Wide Sargasso Sea Quizzes

Wide Sargasso Sea Quiz 1

By Jennie K. Hann · Edited by W.C. Miller · Last reviewed July 25, 2007

1 What important historical event has just taken place when the novel begins?

The island of Jamaica has been granted independence.

A hurricane has destroyed the large sugar plantations on which the wealth of the West Indies depends.

England has declared war on her colonial rival France.

The Emancipation Act has freed slaves in the British colonies.
2 What is the name of Antoinette's family's estate in the West Indies?

Nelson's Rest

Thornfield

Coulibri

Granbois
3 On what island is the Cosway family's estate located?

Martinique

Trinidad

Antigua

Jamaica
4 What is wrong with Pierre?

He is mentally and physically disabled.

His face is horribly disfigured as the result of a fire.

He suffers from seizures.

He is deaf and blind.
5 Antoinette's mother is talented at which of the following performing arts?

playing the piano

singing

playing the harpsichord

dancing
6 Why do the other inhabitants of the island refer to Antoinette as a "white cockroach"?

Because she is a white girl who spends all of her time with the black servants and their children.

Because she is a Creole.

Because the one dress she owns is very dirty.

Because she and her family have to scavenge for food.
7 What happened to Antoinette's father?

He drank himself to death.

He swam out to see and was never heard from again.

He ran off with one of his mistresses.

He was murdered by an angry slave.
8 What form of sorcery does Christophine practice?

wicca

devil worship

obeah

fortune-telling
9 What weapon does Antoinette keep near her for protection when she is young?

a hammer

a stick

a rock

a shingle
10 Why does Antoinette's mother want to venture back inside the burning house?

to retrieve her jewel case

to have one last look off the glacis

to save her son from the flames

to rescue her green parrot
11 Which of the following servants betrays the family?

Christophine

Myra

Mannie

Sass
12 Why does Annette want to leave the island so desperately?

She longs to see England.

She is afraid for her safety and that of her children.

She feels that she has too many bad memories of Coulibri.

She wants to pursue a career as an artist's model.
13 What is the first thing Antoinette notices when she regains consciousness after her sickness?

Her mother is writhing on the next bed.

Chrisophine sits at her bedside.

Her braid has been cut off.

She has a jagged scar on her cheek.
14 What finally silences the mob torching Coulibri?

Mr. Mason's prayer

the sight of Coco on fire

Christophine's curse

a sudden flash of lightening
15 Who is Sandi?

Christophine's son

Antoinette's cousin

Mr. Mason's son

Antoinette's half-brother
16 How does Antoinette react when Mr. Mason announces that he will bring visitors to Jamaica?

She has a recurring nightmare about being in hell.

She immediately falls ill and takes to her bed with the fever.

She is overjoyed and begins to plan her entry into society.

She coldly tells him she has no interest in meeting strangers.
17 What is Rochester's attitude toward the black servants?

He is distrustful of them and seems to think they are mocking him.

He considers them to be as harmless as children.

He does not regard them as human beings.

He believes their only reason for existence is to serve him.
18 What eventually happens to Antoinette's mother Annette?

She simply disappears and never comes back.

She murders Mr. Mason and goes to prison for life.

She goes mad and is confined to a mental hospital.

She dies, but no one tells Antoinette the cause of death.
19 Which of the following is NOT an ominous sign from Rochester and Antoinette's honeymoon at Granbois?

Moths and beetles fly into the candles flames and fall dead on the tablecloth.

Lightning strikes an old tree outside the bedroom window, splitting it in half.

The nearest village to the honeymoon cottage is named "Massacre."

Cockroaches enter the house after Rochester tramples a frangipani wreath.
20 Who writes a letter to Mr. Rochester detailing the history of madness and depravity in the Cosway family?

Aunt Cora

Sandi Cosway

Daniel Cosway

Richard Mason
21 Who is killed in the blaze that destroys Coulibri?

Mr. Mason's

Annette

Pierre

Aunt Cora
22 Why does Antoinette throw pebbles at a flat stone in the middle of the bathing pool?

She wants to show Rochester that her aim is excellent.

It is a nervous habit she developed while staying at Granbois as a young girl.

She is afraid of a giant monster crab that lives beneath the rock.

Christophine has convinced her that creating ripples in the water will bring luck to her marriage.
23 What is the reason that Antoinette slaps Amelie?

Amelie says that Antoinette's mother was a lunatic.

Antoinette discovers that the servant girl has slept with her husband.

Antoinette flies into a rage without warning or reason, and Amelie just happens to be in her way.

Amelie suggests that Rochester is tiring of his new wife.
24 Why does Antoinette visit Christophine at her home?

To beg for money so that she can leave Rochester and start a new life.

To plead with Christophine to return to Granbois permanently.

To seek advice on how to please her husband sexually.

To ask Christophine to use obeah magic to make her husband love her.
25 Why does Antoinette get upset with Christophine?

Because Christophine suggests that England does not exist.

Because Christophine refuses to put a spell on Rochester.

Because Christophine suggests that she should divorce Rochester.

Because Christophine relates a dream in which Antoinette cannot conceive.

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