1: Lady Dedlock's eccentric aunt, Miss Barbary, raised a child named
a. Ada Clare
b. Esther Summerson
c. George Rouncewell
d. Volumnia Dedlock
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2: The two motives that drive Mademoiselle Hortense to commit murder are
a. jealousy and greed
b. greed and blackmail
c. self-protection and revenge
d. revenge and jealousy
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3: The first person Inspector Bucket arrests for the murder of Mr. Tulkinghorn is
a. Allan Woodcourt
b. George Rouncewell
c. John Jarndyce
d. Richard Carstone
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4: Lady Dedlock is "bored to death" until she sees something that almost makes her faint. What is it?
a. Her grievously injured husband
b. A painting of her long-missing child
c. The ghost of her dead lover
d. Familiar handwriting on legal documents
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5: Disease strikes three important characters -- including Esther, who becomes temporarily blind. The likely ailment is
a. influenza
b. smallpox
c. bubonic plague
d. hysteria
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6: Esther and Lady Dedlock meet for the first and only time as parent and daughter in
a. Harrod's department store in London
b. the park woods of Chesney Wold
c. the drawingroom at Bleak House
d. Sir Leicester's secret apartment in Paris
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7: Before Allan Woodcourt sails away to China and India as a ship's surgeon, he leaves behind a
a. miniature portrait of himself for Ada Clare
b. letter for Mr. Jarndyce
c. small bag of gold for Jo
d. bouquet of flowers for Esther
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8: The character who is incapable of deciding on a lifetime career, first trying medicine, then law, and finally the military, is
a. Mr. Tulkinghorn
b. Allan Woodcourt
c. Richard Carstone
d. George Rouncewell
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9: Who said the following: “I will walk here until the pride of this house is humbled. And when calamity or when disgrace is coming to it, let the Dedlocks listen for my step!"
a. Mrs. Rouncewell
b. The Lady of Sir Morbury Dedlock
c. Bart Smallweed
d. Prince Turveydrop
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10: Who said the following: “There an't a doubt that it was the other one (Lady Dedlock) with this one's dress on."
a. Mr. Boythorn
b. Mr. Snagsby
c. Mr. Jarndyce
d. Mr. Bucket
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11: Who said the following: “Never have a mission, my dear child."
a. Mr. Jellyby
b. Mr. Gridley
c. Miss Wisk
d. Mrs. Pardiggle
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12: Who said the following: Gin palaces were “invariably numerous and splendid in proportion to the dirt and poverty of the surrounding neighborhoods."
a. Charles Dickens
b. Jane Austen
c. Samuel Clemens
d. Carrie Nation
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