Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-text review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. What primary contrast is established between Bath and the countryside where Catherine was raised?

A) Bath is more cosmopolitan and less concerned with morality.

B) Bath is more focused on appearances and mannerisms.

C) Bath is closer to France and more influenced by continental ideas.

D) Bath is less socially stratified and more egalitarian.

2. Which character most clearly functions as a foil for Catherine?

A) Sarah

B) Eleanor

C) Isabella

D) Miss Andrews

3. What is John’s puzzling remark about James’s horse during Catherine’s carriage ride with the Thorpes meant to foreshadow?

A) The General’s reaction to Eleanor’s marriage to a Viscount

B) The revelation of the Thorpes’ mistaken beliefs about the Morlands’ wealth

C) John’s obsessive interest in displaying status through horses and carriages

D) Catherine’s eventual marriage to Henry despite the General’s objections

4. Why is Catherine’s refusal to dance with John—despite his false claim that she has already promised to do so—similar to her later refusal to accommodate Isabella by rearranging her plans with Eleanor so that she can go on the carriage ride with Isabella, John, and James?

A) Both events demonstrate that Catherine is learning to read people’s motivations more accurately.

B) Catherine’s real objective on both occasions is to find a way to spend more time with Henry.