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Emily Bronte's tale of stormy love between Catherine and Heathcliff is challenged, lost, and then repeated in the next generation amidst the shadows of the moors. See what you remember about this classic story.
Who is this novel's first narrator?
Heathcliff
Lockwood
Mr. Lockwood is a tenant who begins to wonder about his landlord. The story unfolds through a second narrator.
Cathy
Zillah
What are the names of the two main residences?
Peniston Crag and Wuthering Heights
Thrushcross Grange and Wuthering Heights
The story revolves around two families, one lives at Thrushcross Grange, and the other at Wuthering Heights. The Heights is depicted as the darker of the two.
Earnshaw Manor and Wuthering Heights
Linton Lodge and Wuthering Heights
Who are the two main families of this story?
Montagues and the Capulets
Cavanaughs and Hindleys
Worthings and Moncrieffs
Lintons and Earnshaws
The Earnshaws live at Wuthering Heights, while the Lintons live at Thrushcross Grange. When the story begins, most of the occupants from both households are dead.
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Who is Kenneth?
The old servant of Wuthering Heights
The local doctor
Dr. Kenneth is called upon throughout the story to tend to the many ill and dying people. He is a friend to Hindley Earnshaw.
Catherine Earnshaw's suitor
Heathcliff's biological father
What physical description is uniquely Heathcliff's?
"a dirty, ragged, black-haired child"
A 2011 movie version, cast an African-American in the role of Heathcliff. It starred James Howson.
"a pale youth of considerable ill-health and golden locks"
"a freckled young man of towering and slim aspect"
"a stout and rounded boy with a cheerful disposition"
How does Heathcliff become a member of the Earnshaw household?
Mr. Earnshaw hires him to work the grounds.
The housekeeper, Nelly, sends for her son to live with her.
Mr. Earnshaw brings the orphan home from Liverpool.
Mr. Earnshaw is a religious man who could not walk away from the homeless Heathcliff. He treats him kindly in his home, sometimes better than he treats his biological son.
Catherine is engaged to him.
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How does Mr. Earnshaw's death early in the novel dramatically affect Heathcliff?
Heathcliff is able to marry Earnshaw's daughter.
Heathcliff is blamed for the death and arrested.
Heathcliff is the sole beneficiary of Mr. Earnshaw's estate.
Heathcliff loses his status as a family member and is treated as a servant.
When Hindley Earnshaw takes control of the household, his jealousy over the way his father treated Heathcliff has consumed him. He makes Heathcliff do hard labor and treats him harshly.
What surprise does Hindley Earnshaw bring home with him when he returns to attend his father's funeral?
a wife
No one was expecting Hindley's wife, Frances, to show up. She is only in the story long enough to give birth to their son, Hareton; then she dies.
an arrest warrant
a buyer for Wuthering Heights
an invention for farming
What event made Nelly Dean, the housekeeper, become more sympathetic toward Heathcliff when he was a child?
He secretly tutored Catherine.
He did Catherine's chores without letting on.
He had bow-legs and was teased by the other children.
He quietly and patiently endured the measles.
Nelly Dean realized how spoiled and demanding the other two Earnshaw children were while ill. Heathcliff endured his suffering without complaint.
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What incident embitters Hindley Earnshaw towards Heathcliff?
Heathcliff demands he give him his horse when his goes lame.
Heathcliff blackmails Hindley by telling him he will tell Mr Earnshaw of his cruel treatment. Hindley reluctantly gives in, but curses him.
Heathcliff steals some coins from Mr. Earnshaw and blames Hindley.
Heathcliff regularly beats up Hindley.
Heathcliff kills Hindley's dog.
What was the greatest punishment for Catherine as a child?
To be kind to her older brother, Hindley
To look upon a casket that had been made for her
To listen to one of Joseph's sermons
To be separated from Heathcliff
Catherine and Heathcliff were inseparable. When Mr. Earnshaw died, Catherine clinged to Heathcliff for solace.
The love triangle established in the first half of the story is among which characters?
Isabella, Heathcliff, and Nelly
Catherine, Heathcliff, and Edgar
Catherine is in love with her step-brother Heathcliff, yet accepts Edgar Linton's affections.
Isabella, Hindley, and Heathcliff
Nelly, Heathcliff, and Catherine
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What is the significance of the moors?
No one ever returns from there.
Catherine and Heathcliff spend time there together.
The moors is the one place where Catherine and Heathcliff can be free from any social or familial restraints. It reflects their wild and free natures.
Heathcliff is repeatedly tortured by Hindley there.
Catherine kills herself there.
Why did Catherine spend five weeks at Thrushcross Grange with the Lintons when she was 12?
She is taken in as a companion to Isabella Linton.
She was being mentored on the skills of becoming a lady.
She ran away from home.
She was recovering from an injured ankle.
The Linton's dog, Skulker, grabbed hold of her ankle while she and Heathcliff were sneaking around Thushcross Grange, peeking in windows. Heathcliff was turned away.
