Jane Eyre Chapters 17-20 Quiz (Chapters 17–20)

Jane Eyre Chapters 17-20 questions

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1. How does Blanche Ingram talk about governesses with Jane sitting in the room?
   As rivals for any gentleman's notice · As deserving of pity and better wages · As useful but better kept out of sight · As a nuisance to be mimicked and mocked
2. Who arrives unexpectedly at Thornfield from the West Indies during the house party?
   Mr Mason, lately come from Jamaica · Lord Ingram, Blanche's elder brother · Mr Carter, a surgeon from Millcote · Mr Eshton, a magistrate of the shire
3. What gives the gypsy fortune-teller away to Jane in the library?
   Mrs Fairfax admits she let no gypsy in · The hand and voice are Rochester's own · The bandage slips from the gypsy's face · Blanche returns from the room smiling
4. What does Rochester tell the frightened house guests after the cry in the night?
   That a window blew in on the third floor · That thieves had been driven off by Pilot · That a servant had a dream and screamed · That Grace Poole had fallen on the stairs
5. How does Mason describe his attacker when Jane and Rochester reach him?
   That he came to warn Jane of danger · That he would lay it before a judge · That Grace Poole had let him in alone · That she worried him like a tigress

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