Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Charlotte Bronte's pseudonym was - CORRECT ANSWER - Currer Bell
Charlotte Bronte - CORRECT ANSWER - Attended a boarding school, attended a girls'
school, left school after an outbreak of illness
The literary movement that did NOT directly influence Charlotte Bronte was - CORRECT
ANSWER - Regionalism, Naturalism
Charlotte Bronte created a narrator who was - CORRECT ANSWER - First person limited
Jane Eyre consistently fits the model of the perfect Victorian woman - CORRECT
ANSWER - False
The colors that are symbolic in the novel include - CORRECT ANSWER - Red, black,
grey
Bronte often uses imagery that involves fire and heat as well as - CORRECT ANSWER -
Cold and ice
Jane is often referred to as an animal, including - CORRECT ANSWER - Cat, sheep
A linnet is - CORRECT ANSWER - A small English bird
These items have symbolic value in the novel - CORRECT ANSWER - Books
, The symbol of Jane and Rochester's often complicated love is - CORRECT ANSWER -
Chestnut tree
The themes in the novel include - CORRECT ANSWER - Status or social class, physical
and emotional isolation, gender and social roles
Weather is significant because - CORRECT ANSWER - It reflects Jane's mood or
situation, it adds to the atmosphere of the novel
When the novel opens, Jane is - CORRECT ANSWER - Isolated
Jane is living with the Reeds at - CORRECT ANSWER - Gateshead
John Reed - CORRECT ANSWER - Refers to Jane as an animal, claims that he is the
master of the home, throws a book at Jane, is his mother's pampered favorite
John Reed - CORRECT ANSWER - Has 2 sisters, is not very bright
Mrs. Reed - CORRECT ANSWER - Expects Jane to conform to her expectations
Jane has one happiness as the Reeds. What is it? - CORRECT ANSWER - Reading books
The novel opens - CORRECT ANSWER - On a bleak November day
John Reed wants Jane to - CORRECT ANSWER - Call him master
Jane endures physical abuse from John Reed - CORRECT ANSWER - True