Chapter II Quiz — Wuthering Heights

Why does Lockwood leave Thrushcross Grange and walk to Wuthering Heights in Chapter 2?

• He receives an invitation from Heathcliff to visit
• A servant extinguishes his study fire while cleaning
• He wants to deliver a message to Catherine Heathcliff
• Nelly Dean suggests he should visit his landlord again

Who is the first person to speak to Lockwood when he arrives at Wuthering Heights in Chapter 2?

• Heathcliff
• Catherine Heathcliff
• Hareton Earnshaw
• Joseph

What does Lockwood mistake for cats in Chapter 2?

• A pile of fur blankets
• Several small puppies
• A heap of dead rabbits
• A collection of wool scarves

What is Lockwood's first wrong assumption about young Catherine's identity?

• He thinks she is Heathcliff's daughter
• He thinks she is Heathcliff's wife
• He thinks she is Hareton's sister
• He thinks she is a household servant

What is the actual relationship between young Catherine and Heathcliff?

• She is his niece
• She is his stepdaughter
• She is his daughter-in-law; his son is dead
• She is his adopted daughter

How does Catherine Heathcliff frighten Joseph in Chapter 2?

• She threatens to report him to the magistrate
• She pretends to practice witchcraft and threatens to model people in wax
• She throws a book at his head
• She locks him outside in the snowstorm

To which literary figure does Lockwood compare himself after the dog attack?

• Hamlet
• Don Quixote
• King Lear
• Macbeth

Who ultimately provides Lockwood with care and a place to sleep at the end of Chapter 2?

• Catherine Heathcliff
• Hareton Earnshaw
• Joseph
• Zillah, the housekeeper

Which of these events actually happened in this chapter?

What does "churlish" mean as Lockwood uses it to describe the inhabitants of Wuthering Heights?

• Cheerful and welcoming
• Rude and unfriendly
• Shy and timid
• Confused and disoriented

In the sentence "They could not every day sit so grim and taciturn," what does "taciturn" mean?

• Angry and aggressive
• Hungry and impatient
• Habitually silent and reserved
• Physically exhausted

What does "moroseness" mean in "his accidental merriment expiring quickly in his habitual moroseness"?

• Extreme generosity
• Physical exhaustion
• Sullen, gloomy ill-temper
• Nervous excitement