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Wide Sargasso Sea Quiz 1

1 What important historical event has just taken place when the novel begins?
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 island of Jamaica has been granted independence.

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?
Coulibri

Thornfield

Nelson's Rest

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

Martinique

Antigua

Trinidad
4 What is wrong with Pierre?
He is mentally and physically disabled.

He is deaf and blind.

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

He suffers from seizures.
5 Antoinette's mother is talented at which of the following performing arts?
playing the harpsichord

singing

dancing

playing the piano
6 Why do the other inhabitants of the island refer to Antoinette as a "white cockroach"?
Because she is a Creole.

Because the one dress she owns is very dirty.

Because she and her family have to scavenge for food.

Because she is a white girl who spends all of her time with the black servants and their children.
7 What happened to Antoinette's father?
He was murdered by an angry slave.

He drank himself to death.

He ran off with one of his mistresses.

He swam out to see and was never heard from again.
8 What form of sorcery does Christophine practice?
wicca

fortune-telling

obeah

devil worship
9 What weapon does Antoinette keep near her for protection when she is young?
a stick

a rock

a shingle

a hammer
10 Why does Antoinette's mother want to venture back inside the burning house?
to have one last look off the glacis

to save her son from the flames

to retrieve her jewel case

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

Myra

Mannie

Christophine
12 Why does Annette want to leave the island so desperately?
She is afraid for her safety and that of her children.

She wants to pursue a career as an artist's model.

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

She longs to see England.
13 What is the first thing Antoinette notices when she regains consciousness after her sickness?
Her mother is writhing on the next bed.

Her braid has been cut off.

Chrisophine sits at her bedside.

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

the sight of Coco on fire

Mr. Mason's prayer

Christophine's curse
15 Who is Sandi?
Antoinette's half-brother

Mr. Mason's son

Christophine's son

Antoinette's cousin
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 coldly tells him she has no interest in meeting strangers.

She is overjoyed and begins to plan her entry into society.
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 believes their only reason for existence is to serve him.

He does not regard them as human beings.
18 What eventually happens to Antoinette's mother Annette?
She goes mad and is confined to a mental hospital.

She dies, but no one tells Antoinette the cause of death.

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

She simply disappears and never comes back.
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.

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

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

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?
Richard Mason

Sandi Cosway

Aunt Cora

Daniel Cosway
21 Who is killed in the blaze that destroys Coulibri?
Pierre

Aunt Cora

Annette

Mr. Mason's
22 Why does Antoinette throw pebbles at a flat stone in the middle of the bathing pool?
Christophine has convinced her that creating ripples in the water will bring luck to her marriage.

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

She wants to show Rochester that her aim is excellent.

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

Amelie suggests that Rochester is tiring of his new wife.

Antoinette flies into a rage without warning or reason, and Amelie just happens to be in her way.
24 Why does Antoinette visit Christophine at her home?
To seek advice on how to please her husband sexually.

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 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 relates a dream in which Antoinette cannot conceive.

Because Christophine refuses to put a spell on Rochester.

Because Christophine suggests that she should divorce Rochester.

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