bertha Mason
   • Nothing at all; she refuses to say one word about her past life
   • Her real name, her uncle in Madeira, and her engagement to Rochester

   Jane carefully shares only safe details: she is a clergyman's orphan daughter, educated at Lowood, and previously employed as a governess, while hiding her real name and the reasons for leaving.

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

   • Jane shook hands with Hannah after forgiving her for her earlier coldness.

     Happened

     After their reconciliation, Jane says "That will do--I forgive you now. Shake hands," and Hannah puts her "floury and horny hand" into Jane's.

   • St. John sent for a doctor to examine Jane during her recovery.

     Didn't happen

     St. John specifically "pronounced it needless to send for a doctor," saying nature would manage best left to herself.

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    Question 10. What does "torpid" mean as used in the sentence: "the whole system must sleep torpid a while"?

    • Torrid; feverishly hot and burning
    • Restless, wakeful, and continually anxious
    • Violently agitated and unable to rest
    • Correct answer: Mentally and physically inactive; dormant

    St. John uses "torpid" to describe the dormant, sluggish state Jane's body needs in order to recover from extreme exhaustion.

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    Question 11. In the passage, Jane describes St. John's description as a "gentle delineation." What does "delineation" mean?

    • Correct answer: A detailed description or portrayal
    • A minor offence or misdeed; delinquency
    • A formal legal document or deed
    • A harsh and unflattering criticism

    Jane addresses the reader directly, calling her own detailed physical description of St. John a "gentle delineation" before noting that his actual nature is far from gentle.

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    Question 12. What does "tractability" mean when St. John says he is "sceptical of her tractability"?

    • Physical strength or capacity for pulling heavy loads
    • Correct answer: The quality of being easily managed or controlled
    • The ability to speak eloquently and persuasively
    • Stubbornness; an obstinate refusal to be guided

    St. John doubts Jane's tractability—her willingness to be guided or controlled—based on the "lines of force" he reads in her face.

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