Chapter XXXI Quiz — Wuthering Heights
by Emily Bronte
Comprehension Quiz: Chapter XXXI
Why does Lockwood visit Wuthering Heights in Chapter 31?
- To propose marriage to Catherine
- To deliver a letter from Nelly and inform Heathcliff he is leaving
- To negotiate a lower rent for Thrushcross Grange
- To invite Hareton to work at Thrushcross Grange
What does Hareton do when he sees Lockwood pass the letter to Catherine?
- He reads the letter aloud to everyone
- He ignores it completely
- He seizes it and insists Heathcliff must see it first
- He tears it up immediately
Why is Catherine unable to write a reply to Nelly's letter?
- She cannot read or write
- Heathcliff forbids all correspondence
- She has no writing materials because Heathcliff destroyed her books
- Hareton has hidden all the paper
What has Hareton been secretly doing with the books he collected?
- Selling them for money
- Teaching himself to read
- Hiding them to spite Catherine
- Using them to light fires
How does Catherine specifically mock Hareton's reading?
- She says he reads too slowly to be useful
- She ridicules his reading of Chevy Chase and his use of the dictionary
- She tells him books are only for women
- She complains that he reads too loudly at night
What word does Lockwood use to describe Hareton's motivation, distinguishing it from envy?
- Ambitious
- Emulous
- Covetous
- Studious
What ultimately happens to the books in Chapter 31?
- Catherine hides them in her room
- Heathcliff confiscates them
- Hareton throws them into the fire
- Lockwood takes them to Thrushcross Grange
What does Heathcliff reveal in his muttered aside about Hareton?
- He is proud of how much Hareton has learned
- He plans to send Hareton away from the Heights
- He sees the first Catherine's face in Hareton more every day
- He regrets not educating Hareton properly
What is significant about Heathcliff's words "It will be odd if I thwart myself"?
- He worries his business ventures will fail
- He fears his revenge is being undermined by his own feelings
- He is concerned Lockwood will not pay rent
- He suspects Catherine is planning to escape
What is ironic about Lockwood's final fantasy at the end of Chapter 31?
- He imagines Heathcliff becoming a kind landlord
- He dreams of buying Wuthering Heights
- He imagines a romance with Catherine, showing he misunderstands the world he has observed
- He envisions Hareton becoming a great scholar
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