The Coquette Quizzes

The Coquette Quiz 1

By Kristen Osborne · Edited by Neal Adolph Akatsuka · Last reviewed March 17, 2015

1 What nationality is the author?

American

British

Australian

French
2 What year was the novel written?

1800

1797

1750

1910
3 The novel is ___.

a biography

completely fictional

based on a true story

an autobiography
4 What time period is the novel set in?

The Civil War

The Gilded Age

Post-Revolutionary America

The 1920s
5 A coquette is ___.

a flirtatious woman

an artist

a sinner

an intelligent woman
6 The novel is written ___.

in letters

in third person

in newspaper articles

as a diary
7 Who is Eliza's most frequent confidante?

Mrs. Richman

Julia

Her mother

Lucy
8 Who was Mr. Haly?

A man in the neighborhood

The man Sanford writes to

Eliza's deceased bethrothed

Her father
9 Mr. Boyer writes to ___.

Mrs. Wharton

Mr. Selby

Mr. Deighton

Major Sanford
10 Eliza seems most attracted to Major Sanford's ___.

wealth

intellect

looks

manners
11 Major Sanford is referred to as a ___.

libertine

hero

novice

scoundrel
12 Eliza describes Miss Laurence as lacking ___.

soul

beauty

manners

intellect
13 Why does the Major say he cannot marry Eliza?

Her morals are suspect.

She is not pretty enough.

He needs a rich wife.

She is too young.
14 Eliza claims that marriage is the tomb of ___.

respect

society

love

friendship
15 What does Lucy's letters advise Eliza about Sanford?

She should marry him.

She should marry neither him nor Boyer.

She should pursue him.

He is a rake.
16 Eliza does not want to get married because ___.

she does not believe in it

she does not love anyone

she is afraid of losing the love and affection

she wants to enjoy her youth and freedom
17 What is the status of Eliza and Boyer's engagement?

It does not fully exist.

It is established.

It is nonexistent.

It turns into marriage.
18 Where does Sanford buy a house?

In a county far away

Near Mr. Boyer

Near Eliza's neighborhood

Near the Richmans
19 Where was Mr. Boyer traveling to?

His future residence

London

Boston

To visit his family
20 What is one shortcoming Boyer identifies in Eliza?

Her intellect

Her lack of ardor for him

Her manners

Her appearance
21 What literary figure is brought up to Eliza as an example?

Charlotte Temple

Moll Flanders

Clarissa

Jezebel
22 What does Mrs. Wharton care most about?

Her husband

Religion

Her health

Her children
23 What class of society does Mrs. Wharton tout as having the most domestic enjoyments?

Politicians

Clergymen

Aristocrats

Military men
24 Mr. Selby admires all of the following in Eliza except ___.

her flirtatiousness

her manners

her conversation

her looks
25 What subject does Boyer most like to discuss with Eliza?

Marriage

Literature

God

Politics