Wuthering Heights (Lessons 1 5) Vocabulary Quiz #1 1. t the beginning of his tale, Mr. Lockwood implies that his landlord is a, due to Heathcliff s animosity towards the human race. () reprobate () bairn () misanthrope () phalanx () egress 2. s disagreeable as Heathcliff is, Mr. Lockwood finds his daughter-in-law, who often displays an ill-tempered dispossession, to be even worse than him. () dilatory () hale () fastidious () vapid () surly 3. Since he takes curses seriously, Joseph fears Mrs. Heathcliff, who threatens him with a(n) of his being changed into wax and clay. () imprecation () palaver () egress () vivacity () fastidiousness 4. fter learning that Mr. Lockwood was not given the courtesy of being asked to tea, Mrs. Heathcliff flings the tea away and sits down in a manner with her lower lip quivering and her eyes flowing with tears. () hale () dilatory () vapid () lachrymose () surly 5. When Mr. Lockwood asks for directions to Thrushcross Grange, Mrs. Heathcliff explains that she cannot help him due to her limited to only the garden and no further. () equanimity () egress () palaver () imprecation () vivacity ONTINU TO NXT PG 1
6. While looking out the window, an ice-cold hand grabbed Lockwood s own hand, and a voice asked to be let in. 7. Upon leaving atherine s bedroom, Mr. Lockwood was shocked to hear Heathcliff calling out to the ghost who he had seen in a dream. No error. 8. Mr. Lockwood finds each of the inhabitants who live at Wuthering Heights to be interesting and desires to learn his background. 9. eginning her story with atherine and Heathcliff s childhood, llen ean describes Heathcliff as a sullen and quiet sort of a child. 10. To the distress of Mr. arnshaw, Hindley and llen dislikes and mistreat Heathcliff badly. 11. lthough she soon learns otherwise, llen concludes at first the equanimity of Heathcliff s temper is not vindictive. The word equanimity means () curse. () calmness. () carefulness. () liveliness. () chatter. 12. Mr. arnshaw favors and spoils Heathcliff, but he regards his own son, Hindley, as a reprobate. The word reprobate means () hater of mankind. () child. () curse. () morally unprincipled person. () orphan. 13. mily ronte prognosticates the stormy natures of atherine and Heathcliff in her description of their wild and neglected childhood. The infinitive to prognosticate means () to reprove. () to embellish. () to overlook. () to simplify. () to foretell. ONTINU TO NXT PG 2
Wuthering Heights is the only novel mily rontë ever wrote. Under 14 the male pseudonym of llis ell, rontë writes a very powerful story about love, hate, sorrow, and death. Stuff of which life is composed. 15 The tale spanning thirty years are narrated by Mr. Lockwood and 16 later, by llen ean, a faithful housekeeper, who is an important character in the story. When first published, the reception of the novel was 17 cool at best. pparently, the public failed to understand the complexities as well as the messages in the book. rontë was very reclusive and had little interest in the general public as evinced by her three experiences with the outside world. rontë was a student at the lergy aughter s school for seven months and a student at a school in Roe Head, leaving after only three months due to she being 18 homesick. Then finally, after being a teacher at Law Hill near Halifax for two years, rontë left and returned home to be a housekeeper. This strong attachment to home is admirable and is not necessarily a weakness. However, the failing centered on her independent will and reserve, and she 19 moved counter to the Victorian mores. eing unorthodox, the views of rontë on religion was not what one would expect from a 20 clergyman s daughter. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.. Wuthering Heights. Wuthering Heights. Wuthering Heights. run-on sentence. misplaced modifier. fragment. is. being. to be. run-on sentence. misplaced modifier. fragment. she been. her being. she s being. rontë. rontë s. her. being. to be. were N 3
Wuthering Heights (Lessons 6 10) Vocabulary Quiz #2 1. Refusing to listen to atherine s, Heathcliff insists on wooing Isabella in order to carry out his plan of revenge upon the Lintons. () moroseness () antipathy () expostulation () giddiness () sentinel 2. llen is grieved and shocked to find that the influence of Hindley and Heathcliff is already turning little Hareton into a foul-mouthed. () sentinel () blackguard () bugbear () bane () bairn 3. s the life-style at Wuthering Heights is not at all, Isabella soon looses her healthful complexion and becomes pale and sickly. () salubrious () sanguine () placid () ireful () diurnal 4. In her letter to llen, Isabella makes it clear that the love Isabella once felt for Heathcliff has turned into a strong. () moroseness () giddiness () expostulation () sentinel () antipathy 5. lthough she disliked Hindley, Isabella almost preferred Hindley s cheerless to Joseph s ravings. () giddiness sanguine () expostulation diurnal () fastidiousness ardent () moroseness ireful () antipathy languid ONTINU TO NXT PG 1
