Chapter XXX Quiz — Jane Eyre

What subject does Diana Rivers offer to teach Jane?

• French
• German
• Latin
• Italian

What is the annual salary St. John offers Jane for the village school position?

• Twenty pounds
• Thirty pounds
• Forty pounds
• Fifty pounds

Who furnishes the schoolmistress's cottage in Morton?

• St. John Rivers
• Diana Rivers
• Miss Oliver
• Hannah

How much money does Uncle John leave to the Rivers siblings?

• Nothing at all
• Thirty guineas for mourning rings
• One thousand pounds each
• Twenty thousand pounds divided equally

What word does St. John use to describe Jane's nature before correcting himself?

• Restless
• Ambitious
• Impassioned
• Determined

What is St. John's dog named?

• Pilot
• Carlo
• Rex
• Brutus

What does Jane's description of St. John's sermon reveal about his character?

• He is a gentle and consoling preacher
• He is bored with his clerical duties
• He harbors inner turmoil and unfulfilled ambitions beneath his calm exterior
• He is poorly educated in theology

Did Jane refuse the village school position when St. John first offered it?

Did the Rivers siblings react with shock and grief upon hearing of Uncle John's death?

What does the word "patrimony" mean as used in the chapter: "all the patrimony remaining to me will be this crumbling grange"?

• An inheritance from one's father or ancestors
• A religious duty or obligation
• A tract of farmland
• A family's social reputation

In the phrase "his sisters would expostulate," what does "expostulate" mean?

• To celebrate enthusiastically
• To reason earnestly against something; to remonstrate
• To explain in detail
• To surrender reluctantly

What does "halcyon" mean in "the rough and the halcyon day"?

• Stormy and violent
• Brief and fleeting
• Calm, peaceful, and tranquil
• Extremely hot and dry

What reason does Jane give for preferring the school position over being a governess?

• The salary is higher than a governess would earn
• She dislikes teaching wealthy children
• It offers independence rather than servitude to strangers
• St. John pressures her into accepting