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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.
The Emancipation Act has freed slaves in the British colonies.
The island of Jamaica has been granted independence.
England has declared war on her colonial rival France.
2.
What is the name of Antoinette's family's estate in the West Indies?
Thornfield
Granbois
Coulibri
Nelson's Rest
3.
On what island is the Cosway family's estate located?
Jamaica
Antigua
Martinique
Trinidad
4.
What is wrong with Pierre?
His face is horribly disfigured as the result of a fire.
He is deaf and blind.
He suffers from seizures.
He is mentally and physically disabled.
5.
Antoinette's mother is talented at which of the following performing arts?
playing the piano
dancing
singing
playing the harpsichord
6.
Why do the other inhabitants of the island refer to Antoinette as a "white cockroach"?
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.
Because she is a Creole.
7.
What happened to Antoinette's father?
He drank himself to death.
He was murdered by an angry slave.
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?
fortune-telling
devil worship
obeah
wicca
9.
What weapon does Antoinette keep near her for protection when she is young?
a stick
a hammer
a rock
a shingle
10.
Why does Antoinette's mother want to venture back inside the burning house?
to rescue her green parrot
to save her son from the flames
to have one last look off the glacis
to retrieve her jewel case
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