Chapter XXXIV Quiz — Wuthering Heights
by Emily Bronte
Comprehension Quiz: Chapter XXXIV
What is Heathcliff’s emotional state when he returns after being out all night?
- Furious and vengeful
- Strangely joyful and wildly excited
- Deeply depressed and silent
- Calm and resigned
What does Heathcliff tell Nelly about where he was the previous night?
- He was walking on the moors to Catherine’s grave
- He was on the threshold of hell, but is now within sight of his heaven
- He was visiting Thrushcross Grange one last time
- He refuses to say anything about where he was
How many days does Heathcliff go without eating before his death?
- Two days
- Three days
- Four days
- One week
What does Heathcliff appear to be gazing at throughout the chapter?
- A portrait of Catherine on the wall
- The moors visible through the window
- Something invisible to others, about two yards away
- The fire burning in the hearth
What specific burial instructions does Heathcliff give?
- A grand funeral with all the neighbors in attendance
- Burial at Thrushcross Grange beside Edgar Linton
- Burial beside Catherine, carried to the churchyard in the evening, with no minister
- Cremation with his ashes scattered on the moors
How does Nelly find Heathcliff when she discovers he has died?
- Slumped over the kitchen table
- Lying on his back with the window open, rain soaking his body, eyes fierce and exultant
- Sitting peacefully in his chair by the fire
- Lying face-down on the moor near Catherine’s grave
Why does Nelly compare Heathcliff to a "ghoul or a vampire"?
- Because he attacked her physically
- Because of his nocturnal wandering, refusal to eat, and ghastly, supernatural appearance
- Because he drank blood during his nighttime excursions
- Because Joseph told her Heathcliff was possessed
Who is the only person to genuinely mourn Heathcliff after his death?
- Nelly Dean
- Young Catherine
- Hareton Earnshaw
- Joseph
What evidence of ghosts does the chapter provide after Heathcliff’s death?
- Nelly sees Catherine’s ghost in the house
- A boy on the moor sees Heathcliff and a woman, and Joseph sees two figures at the window on rainy nights
- Lockwood sees Heathcliff’s ghost at the kirkyard
- Dr. Kenneth reports a supernatural presence at the deathbed
What are Hareton and young Catherine planning to do at the novel’s end?
- Emigrate to America
- Stay at Wuthering Heights and renovate it
- Marry on New Year’s Day and move to Thrushcross Grange
- Move to London to start a new life
What is the significance of the novel’s final image of the three headstones?
- It shows that all three characters were forgotten
- It represents the central love triangle and the question of whether the dead are truly at peace
- It proves Heathcliff’s ghost does not exist
- It symbolizes the triumph of Christianity over paganism
Why does Heathcliff reject Nelly’s suggestion to send for a minister?
- He is too weak to see visitors
- He fears the minister will judge him
- His moral universe revolves entirely around Catherine, not Christianity, and he considers conventional heaven irrelevant
- He has already made peace with God privately
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