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CLS2133 Literary Appreciation
Quiz (10 marks)

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Matric No:
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1. Where is Christophine from?

(A) Jamaica
(B) Martinique
(C) England
(D) France

2. What is the name of Antoinette's disabled brother?

(A) Pierre
(B) Daniel
(C) Sandi
(D) Alexander

3. With what does Antoinette sleep to protect herself from harm?

(A) A pet parrot
(B) A magic pebble
(C) A handmade doll
(D) A stick

4. Who negotiates the marriage between Antoinette and Rochester?

(A) Aunt Cora
(B) Richard Mason
(C) Mr. Fraser
(D) Alexander Cosway

5. What happens to Amelie after she sleeps with Rochester?

(A) She leaves Granbois to travel abroad
(B) Christophine puts a spell on her
(C) Antoinette fires her
(D) She is arrested by the Massacre police






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6. What picture does Rochester absentmindedly draw?

(A) A dying horse
(B) A flaming sunset over bright blue waters
(C) A house with a woman at the window
(D) A house on fire

7. What does Aunt Cora give to Antoinette before she marries Rochester?

(A) Two rings
(B) Annette's wedding dress
(C) Her blessing
(D) A gold locket

8. What is the name of Annette's parrot?

(A) Myra
(B) Beke
(C) Maillotte
(D) Coco

9. How many letters does Sandi Cosway send to Rochester?

(A) One
(B) Two
(C) Three
(D) None

10. According to Annette, why does no one visit Coulibri Estate from Spanish Town?

(A) It is cursed
(B) They fear Christophine
(C) The Cosways are too poor
(D) The road is too damaged

11. How does Rochester threaten Christophine?

(A) With a knife
(B) He says he will fire her
(C) With the police
(D) With Antoinette's well-being






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12. Who is Sandi Cosway?

(A) Antoinette's half-brother
(B) Antoinette's cousin
(C) Antoinette's father
(D) Tia's brother

13. Who gets Antoinette drunk first?

(A) Rochester
(B) Grace Poole
(C) Christophine
(D) Baptiste

14. What animal announces the changing weather?

(A) The cock
(B) The serpent
(C) The cockroach
(D) The parrot

15. How many living children does Christophine have?

(A) One
(B) Three
(C) She is not sure
(D) She will not tell

16. Who finally persuades Antoinette to get married?

(A) Richard Mason
(B) Mr. Mason
(C) Rochester
(D) Mr. Fraser

17. Why does Annette want to leave Jamaica?
(A) She wants to see England
(B) She misses Martinique
(C) She is tired of being mistreated by the white Creoles
(D) She is scared of the black servants







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18. What important historical event has just taken place when the novel begins?

(A) The Emancipation Act has freed slaves in the British colonies.
(B) The island of Jamaica has been granted independence.
(C) England has declared war on her colonial rival France.
(D) A hurricane has destroyed the large sugar plantations on which the wealth of the
West Indies depends.

19. What is the name of Antoinette's family's estate in the West Indies?

(A) Thornfield
(B) Granbois
(C) Coulibri
(D) Nelson's Rest

20. On what island is the Cosway family's estate located?

(A) Jamaica
(B) Antigua
(C) Martinique
(D) Trinidad

21. What is wrong with Pierre?

(A) His face is horribly disfigured as the result of a fire.
(B) He is deaf and blind.
(C) He suffers from seizures.
(D) He is mentally and physically disabled.

22. Antoinette's mother is talented at which of the following performing arts?

(A) playing the piano
(B) dancing
(C) singing
(D) playing the harpsichord

23. Why do the other inhabitants of the island refer to Antoinette as a "white cockroach"?

(A) Because the one dress she owns is very dirty.
(B) Because she and her family have to scavenge for food.
(C) Because she is a white girl who spends all of her time with the black servants and their
children.
(D) Because she is a Creole.




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24. What happened to Antoinette's father?

(A) He drank himself to death.
(B) He was murdered by an angry slave.
(C) He ran off with one of his mistresses.
(D) He swam out to see and was never heard from again.

25. What form of sorcery does Christophine practice?

(A) fortune-telling
(B) devil worship
(C) obeah
(D) wicca

26. What weapon does Antoinette keep near her for protection when she is young?

(A) a stick
(B) a hammer
(C) a rock
(D) a shingle

27. Why does Antoinette's mother want to venture back inside the burning house?

(A) to rescue her green parrot
(B) to save her son from the flames
(C) to have one last look off the glacis
(D) to retrieve her jewel case

28. Which of the following servants betrays the family?

(A) Mannie
(B) Christophine
(C) Myra
(D) Sass

29. What is Rochester's attitude toward the black servants?

(A) He is distrustful of them and seems to think they are mocking him.
(B) He does not regard them as human beings.
(C) He believes their only reason for existence is to serve him.
(D) He considers them to be as harmless as children.






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30. What eventually happens to Antoinette's mother Annette?