6. Upon receiving Isabella s letter, llen immediately obtains permission from dgar to visit Isabella at Wuthering Heights. 7. Furious at Heathcliff s assertions that atherine does not love dgar, Isabella denies it and insists that atherine and dgar are in love. 8. Some critics of Wuthering Heights believe atherine s death is caused by the failure of Heathcliff and dgar to understand her feelings and her reasons for marrying dgar. 9. Leaving Hindley and Heathcliff struggling on the floor, she ran as fast as she could away from Wuthering Heights. 10. Pleading for permission to go to Wuthering Heights, dgar reluctantly gives llen his consent. 11. Heathcliff manages to reduce both Isabella and Hareton to an ignominious state. The word ignominious means () passionate () shameful () heretical () angry () calm 12. The diurnal trips of Heathcliff to the Grange gave a welcome deliverance to Isabella from his oppression. The word diurnal means () healthful () angry () daily () calm () passionate 13. Feeling sanguine after Hindley s death, Heathcliff says that Hareton is now his. The word sanguine means () confident () angry () calm () passionate () heretical ONTINU TO NXT PG 2
Immediately after his return from abroad, he begins to lay the 14 foundation for him planning revenge against the arnshaws and the 15 Lintons. The first thing that Heathcliff does is take possession of Wuthering Heights along with stopped young Hareton s education. 16 Heathcliff s relationship with Hareton is very unique in that Hareton 17 has a great affection for the very man whom is depriving Hareton of 18 his money and education. Heathcliff s first victim from the Linton family is dgar s sister Isabella. Hoping to eventually take over Thrushcross Grange. Isabella becomes 19 infatuated with Heathcliff in spite of atherine s warnings. iscovering her mistake too late, Isabella manages to escape Wuthering Heights, later she has a child named Linton. 20 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.. Heathcliff. him. his. he s planning. his planning. him getting. stopping. did stop. stop. highly unique. unique. most unique. who. with whom. from who. fused sentence. fragment. dangling modifier. fused sentence. fragment. dangling modifier N 3
Wuthering Heights (Lessons 10 15) Vocabulary Quiz #3 1. The birth of his daughter, young athy, provided dgar with years of joy. () benign () avaricious () filial () adroit () saturnine 2. lthough he is very fond of athy upon first seeing her, Hareton grows bitter and when athy mistook him for a servant. () benign () contrite () importunate () adroit () saturnine 3. On learning that Hareton is her cousin, athy llen with bothersome and questions concerning Hareton. () quelled avaricious () vexed importunate () protracted adroit () sauntered benign () obviated contrite 4. lthough athy does not feel at all ashamed or about her day at Wuthering Heights, she does agree to keep her exertion secret from her father. () contrite () benign () importunate () adroit () saturnine 5. athy is very excited about meeting her cousin Linton, but is saddened to find him so sickly and. () benign () adroit () sullen () avaricious () venomous ONTINU TO NXT PG 1
6. Wide-eyed and trembling, Wuthering Heights is very intimidating to young Linton, the effeminate and despised son of Heathcliff. 7. In spite of his dislike for Linton, Heathcliff relishes the thought of his child as master of the estates of the people who had treated Heathcliff so badly. 8. In spite of the selfish and effeminate ways of Linton, athy cherishes a strange kind of a fondness for him. No error. 9. fter learning the story of athy s visits to Wuthering Heights, llen immediately tells dgar about them. 10. In an effort to make athy like him, he learns to read the name written over the door of Wuthering Heights. No error. 11. For a short time, athy and Linton enjoyed secretly exchanging missives between Thrushcross Grange and Wuthering Heights. The word missive means () an assemblage () fatal injury () a letter () a loud noise () an example 12. In order to fulfill his avaricious plans, Heathcliff threatens Linton with punishment if Linton did not succeed in persuading athy to come to Wuthering Heights. The word avaricious means () greedy () gentle () angry () spotted () bothersome 13. With the deaths of both dgar and Linton very imminent, Heathcliff adroitly plans to make himself master of Thrushcross Grange. The word adroitly means () gently () skillfully () fretfully () regretfully () persistently ONTINU TO NXT PG 2
Love between athy and Hareton overcome Heathcliff s hatred and 14 revenge. athy initially harbors a snobbish sort of a dislike for 15 Hareton, who wants to be friends with her. 16 Which causes much resentment and bickering between them. 17 uring the time when athy snubs Hareton, his plan for his 18 revenge is triumphant. Heathcliff is successful in abusing his own child as well as the children of his enemies. Heathcliff s unkindness to her fosters her unkindness to Hareton. onversely, when athy and 19 Hareton become friends, Heathcliff begins to lose interest in his plan of revenge. fter planning revenge for so many years, love triumphs over hate. 20 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.. overcomes. had overcame. do overcome. kind of a. type of a. sort of. whom. whose. who s. angling modifier. Fragment. Fused sentence. Heathcliff s plan. Heathcliffs plan. the plan of Heathcliff. Them. Him. athy. Fused sentence. angling modifier. Fragment N 3