Jane Eyre, Chapter XXXVI quiz

Questions and answers

1. 1

   Question 1. What does St. John leave for Jane before departing Moor House?

   • A Bible with a marked passage
   • Correct answer: A note slipped under her door
   • A letter on the breakfast table
   • A verbal message through Diana

   Instead of knocking, St. John passed "a slip of paper" under Jane's door, a note telling her to "watch and pray" and that he would expect her decision in a fortnight.

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   Question 2. How long does Jane's coach journey from Whitcross to the area near Thornfield take?

   • Correct answer: Thirty-six hours
   • Forty-eight hours
   • Twelve hours
   • Twenty-four hours

   Jane states plainly, "It was a journey of six-and-thirty hours," leaving Whitcross on a Tuesday afternoon and arriving early on the Thursday morning.

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   Question 3. What is the name of the inn near Thornfield where Jane stops?

   • The Thornfield Inn
   • The Whitcross Hotel
   • The Mason Arms
   • Correct answer: The Rochester Arms

   When the coach stops, Jane reads on the sign in gilt letters "The Rochester Arms" and feels she is "already on my master's very lands."

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   Question 4. Who was the innkeeper before becoming a host?

   • A tenant farmer on Rochester's land
   • Rochester's valet
   • Correct answer: The elder Mr. Rochester's butler
   • Thornfield's gardener

   The host tells Jane, "I was the late Mr. Rochester's butler," which terrifies her until he explains that he means Edward's father.

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   Question 5. According to the innkeeper, which rooms did Bertha set fire to?

   • Correct answer: The room next to hers and the governess's chamber
   • The library and Mrs. Fairfax's old room
   • The drawing room and Adele's old nursery
   • Rochester's bedroom and the great staircase

   Bertha fired "the hangings of the room next her own," then went down a floor to the chamber that had been the governess's and "kindled the bed there."

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   Question 6. What happened to Mrs. Fairfax after Jane left Thornfield?

   • Rochester dismissed her in anger without any wages
   • She stayed on as housekeeper until the night of the fire
   • Correct answer: Rochester sent her away but settled an annuity on her for life
   • She accompanied Adele to school as her companion

   The innkeeper says Rochester sent Mrs. Fairfax away to friends at a distance, but did it handsomely, for "he settled an annuity on her for life."

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   Question 7. Where does Rochester live after the destruction of Thornfield?

   • Abroad, by the tideless southern sea
   • At the Rochester Arms inn nearby
   • In Millcote, under a surgeon's care
   • Correct answer: At Ferndean, a remote manor house

   Rochester now lives at Ferndean, "a manor-house on a farm he has, about thirty miles off," which the innkeeper calls "quite a desolate spot."

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   Question 8. What extended metaphor does Bronte use to describe Jane's discovery of the ruined Thornfield?

   • A sailor returning to find his ship sunk
   • Correct answer: A lover lifting a veil to find his beloved stone dead
   • A bird returning to find its nest destroyed by a storm
   • A pilgrim arriving at a deserted shrine

   Jane likens herself to a lover who lifts a veil and finds "she is stone dead," for she looked toward a stately house and "saw a blackened ruin."

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

   • Rochester left England after Jane's departure and was traveling abroad when the fire occurred.

     Didn't happen

     Rochester never left Thornfield. He shut himself up like a hermit, walking the grounds at night, and was at home when the fire broke out.

   • Rochester attempted to rescue Bertha from the roof during the fire by climbing through the skylight.

     Happened

     The innkeeper confirms that Rochester ascended through the skylight onto the roof and called out to Bertha, but she leapt to her death before he could save her.

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    Question 10. In the sentence "rain beat fast on my casement," what does "casement" mean?

    • A case or box for storage
    • Correct answer: A window or window frame
    • The basement of a building
    • A doorframe or doorway

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    Question 11. When Jane says she was "near my bourne," what does "bourne" mean?

    • A stream or brook
    • Birthplace or home
    • Boundary or border
    • Correct answer: Destination or goal

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    Question 12. What does "conflagration" mean in "the stones told by what fate the Hall had fallen--by conflagration"?

    • Correct answer: A large destructive fire
    • A crowd gathered for worship
    • A deliberate demolition
    • A violent earthquake

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