Jane Eyre, Chapter XXXVII quiz

Questions and answers

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   Question 1. Where is Rochester living when Jane finds him in Chapter 37?

   • Gateshead
   • Thornfield Hall
   • Correct answer: Ferndean Manor
   • Moor House

   Rochester has relocated to Ferndean Manor, a small, ancient house buried deep in a wood, after the fire destroyed Thornfield Hall.

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   Question 2. What physical condition prevents Rochester from recognizing Jane by sight?

   • Correct answer: He is blind from the Thornfield fire
   • He has his back turned to her
   • The parlour is completely dark
   • A surgeon's bandage covers his eyes

   Rochester lost his sight in the fire at Thornfield. He can only perceive a "ruddy haze" with his right eye and cannot see Jane at all.

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   Question 3. Which creature recognizes Jane before Rochester does?

   • A cat
   • Correct answer: Pilot the dog
   • A bird at the window
   • A horse

   Pilot pricks up his ears, then jumps up with a yelp and bounds toward Jane, nearly knocking the tray from her hands, before Rochester realizes who is in the room.

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   Question 4. How much money does Jane tell Rochester her uncle in Madeira left her?

   • Ten thousand pounds
   • Fifteen thousand pounds
   • One thousand pounds
   • Correct answer: Five thousand pounds

   Jane tells Rochester, "My uncle in Madeira is dead, and he left me five thousand pounds," making her financially independent.

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   Question 5. What classical figure does Rochester compare himself to when contrasting himself with St. John Rivers?

   • Zeus
   • Apollo
   • Hercules
   • Correct answer: Vulcan

   Rochester calls himself "a Vulcan,—a real blacksmith, brown, broad-shouldered: and blind and lame into the bargain," contrasting with the Apollo-like St. John.

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   Question 6. Why does Jane deliberately allow Rochester to remain jealous of St. John?

   • She wants to punish Rochester for deceiving her about his marriage
   • Correct answer: She believes jealousy is salutary and gives him respite from melancholy
   • She is genuinely uncertain whether she prefers St. John to Rochester
   • She wants to test whether his love has survived their separation

   Jane notes that jealousy "stung him; but the sting was salutary: it gave him respite from the gnawing fang of melancholy." She strategically delays reassurance.

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   Question 7. What words did Rochester hear in reply when he called out Jane's name on Monday night?

   • "Farewell, my master" and "Remember me"
   • "I love you; I am yours" and "Come to me"
   • Correct answer: "I am coming: wait for me" and "Where are you?"
   • "God bless you, sir" and "I am come back"

   Rochester heard a voice reply "I am coming: wait for me" and then a whisper on the wind asking "Where are you?"—the exact words Jane spoke at Moor House that same night.

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   Question 8. What does Rochester vow at the end of the chapter after Jane accepts his proposal?

   • Correct answer: To lead a purer life than he has done hitherto
   • To travel to Madeira to claim Jane's inheritance
   • To seek a doctor who can restore his sight
   • To rebuild Thornfield Hall

   Rochester prays aloud, thanking God for remembering mercy "in the midst of judgment" and humbly entreating "strength to lead henceforth a purer life."

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

   • Did Jane tell Rochester about her own experience hearing his voice on Monday night?

     Didn't happen

     Jane "made no disclosure in return." She considered the coincidence "too awful and inexplicable to be communicated" and feared burdening his mind with the supernatural.

   • Did Rochester ask Jane to marry him within three days of her arrival at Ferndean?

     Happened

     Rochester declares, "The third day from this must be our wedding-day, Jane. Never mind fine clothes and jewels, now: all that is not worth a fillip."

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    Question 10. What does the word "insalubrious" mean as used in the description of Ferndean's site?

    • Inconvenient
    • Correct answer: Unhealthy
    • Unattractive
    • Remote

    "Insalubrious" means unhealthy or not conducive to good health. The damp, deeply wooded location of Ferndean makes it an unwholesome place to live.

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    Question 11. What does "cicatrised" mean when Jane says Rochester feared she would be revolted by his "cicatrised visage"?

    • Correct answer: Scarred
    • Sunburned
    • Swollen
    • Aged

    "Cicatrised" means marked with scars from healed wounds. Rochester's face bears the scars of burns from the Thornfield fire.

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    Question 12. What does "pertinaciously" mean when Rochester asks why Jane remains "pertinaciously perched" on his knee?

    • Gracefully
    • Comfortably
    • Anxiously
    • Correct answer: Stubbornly

    "Pertinaciously" means with stubborn, unyielding persistence. Rochester uses it to express mock frustration at Jane's refusal to leave his side.

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