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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: English (CBCS) .
Chapters
| 51. |
In the middle of the night, Lockwood is awakened by a ghostly child who calls herself _____ |
| A. | Mary Earnshaw |
| B. | Cathy Grange |
| C. | Catherine Linton |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Catherine Linton | |
| 52. |
What is the name of the housekeeper at Thrushcross Grange? |
| A. | Nelly Lockwood |
| B. | Nelly Dean |
| C. | Nelly Grange |
| D. | Nelly Linton |
| Answer» B. Nelly Dean | |
| 53. |
When Nelly takes over the narration of Wuthering Heights, how many years had passed? |
| A. | Thirty years |
| B. | Thirty two years |
| C. | Twenty seven years |
| D. | Twenty five years |
| Answer» A. Thirty years | |
| 54. |
When Mr. Earnshaw set off for Liverpool, what did Hindley ask for to bring back to him? |
| A. | A horse |
| B. | A pony |
| C. | A fiddle |
| D. | A whip |
| Answer» C. A fiddle | |
| 55. |
In Wuthering Heights, what is the name of Hindley’s wife who died not long after her son’s birth? |
| A. | Jane |
| B. | Isabella |
| C. | Cathy |
| D. | Frances |
| Answer» D. Frances | |
| 56. |
When Hindley gambled away all his money, to whom did the mortgage of Wuthering Heights went entirely to? |
| A. | Catherine |
| B. | Nelly |
| C. | Hareton |
| D. | Heathcliff |
| Answer» D. Heathcliff | |
| 57. |
Why does Lockwood visit Heathcliff in chapter one of Wuthering Heights? |
| A. | To inquire about his health |
| B. | To sell him a Bible |
| C. | He and Heathcliff were friends in their school days |
| D. | To rent property from him |
| Answer» B. To sell him a Bible | |
| 58. |
To which Shakespearean hero does Lockwood compare himself after Joseph and Heathcliff accuse him of stealing? |
| A. | Hamlet |
| B. | Romeo |
| C. | King Lear |
| D. | Othello |
| Answer» C. King Lear | |
| 59. |
Who intercedes in the argument in Chapter two and ensures that Lockwood can spend the night at Wuthering Heights? |
| A. | Cathy Linton |
| B. | Zillah |
| C. | Haretom Earnshow |
| D. | Joseph |
| Answer» B. Zillah | |
| 60. |
Why do most of the servants leave Wuthering Heights after Frances dies? |
| A. | The Earnshaws can no longer afford them |
| B. | Hindley becomes a cruel master |
| C. | They are disgusted by Hindley's treatment of Heathcliff |
| D. | They loved Frances, and working Wuthering Heights reminds them too much of her tragic death. |
| Answer» C. They are disgusted by Hindley's treatment of Heathcliff | |
| 61. |
What gift did Mr. Earnshaw promise to bring Nelly Dean from Liverpool? |
| A. | Fruit |
| B. | A set of Paints |
| C. | A bridle for her horse |
| D. | A fiddle |
| Answer» A. Fruit | |
| 62. |
Why does Ellen stay in the room when Edgar Linton visits Cathy? |
| A. | She is worried about Cathy's Honor |
| B. | She didn't have time to tidy the room before Edgar arrived |
| C. | She is trying to avoid Heathcliff |
| D. | Hindley asked her to |
| Answer» D. Hindley asked her to | |
| 63. |
Who plans to live at Thrushcross Grange at the end of the novel, Wuthering Heights? |
| A. | Young Catherine and Hareton |
| B. | Lockwood |
| C. | Heathcliff |
| D. | Young Catherine and Linton Heathcliff |
| Answer» A. Young Catherine and Hareton | |
| 64. |
Over the course of Wuthering Heights, which character claim to see Catherine’s ghost? |
| A. | Heathcliff, Hareton and Joseph |
| B. | Edgar Linton and Heathcliff |
| C. | Joseph and Nelly Dean |
| D. | Lockwood and Heathcliff. |
