Chapter I Quiz — Wuthering Heights

What year is recorded at the beginning of Chapter 1?

• 1770
• 1801
• 1847
• 1500

What is the name of the property Lockwood has rented?

• Wuthering Heights
• Thrushcross Grange
• Penistone Crag
• Earnshaw Manor

According to Lockwood, what does the word "wuthering" describe?

• The color of the moorland heather
• The atmospheric tumult during stormy weather
• The sound of wind through the chimneys
• An old Yorkshire family name

What name and date are inscribed above the main door of Wuthering Heights?

• Heathcliff, 1750
• Hareton Earnshaw, 1500
• Linton Heathcliff, 1600
• Edgar Linton, 1700

How does Lockwood describe Heathcliff's appearance?

• A pale, sickly aristocrat with refined manners
• A dark-skinned gipsy in aspect, in dress and manners a gentleman
• A ruddy-faced farmer in knee-breeches and gaiters
• A tall, fair-haired man of military bearing

What confession does Lockwood make about a woman at the seaside?

• He proposed marriage but was rejected
• He withdrew coldly when she returned his affections
• He wrote her love letters she never received
• He challenged her suitor to a duel

Who rescues Lockwood from the dog attack?

• Joseph the servant
• Mr. Heathcliff
• A housekeeper wielding a frying pan
• Lockwood fights them off alone with a poker

What does Lockwood decide to do at the end of Chapter 1?

• Leave Thrushcross Grange immediately
• Return to visit Heathcliff the next day
• Write a letter of complaint to Heathcliff
• Hire new servants for the Grange

Which of the following events actually occur in Chapter 1?

Which descriptions of Wuthering Heights are accurate based on Chapter 1?

What does "misanthropist" mean as used in "A perfect misanthropist's heaven"?

• A person who loves nature and the outdoors
• A person who dislikes and avoids human society
• A person devoted to religious solitude
• A person who collects rare antiques

What does "laconic" mean in the phrase "the laconic style of chipping off his pronouns and auxiliary verbs"?

• Eloquent and flowing
• Using very few words
• Speaking in a foreign accent
• Whispering secretively

What does "phlegm" mean in "climbed the cellar steps with vexatious phlegm"?

• Mucus caused by a cold
• Deliberate calmness and composure
• Extreme anger and frustration
• Physical exhaustion and weakness