ENGLISH FINAL EXAM JANE EYRE
UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Jane Eyre - CORRECT ANSWER - protagonist and narrator of the novel; forced to
contend with oppression, inequality, and hardship; maintains her principles of justice, human
dignity, and morality; values intellectual and emotional fulfillment; her strong belief in gender
and social equality challenges the Victorian prejudices against women and the poor
Edward Rochester - CORRECT ANSWER - Jane's employer and the master of Thornfield;
unconventional, ready to set aside polite manners, propriety, and consideration of social class in
order to interact with Jane frankly and directly; rash and impetuous; spent much of his adult life
roaming about Europe in an attempt to avoid the consequences of his youthful indiscretions;
sympathetic figure because he has suffered for so long
St. John Rivers - CORRECT ANSWER - serves as Jane's benefactor after she runs away
from Thornfield, giving her food and shelter; minister at Morton; cold, reserved, and controlling;
alienated from his feelings; devoted solely to his ambition
Mrs. Reed - CORRECT ANSWER - Jane's cruel aunt; raises her at Gateshead; old woman
who continues to resent Jane because her husband had always loved Jane more than his own
children
Bessie Lee - CORRECT ANSWER - maid at Gateshead; only figure in Jane's childhood
who regularly treats her kindly; marries Robert Leaven
Mr. Lloyd - CORRECT ANSWER - Reed's apothecary; suggests that Jane be sent away to
school; clears Jane of Mrs. Reed's charge that she is a liar
Georgiana Reed - CORRECT ANSWER - Jane's cousin; one of Mrs. Reed's two
daughters; very beautiful; treats Jane cruelly when they are children but later befriends her;
attempts to elope but is sabotaged by her sister Eliza; eventually marries a wealthy man
, Eliza Reed - CORRECT ANSWER - Jane's cousin; one of Mrs. Reed's two daughters;
devotes herself somewhat to the church; goes to a convent in France where she becomes the
Mother Superior
John Reed - CORRECT ANSWER - Jane's cousin, Mrs. Reed's son, brother to Eliza and
Georgiana; treats Jane with appalling cruelty during their childhood; falls into a life of drinking
and gambling; commits suicide midway through the novel when his mother ceases to pay his
debts for him
Helen Burns - CORRECT ANSWER - Jane's close friend at Lowood school; endures her
miserable life there with a passive dignity that Jane cannot understand; dies of consumption in
Jane's arms
Mr. Brockelhurst - CORRECT ANSWER - cruel and hypocritical master of the Lowood
School; preaches a doctrine of privation while stealing from the school to support his luxurious
lifestyle; his shifty and dishonest practices are brought to light and he is publicly discredited
Maria Temple - CORRECT ANSWER - a kind teacher at Lowood; treats Jane and Helen
with respect and compassion; serves as one of Jane's first positive female role models; helps
clear Jane of Mrs. Reed's accusations against her
Miss Scatcherd - CORRECT ANSWER - Jane's sour and vicious teacher at Lowood;
behaves particularly cruel toward Helen
Alice Fairfax - CORRECT ANSWER - housekeeper at Thornfield Hall; first to meet Jane
at Thronfield and sends out reply to advertisement
Bertha Mason - CORRECT ANSWER - Rochester's clandestine wife; formerly beautiful
and wealthy Creole woman who becomes insane; lives locked in a secret room guarded by Grace
Poole; eventually burns down Thornfield plunging to her death in the flames
UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Jane Eyre - CORRECT ANSWER - protagonist and narrator of the novel; forced to
contend with oppression, inequality, and hardship; maintains her principles of justice, human
dignity, and morality; values intellectual and emotional fulfillment; her strong belief in gender
and social equality challenges the Victorian prejudices against women and the poor
Edward Rochester - CORRECT ANSWER - Jane's employer and the master of Thornfield;
unconventional, ready to set aside polite manners, propriety, and consideration of social class in
order to interact with Jane frankly and directly; rash and impetuous; spent much of his adult life
roaming about Europe in an attempt to avoid the consequences of his youthful indiscretions;
sympathetic figure because he has suffered for so long
St. John Rivers - CORRECT ANSWER - serves as Jane's benefactor after she runs away
from Thornfield, giving her food and shelter; minister at Morton; cold, reserved, and controlling;
alienated from his feelings; devoted solely to his ambition
Mrs. Reed - CORRECT ANSWER - Jane's cruel aunt; raises her at Gateshead; old woman
who continues to resent Jane because her husband had always loved Jane more than his own
children
Bessie Lee - CORRECT ANSWER - maid at Gateshead; only figure in Jane's childhood
who regularly treats her kindly; marries Robert Leaven
Mr. Lloyd - CORRECT ANSWER - Reed's apothecary; suggests that Jane be sent away to
school; clears Jane of Mrs. Reed's charge that she is a liar
Georgiana Reed - CORRECT ANSWER - Jane's cousin; one of Mrs. Reed's two
daughters; very beautiful; treats Jane cruelly when they are children but later befriends her;
attempts to elope but is sabotaged by her sister Eliza; eventually marries a wealthy man
, Eliza Reed - CORRECT ANSWER - Jane's cousin; one of Mrs. Reed's two daughters;
devotes herself somewhat to the church; goes to a convent in France where she becomes the
Mother Superior
John Reed - CORRECT ANSWER - Jane's cousin, Mrs. Reed's son, brother to Eliza and
Georgiana; treats Jane with appalling cruelty during their childhood; falls into a life of drinking
and gambling; commits suicide midway through the novel when his mother ceases to pay his
debts for him
Helen Burns - CORRECT ANSWER - Jane's close friend at Lowood school; endures her
miserable life there with a passive dignity that Jane cannot understand; dies of consumption in
Jane's arms
Mr. Brockelhurst - CORRECT ANSWER - cruel and hypocritical master of the Lowood
School; preaches a doctrine of privation while stealing from the school to support his luxurious
lifestyle; his shifty and dishonest practices are brought to light and he is publicly discredited
Maria Temple - CORRECT ANSWER - a kind teacher at Lowood; treats Jane and Helen
with respect and compassion; serves as one of Jane's first positive female role models; helps
clear Jane of Mrs. Reed's accusations against her
Miss Scatcherd - CORRECT ANSWER - Jane's sour and vicious teacher at Lowood;
behaves particularly cruel toward Helen
Alice Fairfax - CORRECT ANSWER - housekeeper at Thornfield Hall; first to meet Jane
at Thronfield and sends out reply to advertisement
Bertha Mason - CORRECT ANSWER - Rochester's clandestine wife; formerly beautiful
and wealthy Creole woman who becomes insane; lives locked in a secret room guarded by Grace
Poole; eventually burns down Thornfield plunging to her death in the flames