| Answer» C. Joseph and Nelly Dean | |
| 65. |
Who raises Hareton during the early years of his life? |
| A. | Hindley |
| B. | Catherine |
| C. | Heathcliff |
| D. | Nelly |
| Answer» B. Catherine | |
| 66. |
Young Catherine and Hareton plan to be married on |
| A. | New Year’s Day |
| B. | Christmas Day |
| C. | New Year’s Eve |
| D. | Christmas Eve |
| Answer» C. New Year’s Eve | |
| 67. |
Where is Catherine buried? |
| A. | In a Churchyard overlooking the moors |
| B. | In a Chapel |
| C. | Under a stone wall |
| D. | She is not buried but cremated |
| Answer» A. In a Churchyard overlooking the moors | |
| 68. |
What happens to Catherine the first time she goes to Thrushcross Grange? |
| A. | She catches a cold |
| B. | A dog bites her |
| C. | She falls down a rocky hill |
| D. | She cuts her arm |
| Answer» A. She catches a cold | |
| 69. |
The novel Wuthering Heights begins with the year |
| A. | 1801 |
| B. | 1802 |
| C. | 1803 |
| D. | 1804 |
| Answer» C. 1803 | |
| 70. |
Emily Bronte was a |
| A. | Restoration novelist |
| B. | Romantic novelist |
| C. | Victorian novelist |
| D. | Modern novelist |
| Answer» B. Romantic novelist | |
| 71. |
Heathcliff is adopted by |
| A. | Mr. Earnshaw |
| B. | Ellen Dean |
| C. | Edgar Linton |
| D. | Mr. Lockwood |
| Answer» C. Edgar Linton | |
| 72. |
What happens to Cathy the first time she goes to Thrushcross Grange? |
| A. | She falls down a rocky hill |
| B. | She cuts her arm on a shard of broken glass |
| C. | A dog bites her |
| D. | She catches a cold |
| Answer» A. She falls down a rocky hill | |
| 73. |
In what place does Cathy think she wouldn't feel at home? |
| A. | Boarding school |
| B. | Heaven |
| C. | The Moor |
| D. | Thrushcross Grange |
| Answer» A. Boarding school | |
| 74. |
Lockwood describes the Yorkshire countryside as |
| A. | A green valley |
| B. | A lush countryside |
| C. | A perfect misanthropist’s heaven |
| D. | A sandy desert |
| Answer» A. A green valley | |
| 75. |
The Native in Thomas Hardy’s novel is :- |
| A. | Diggory Venn |
| B. | Clym Yeobright |
| C. | Johnny Nonsuch |
| D. | Damon Wildeve |
| Answer» B. Clym Yeobright | |
| 76. |
The person who is returning from Paris in a few months for Christmas is :- |
| A. | Diggory Venn |
| B. | Johnny Nonsuch |
| C. | Damon Wildeve |
| D. | Clym Yeobright |
| Answer» D. Clym Yeobright | |
| 77. |
The reddleman in The Return of the Native is :- |
| A. | Diggory Venn |
| B. | Clym Yeobright |
| C. | Johnny Nonsuch |
| D. | Damon WIldeve |
| Answer» A. Diggory Venn | |
| 78. |
The untameable nighttime heath is symbolized by:- |
| A. | Susan Nonsuch |
| B. | Thomasin Yeobright |
| C. | Eustacia Vye |
| D. | Mrs Yeobright |
| Answer» C. Eustacia Vye | |
| 79. |
The Queen of Night is :- |
| A. | Thomasin Yeobright |
| B. | Eustacia Vye |
| C. | Mrs Yeobright |
| D. | Susan Nonsuch |
| Answer» B. Eustacia Vye | |
| 80. |
Mrs Yeobright is :- |
| A. | Kind and loving |
| B. | Sour and bitter |
| C. | Manipulative and deceitful |
| D. | Greedy and selfish |
| Answer» C. Manipulative and deceitful | |
| 81. |
The fateful day on which the novel The Return of the Native started is :- |
| A. | November 5th |
| B. | November 10th |
| C. | November 16th |
| D. | November 20th |
| Answer» A. November 5th | |
| 82. |
Clym at the end of the novel becomes :- |
| A. | A teacher |
| B. | A gardener |
| C. | A preacher |
| D. | A reddleman |
| Answer» C. A preacher | |
| 83. |
What was Clym Yeobright's occupation in Paris? |
| A. | School teacher |
| B. | Diamond Merchant |
