501 Critical Reading Questions

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278.
It can be inferred from the passage that life at Lowood was
a. very unconventional and modern.
b. very structured and isolated.
c. harsh and demeaning.
d. liberal and carefree.
e. urban and sophisticated.
279.
After Miss Temple’s wedding, the narrator
a. realizes she wants to experience the world.
b. decides that she must get married.
c. realizes she can never leave Lowood.
d. decides to return to her family at Gateshead.
e. determines to follow Miss Temple.
280.
The passage suggests that the narrator
a. will soon return to Lowood.
b. was sent to Lowood by mistake.
c. is entirely dependent upon Miss Temple.
d. has run away from Lowood before.
e. is naturally curious and rebellious.
281.
In lines 60–66, the narrator reduces her petition to simply a new
servitude because she
a. doesn’t believe in prayer.
b. is not in a free country.
c. has been offered a position as a servant.
d. knows so little of the real world.
e. has been treated like a slave at Lowood.
Questions 282–289 are based on the following passage.
In this excerpt from Susan Glaspell’s one-act play Trifles, Mrs. and Mrs.
Peters make an important discovery in Mrs. Wright’s home as their husbands
try to determine who strangled Mr. Wright.
MRS. PETERS: Well, I must get these things wrapped up. They may
be through sooner than we think. [Putting apron and other things
together.] I wonder where I can find a piece of paper, and string.
MRS. HALE: In that cupboard, maybe.
MRS. PETERS [looking in cupboard]: Why, here’s a birdcage. [Holds it
up.] Did she have a bird, Mrs. Hale?
MRS. HALE: Why, I don’t know whether she did or not—I’ve not
been here for so long. There was a man around last year selling
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