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by Jean Rhys

Wide Sargasso Sea Quiz 1

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

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

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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