Chapter XI Quiz — Jane Eyre

Where does Jane wait at the beginning of Chapter 11 before being picked up?

• The Millcote train station
• The George Inn at Millcote
• Thornfield Hall's front gate
• The village of Hay

What does Jane initially assume about Mrs. Fairfax's position at Thornfield?

• That she is a servant
• That she is the owner of Thornfield
• That she is Mr. Rochester's wife
• That she is Adèle's mother

What is Adèle Varens's relationship to Mr. Rochester?

• She is his daughter
• She is his niece
• She is his ward
• She is his cousin's child

What does Adèle perform for Jane after breakfast?

• A piano recital and a dance
• An opera song and a La Fontaine fable
• A prayer and a French lesson
• A Shakespeare soliloquy and a folk song

To what does Jane compare the dark third-floor corridor at Thornfield?

• A prison cell
• A corridor in some Bluebeard's castle
• A crypt beneath a cathedral
• The hallways of Lowood School

How does Mrs. Fairfax explain the mysterious laugh Jane hears on the third floor?

• She says it was the wind
• She says it was a ghost
• She attributes it to Grace Poole
• She denies hearing anything

What is Mrs. Fairfax's connection to the Rochester family?

• She is Mr. Rochester's aunt
• Her late husband was a second cousin to Rochester's mother
• She is Rochester's former governess
• She has no connection to the family at all

What Shakespeare play does Jane quote when discussing the Rochester family history?

• Hamlet
• Macbeth
• King Lear
• Othello

True or False: Jane meets Mr. Rochester during her first day at Thornfield Hall.

True or False: Jane feels relieved when she discovers that Mrs. Fairfax is a housekeeper rather than the estate's owner.

In the sentence "the laugh was as tragic, as preternatural a laugh as any I ever heard," what does "preternatural" mean?

• Extremely loud
• Beyond what is normal or natural; suggesting the supernatural
• Deeply sorrowful
• Deliberately theatrical

When Jane describes her position as "all the freer" because the equality was "not the mere result of condescension," what does "condescension" mean?

• Friendly conversation between equals
• A patronizing attitude of superiority
• A formal agreement between employer and employee
• Reluctant acceptance of a situation

What does "cachinnation" mean in the sentence "no circumstance of ghostliness accompanied the curious cachinnation"?

• A whispered conversation
• A mysterious silence
• Loud or excessive laughter
• An ominous creaking sound