| C. | Banker |
| D. | Priest |
| Answer» B. Diamond Merchant | |
| 84. |
Eustacia Vye longs to be |
| A. | A big city girl |
| B. | A rich man's wife |
| C. | An actress |
| D. | A witch |
| Answer» A. A big city girl | |
| 85. |
On the night of the departure of Damon and Eustacia |
| A. | The two end up drowning |
| B. | The two end up fighting |
| C. | The two end up being murdered |
| D. | The two end up getting poisoned |
| Answer» A. The two end up drowning | |
| 86. |
What is the name of Mrs Yeobright's House? |
| A. | Howard's end |
| B. | Mistover Knapp |
| C. | Alderworth |
| D. | Bloom's End |
| Answer» D. Bloom's End | |
| 87. |
What title does Hardy give Eustacia Vye? |
| A. | Empress of Despair |
| B. | Duchess of the Heath |
| C. | Queen of Night |
| D. | Lady of Passion |
| Answer» C. Queen of Night | |
| 88. |
Where is the novel The Return of the Native set? |
| A. | Budworth Heath |
| B. | Bodmin |
| C. | The Quite Woman Inn |
| D. | Egdon Heath |
| Answer» A. Budworth Heath | |
| 89. |
In Chapter One of The Return of the Native, what does Hardy describe the “enemy” of the heath? |
| A. | Industry |
| B. | Civilization |
| C. | The furze cutter |
| D. | Time |
| Answer» C. The furze cutter | |
| 90. |
What does the reddleman have in his cart at the opening of the novel, The Return of the Native? |
| A. | A dog |
| B. | Untold Riches |
| C. | A woman |
| D. | A trophy |
| Answer» D. A trophy | |
| 91. |
What is described as “Eustacia's great desire” in The Return of the Native? |
| A. | To have a baby |
| B. | To be loved to madness |
| C. | To send men mad |
| D. | To dance until weightless |
| Answer» A. To have a baby | |
| 92. |
How does Diggory come to overhear Eustacia and Wildeve on the heath? |
| A. | He follows Wildeve |
| B. | He reads their letters |
| C. | He waits each night for their meeting |
| D. | They are outside his van |
| Answer» B. He reads their letters | |
| 93. |
On what day does the story begin in Hardy’s novel The Return of the Native? |
| A. | November 5th |
| B. | Halloween |
| C. | Christmas Day |
| D. | October 13th |
| Answer» D. October 13th | |
| 94. |
Egdon Heath is a gloomy wasteland in |
| A. | Southern England |
| B. | Northern England |
| C. | Eastern England |
| D. | Western England |
| Answer» A. Southern England | |
| 95. |
Who attempts to commit suicide in The Return of the Native? |
| A. | EustaciaVye |
| B. | ClymYeobright |
| C. | Diggory Venn |
| D. | Damon Wildeve |
| Answer» B. ClymYeobright | |
| 96. |
The Clyms live in |
| A. | Mistover-Klap |
| B. | Budmouth |
| C. | Blooms End |
| D. | Alderworth |
| Answer» C. Blooms End | |
| 97. |
Who is described as a “lady – killer” in The Return of the Native? |
| A. | Diggory Venn |
| B. | Damon Wildeve |
| C. | ClymYeobright |
| D. | Charley |
| Answer» D. Charley | |
| 98. |
Who said this? “O, I could live in a street for a world; Egdon is a ridiculous old place: but I have got used to it and I could not be happy anywhere else at all”. |
| A. | Wildeve |
| B. | ClymYeobright |
| C. | Thomasin |
| D. | EustaciaVye |
| Answer» C. Thomasin | |
| 99. |
Who wore the appearance of an installment of night which had taken up its place before its astronomical hour? |
| A. | The Heath |
| B. | Wildeve |
| C. | ClymYeobright |
| D. | Charley |
| Answer» A. The Heath | |
| 100. |
Eustacia marries |
| A. | Clym Yeobright |
| B. | Damon Wildeve |
| C. | Diggory Venn |
| D. | Little Pete |
| Answer» C. Diggory Venn | |
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