(A) She goes mad and is confined to a mental hospital.
(B) She simply disappears and never comes back.
(C) She murders Mr. Mason and goes to prison for life.
(D) She dies, but no one tells Antoinette the cause of death.

31. Which of the following is NOT an ominous sign from Rochester and Antoinette's
honeymoon at Granbois?

(A) Cockroaches enter the house after Rochester tramples a frangipani wreath.
(B) Lightning strikes an old tree outside the bedroom window, splitting it in half.
(C) Moths and beetles fly into the candles flames and fall dead on the tablecloth.
(D) The nearest village to the honeymoon cottage is named "Massacre."

32. Who writes a letter to Mr. Rochester detailing the history of madness and depravity in the
Cosway family?

(A) Richard Mason
(B) Daniel Cosway
(C) Aunt Cora
(D) Sandi Cosway

33. Why does Antoinette throw pebbles at a flat stone in the middle of the bathing pool?

(A) Christophine has convinced her that creating ripples in the water will bring luck to her
marriage.
(B) It is a nervous habit she developed while staying at Granbois as a young girl.
(C) She wants to show Rochester that her aim is excellent.
(D) She is afraid of a giant monster crab that lives beneath the rock.

34. Why does Antoinette visit Christophine at her home?

(A) To seek advice on how to please her husband sexually.
(B) To ask Christophine to use obeah magic to make her husband love her.
(C) To beg for money so that she can leave Rochester and start a new life.
(D) To plead with Christophine to return to Granbois permanently.

35. Why does Antoinette get upset with Christophine?

(A) Because Christophine refuses to put a spell on Rochester.
(B) Because Christophine relates a dream in which Antoinette cannot conceive.
(C) Because Christophine suggests that England does not exist.
(D) Because Christophine suggests that she should divorce Rochester.


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36. Antoinette's husband says the young girl servant who meets them at the port is of what
race?
(A) He describes her as White.
(B) He says she is Colored.
(C) He describes her as Creole.
(D) He describes her a half-caste.

37. What does Grace say she believes about Antoinette/Bertha's behavior in Part Three?
(A) She thinks Antoinette/Bertha has been mistreated.
(B) She believes Antoinette/Bertha pretends not to remember things.
(C) She believes Antoinette/Bertha is a sweet woman.
(D) She believes Antoinette/Bertah is really very rich.

38. What does Antoinette hear from her bedroom one night?
(A) Her husband making plans to move to England.
(B) Baptiste and Christophine arguing over obeah.
(C) Her husband cheating on her with one of the servant girls.
(D) A wild scream outside her window.

39. In Part Three, how many times is the reader told Antoinette/Bertha has the same dream?

(A) Every night.
(B) Five times.
(C) Three times.
(D) The number of times are not made clear.

40. How much money is paid to Antoinette's husband from Antoinette's inheritance?
(A) None.
(B) Fifty thousand dollars.
(C) The reader does not know.
(D) Thirty thousand pounds.

41. What does the servant girl at the "honeymoon house" say repeatedly to Antoinette's
husband?
(A) The servant will only answer to the wife.
(B) He has been bewitched by an obeah spell.
(C) How sorry she is for him.
(D) How lucky he is to be married to such a rich wife.

42. Who does Antoinette's husband decide to visit concerning the letter he received?
(A) The chief magistrate.
(B) The letter's author.
(C) A priest.
(D) His lawyer.



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43. What does the author of the letter want Antoinette's husband to do?
(A) Leave the island immediately because his life is in danger.
(B) It is a blackmail letter demanding money.
(C) Contact the local magistrate.
(D) Visit the sender to learn the truth about his wife.

44. What are the sounds Antoinette/Bertha hears all her life?
(A) Whispering.
(B) Soft breezes of the islands.
(C) Screaming.
(D) Ocean waves.

45. How does Antoinette/Bertha know when Grace Poole falls asleep?
(A) She hears her snoring.
(B) She notices Grace covers her head with a blanket when she falls asleep.
(C) She sees her eyes closed.
(D) She sees Grace's mouth become very slack.

46. Why does a nameless boy sob in front of Antoinette and her husband?
(A) He was caught stealing.
(B) Baptiste beat him.
(C) He wants to leave the island with them.
(D) His mother died.

47. How does Antoinette's husband feel his first morning at the island?
(A) Anxious.
(B) Exhausted.
(C) Rested.
(D) Peaceful.

48. After Grace Poole is hired, why does she believe all the servants continue working at Mr.
Rochester's estate?
(A) They are sheltered and safe.
(B) They are loyal to their employer.
(C) They are paid very well.
(D) They enjoy their jobs.

49. What is Antoinette's husband's first impression of the cottage?
(A) It needs repair.
(B) It is ugly.
(C) It is awkward and sad.
(D) It is beautiful.

50. What does Antoinette/Bertha's caretaker do many nights before falling asleep?
(A) She makes sure there is plenty of coal on the fire.
(B) He enjoys a cold supper.
(C) She drinks heavily.
(D) She ensures everything is in its place and the door is locked.