Jane Eyre, Chapter XXV quiz

Questions and answers

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   Question 1. Why does Jane refuse to attach the address cards to her trunks?

   • She has mislaid the cards Rochester wrote out for her
   • Correct answer: She feels "Mrs. Rochester" does not yet exist as a person
   • She is upset that Rochester has gone off on business to his farms
   • She wants the trunks sent on to Paris instead of London

   Jane says "Mrs. Rochester! She did not exist: she would not be born till to-morrow" and wants to wait until she is assured this new identity has "come into the world alive."

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   Question 2. What has happened to the chestnut tree Jane visits in the orchard?

   • Correct answer: It was split by lightning but remains joined at the roots
   • Its two halves have broken apart and fallen across the laurel walk
   • It has been felled by the wind and cut up for firewood
   • It has put out fresh green leaves and is healing

   The chestnut tree "stood up black and riven: the trunk, split down the centre, gasped ghastly," yet "the firm base and strong roots kept them unsundered below."

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   Question 3. In Jane's first dream, what is she carrying while trying to reach Rochester?

   • A heavy trunk of her belongings
   • Her wedding veil
   • A lantern that keeps going out
   • Correct answer: A small, wailing child

   Jane dreams she is "burdened with the charge of a little child: a very small creature, too young and feeble to walk, and which shivered in my cold arms, and wailed piteously in my ear."

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   Question 4. In Jane's second dream, what has become of Thornfield Hall?

   • It is ablaze, with flames pouring from every window
   • It is crowded with guests and lit up for the wedding
   • Correct answer: It is a dreary ruin with only a shell-like wall remaining
   • It is overgrown with roses and its doors are locked shut

   Jane dreams "that Thornfield Hall was a dreary ruin, the retreat of bats and owls" with "nothing remained but a shell-like wall, very high and very fragile-looking."

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   Question 5. What does the mysterious figure do with Jane's wedding veil?

   • She folds it carefully and lays it back inside the closet
   • Correct answer: She puts it on her own head, then tears it in two and tramples on it
   • She holds it up to the window and lets the wind carry it away
   • She wraps it around her body and carries it off into the dark

   The figure "threw it over her own head, and turned to the mirror," then "removed my veil from its gaunt head, rent it in two parts, and flinging both on the floor, trampled on them."

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   Question 6. To what supernatural creature does Jane compare the figure she saw in her room?

   • A banshee
   • A witch
   • Correct answer: A Vampyre
   • A werewolf

   When Rochester asks what the face reminded her of, Jane replies: "Of the foul German spectre--the Vampyre."

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   Question 7. How does Rochester explain the identity of the nocturnal intruder?

   • Correct answer: He says it was Grace Poole and that fever distorted Jane's perception
   • He insists it was Leah, sent up to collect the wedding clothes
   • He says it was Sophie, who came in to look at the wedding dress
   • He claims it was Mrs. Fairfax checking on Jane while he was away

   Rochester says "that woman was--must have been--Grace Poole" and claims Jane's "feverish, almost delirious" state transformed her appearance into something monstrous.

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   Question 8. Where does Rochester tell Jane to sleep on the night before their wedding?

   • In Mrs. Fairfax's room, with the old lady to watch over her
   • In the library beside the fire, with Pilot at the door
   • In her own chamber, with the closet locked and bolted
   • Correct answer: In Adele's nursery with Sophie, behind a fastened door

   Rochester says: "there is room enough in Adele's little bed for you. You must share it with her to-night" and instructs her to "fasten the door securely on the inside."

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

   • Did Jane sleep soundly in Adele's nursery on the night before the wedding?

     Didn't happen

     Jane says "I never slept at all. With little Adele in my arms, I watched the slumber of childhood" and waited for the coming day, rising as soon as the sun rose.

   • Did Rochester physically react with alarm when Jane mentioned finding the torn veil on the carpet?

     Happened

     Jane says: "I felt Mr. Rochester start and shudder; he hastily flung his arms round me. 'Thank God!' he exclaimed, 'that if anything malignant did come near you last night, it was only the veil that was harmed.'"

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    Question 10. What does the word "riven" mean as used in "it stood up black and riven"?

    • Correct answer: Split or torn apart violently
    • Riveted; fastened firmly together
    • Bent low by strong winds
    • Scorched and blackened by fire

    "Riven" means violently split or torn apart. The chestnut tree was struck by lightning and split down the center, standing "black and riven" with a ghastly gap.

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    Question 11. In the context "your efforts to masque your plebeian bride," what does "plebeian" mean?

    • Pleading or begging; full of entreaty
    • Of noble birth; belonging to the aristocracy
    • Foreign or exotic; from a distant land
    • Correct answer: Of the common people; lacking noble rank

    "Plebeian" means of or relating to common people, lacking noble birth or social standing. Jane uses it self-deprecatingly to contrast her humble origins with Rochester's aristocratic tastes.

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    Question 12. What does "presentiment" mean in "Away with evil presentiment!"?

    • A formal introduction or presentation of a person
    • Correct answer: An intuitive feeling of foreboding about the future
    • A gift or present offered as a token of respect
    • A feeling of bitter indignation at unfair treatment

    A "presentiment" is a premonitory feeling, especially one of dread or foreboding. Jane dismisses her dark intuitions when she sees Rochester approaching on horseback.

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