Chapter XIII Quiz — Jane Eyre

Why must Jane and Adèle vacate the library at the start of Chapter XIII?

• Rochester wants privacy to read
• Rochester needs it as a reception-room for his agent and tenants
• The library is being renovated
• Mrs. Fairfax needs the room for entertaining guests

What keepsake does Jane wear to tea with Rochester?

• A gold ring from her mother
• A silver cross from Mr. Brocklehurst
• A small pearl brooch from Miss Temple
• A ribbon given by Bessie

What does Rochester mean when he asks Jane if she was waiting for "the men in green"?

• Soldiers from the local garrison
• Gardeners who tend the Thornfield grounds
• Traditional English fairies from folklore
• Highwaymen known to operate on Hay Lane

What is depicted in Jane's first watercolour painting?

• A woman rising into a twilight sky crowned with a star
• A colossal head resting against an iceberg beneath the Northern Lights
• A cormorant holding a gold bracelet on a half-submerged mast, with a drowned corpse below
• A castle on the Rhine at twilight

How does Rochester judge Jane's piano playing?

• He praises it as exceptional and asks her to play more
• He says she plays "a little," like any English schoolgirl, perhaps better than some but not well
• He refuses to listen and sends her away
• He says she plays worse than Adèle

According to Mrs. Fairfax, how long has Rochester been master of Thornfield?

• Since birth — he was always the eldest son
• About three years, since his father died
• About nine years, since his elder brother died without a will
• About twenty years, since he bought the estate

What literary work does Brontë allude to in the description of Jane's third painting?

• Shakespeare's The Tempest
• Milton's Paradise Lost
• Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
• Dante's Inferno

What does Rochester say about Adèle's intellectual abilities?

• She is exceptionally bright and talented
• She is not bright and has no talents, but has made much improvement under Jane
• She is lazy and refuses to study
• She is too young to be properly assessed

Rochester asks Jane to play the piano for him during the tea visit.

Rochester gives Adèle the present she has been asking about during the tea visit.

What does "meed" mean when Jane says praise is "the meed teachers most covet"?

• A punishment or reprimand
• A deserved share or reward
• A formal ceremony
• A written evaluation

What does "piquant" mean when Jane finds Rochester's eccentricity "piquant"?

• Frightening and alarming
• Pleasantly stimulating or intriguing
• Rude and offensive
• Confusing and disorienting

What does "celerity" mean in "she proceeded to arrange the cups with assiduous celerity"?

• Elegance and refinement
• Carelessness and haste
• Swiftness of movement or action
• Quiet reluctance