Victorian/ Jane Eyre

Question 1

Time frame of Victorian Period

Answer 1

1832-1901

Question 2

Rising middle class during Victorian times was largely due to

Answer 2

Industrial Revolution

Question 3

Characters of Victorian literature include

Answer 3

Domesticity, religion, idealized family, adherence to social convention

Question 4

Queen Victoria’s reign is known for:

Answer 4

Her acceptance of the Constitutional Monarchy
Devotion to Prince Albert
Moralistic conventions

Question 5

Early optimism was later replaced by concern for

Answer 5

Imperial conflicts
Darwinism
Industrialization/ class changes

Question 6

What elements of Jane Eyre are said to be biographical

Answer 6

An outbreak of illness at school
Working as a teacher
Working as a governess

Question 7

In the preface to Jane Eyre, Bronte issues what important remark to her readers

Answer 7

Conventionality is not morality

Question 8

Before impactful moments in her life, Jane has a tendency to be what

Answer 8

Imaginative

Question 9

What does Jane experience in the Red Room in her youth?

Answer 9

Her uncle’s ghost

Question 10

What two characters are pedagogic ally set in direct opposition to each other at Lowood?

Answer 10

Miss Temple and Mr. Brocklehurst

Question 11

Examples of Jane’s young Romantic tendencies include

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Reading her bird book
Frequent painting and drawing
Enjoying nature

Question 12

What is Jane’s reaction to Helen Burn’s impending death?

Answer 12

She questions religion

Question 13

The most frequently cited passage for feminist claims that women are just like men in that

Answer 13

They need activity and stimulation

Question 14

How does Rochester talk to Jane during their first conversation at Thornfield?

Answer 14

Cold and direct

Question 15

Jane’s responses to Rochester are oftentimes

Answer 15

Demure

Question 16

In what ways is Rochester a Byronic Hero

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Intelligent/sarcastic
Emotional/passionate
Arrogant
Self-destructive

Question 17

Why is Jane saving Rochester from the fire such a turning moment in their relationship

Answer 17

They exchange some affection

Question 18

What does Jane dislike in particular about Blanche Ingram

Answer 18

Her disdain towards Adele

Question 19

What is Rochester’s true purpose of dressing up like the Gypsy

Answer 19

Test Jane’s love

Question 20

What leitmotif/symbol is generally present during Gothic moments of the novel

Answer 20

Moonlight

Question 21

What does Thornfield and the 3rd floor symbolize for Rochester

Answer 21

Burden of his mistake, future, family, and tradition

Question 22

What are Georgianna and Eliza representative of in the novel

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Unpleasant Victorian extremes

Question 23

The orchard where Rochester finally proposes is alluded to as what?

Answer 23

Eden

Question 24

Aside from Rochester’s secret, why is their relationship doomed to fail at this point in the novel?

Answer 24

She idolizes him

Question 25

Why does Jane not want fancy dresses or jewelry upon their engagement

Answer 25

She doesn't want the relationship/ herself to change It makes her self-conscious To maintain conventions

Question 26

Who comes into Jane's room in the middle of the night and tears up her veil

Answer 26

Bertha

Question 27

Many feminist critics see Bertha's treatment as representative of what?

Answer 27

Victorian gender roles/marriage

Question 28

In the aftermath of finding out about Rochester's wife, what does Jane discover for herself?

Answer 28

Prayer

Question 29

What is the central reason Jane can't run off with Rochester to France?

Answer 29

He would eventually think of her like the other mistresses

Question 30

What characters in this novel are most representative of the Bronte sisters (Anne and Emily)?

Answer 30

Diana and Mary Rivers

Question 31

What does the contrast between Rochester and St. John represent in the novel

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Romantic vs. Victorian

Question 32

Why does St. John not marry Rosamond Oliver

Answer 32

He is not attracted to her He feels his love/lust is sinful She would not make a good wife

Question 33

Where does Jane feel St. John's sermon comes from within him

Answer 33

A place of disappointment

Question 34

What in these chapters (with St. John) is necessary for Jane's growth and eventual success with Rochester

Answer 34

Gaining an inheritance, family, religion

Question 35

Why does Jane return to Thornfield

Answer 35

She hears Rochester's call

Question 36

How does Rochester get blinded

Answer 36

Trying to save Bertha and the servants

Question 37

Throughout the text, the most frequent allusions of Jane and Rochester are to

Answer 37

Adam and Eve

Question 38

Whose words does the narrative end with?

Answer 38

St. John's

Question 39

By the end of the vowel, we feel ________ about Rochester

Answer 39

He's the worst, yet he changed and redeemed himself and he was always the best

Question 40

What does the Duke mean when he says, "I gave commands; Then all smiles stopped together" in Browing's "My Last Dutchess"

Answer 40

He killed her/ had her killed

Question 41

Why is he the only one that looks at the painting

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So that he's the only one to see her smile

Question 42

Who does The Pilot refer to in Tennyson's "Crossing the Bar"?

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God

Question 43

Hopkins combines his religious beliefs with what kind of poetry

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Nature

Question 44

His poems are filled with what poetic devices

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Sound devices

Question 45

According to Arnold in "Dover Beach" what has happened to "The Sea of Faith" in Victorian times

Answer 45

It has retreated

Question 46

What is the historical resonance in "Dover Beach"

Answer 46

Darwin and the crisis of faith

Question 47

What is the intent of England characterizing India as "other" from the perspective of Said's Post-Colonial Theory

Answer 47

To point out the superiority of England

Question 48

What is the moral of the story "The Miracle of Purun Bhagat" by Kipling

Answer 48

All the knowledge and progress of the new world are irrelevant

Question 49

Who wrote "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways"

Answer 49

E. Browning

Question 50

Who wrote "Ts better to have loved and lost/ Than never to have loved at all"

Answer 50

Tennyson