A Room With a View Study Guide

1. Lucy Honeychurch is

• an English princess
• the daughter of a late, successful solicitor
• a young Socialist
• an unmarried woman of forty

2. The novel opens in

• London
• Rome
• Milan
• Florence

3. Charlotte Bartlette is

• Lucy's aunt
• a spinster
• both Lucy's cousin and a spinster
• Lucy's cousin

4. Lucy and Charlotte are staying at

• a luxury hotel overlooking the Tiber
• a budget hostel
• a pension full of Italian guests
• a pension full of British guests

5. At the start of the novel, Lucy is upset because

• her room is too small
• her room has a view
• her room has no view
• her room has no windows

6. After overhearing Lucy and Charlotte complaining, Mr. Emerson

• tries to ignore them
• offers to swap rooms with them
• tells them to shut up
• makes an indecent sexual proposal

7. Charlotte's reaction to Mr. Emerson could best be described as

• warmth
• disdain
• passion
• generosity

8. Lucy wonders if two qualities are really synonymous. What are they?

• beauty and ugliness
• Socialism and communism
• beauty and delicateness
• femininity and objectivity

9. Lucy plays what instrument?

• guitar
• harp
• cello
• piano

10. At the start of the novel, George Emerson could best be described as

• angry and violent
• warm and outgoing
• taciturn and brooding
• forward and seductive