Most of the story is a flashback. Who narrates a majority of it?
The ghost of Heathcliff
Nelly Dean, the housekeeper
Nelly Dean tells the new tenant the story of the households. Catherine Earnshaw is also an indirect narrator through Mr. Lockwood's reading of her diary.
Catherine Earnshaw
Joseph, a servant
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What event has a detrimental effect on Hindley Earnshaw?
He loses his vision.
His wife dies shortly after childbirth.
Hindley becomes a wretched drunk and miserable person. He completely neglects his son.
He accidentally burns down Wuthering Heights.
His infant son dies.
What event most closely links Heathcliff with Hindley's son, Hareton?
Both Heathcliff and Hareton are cast out by Hindley.
Heathcliff becomes Hareton's godfather.
Heathcliff helps deliver Hareton.
Heathcliff saves the life of infant Hareton.
Heathcliff is in the right place at the right time. He catches the toddler, Hareton, when his father, Hindley, dangles and drops him over a banister.
What does Heathcliff overhear that drives him to leave Wuthering Heights?
Catherine has accepted a governess job in London.
Catherine has accepted a marriage proposal from Edgar Linton.
Heathcliff hears Catherine tell Nelly Dean she has accepted Edgar. However, he fails to hear the rest of her comments. She asks Nelly if she did the right thing, and then professes her love for Heathcliff.
Hindley is planning to have him killed.
He wishes to marry Isabella.
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After Heathcliff's 3-year absence from Wuthering Heights, what has NOT occurred?
Catherine has married Edgar Linton.
Hindley has become a drunk and neglectful of his son.
Heathcliff has been invited to stay by Hindley Earnshaw.
Nelly Dean passed away.
Heathcliff returns to Wuthering Heights a very refined and wealthy man. Hindley needs to take in Heathcliff so the mortgage can be paid. Hindley has gambled away most of his money.
What best characterizes Joseph, Wuthering Heights' servant?
A peacemaker between Heathcliff and Hindley
A zealous preacher of the Bible
Joseph often chides the other characters about their irreverence toward the Bible. He speaks with a very heavy Yorkshire accent.
A compassionate and quiet nature lover
A fatherly figure to Hindley's son, Hareton
Aside from his obsession with Catherine, what else motivates Heathcliff?
His interest in finding his parents
His desire to see the world
His fear of being alone
His revenge against Hindley
Heathcliff never forgot the mistreatment given to him by his step-brother. Hindley's acceptance of him as nothing more than a servant was the last straw!
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When Catherine's husband, Linton, presents an ultimatum to her, "...I absolutely require to know which you choose [Heathcliff or Linton]," what is her response?
"How can I deny my heart?"
"You are quite insane!"
"Jealousy is the work of the devil!"
"I require to be left alone!"
Catherine needs time to think about her emotions. She is married to Edgar, yet knows she still loves Heathcliff.
Catherine becomes very ill and accuses Heathcliff of breaking her heart. Why?
He married Isabella.
Marrying Isabella (Catherine's sister-in-law) does not go over well. This hurts both Catherine and Edgar, which is part of Heathcliff's plan. Actress Sophie Ward played Isabella in a 1992 movie version. She also appeared in the movie "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte.
He cursed her soul.
He denied his love for her.
He tortures her with his presence.
After Catherine's death, what does Heathcliff wish?
To die himself
To have been with her when she died
To be haunted by her ghost
Heathcliff feels as if she is near when he tries to unearth her from her grave. He later believes he sees her ghost, even just before he dies.
To kill Catherine's husband
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Which characters make up the second generation of this story?
Cathy, Earnshaw, and Linton
Heathcliff Jr., Izzy, and Hareton
Hareton, Kenneth, and Zillah
Hareton, Cathy, and Linton
Hareton is drunkard Hindley's son; Cathy is Catherine's daughter, and Linton is Heathcliff's fragile son. All are pawns in Heathcliff's revenge.
What completes Heathcliff's revenge against Hindley?
Heathcliff kills him.
Heathcliff raises Hareton as a heathen.
Heathcliff wants Hareton to be a savage without an education. However, he takes a liking to the boy, perhaps because he saved his life, or because he is so much like Heathcliff when he was young.
Heathcliff kicks him out of Wuthering Heights.
Heathcliff buries Hindley in a potter's field.
When Lockwood returns after a year's absence, who does he encounter at Wuthering Heights?
Joseph who has been dismissed
Dr. Kenneth who has been tending to Nelly Dean
The ghost of Hindley Earnshaw
Cathy affectionately teaching Hareton to read.
Lockwood overhears Cathy scolding Hareton for his poor reading, but then sees them giving each other kisses. The last time he saw Cathy, she was married to Linton.
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Mr. Lockwood returns to Thrushcross Grange after being away for a year. What has NOT happened during his absence?
Linton has died.
Nelly Dean has moved to Wuthering Heights.
Heathcliff has died.
He has married.
Lockwood wishes to settle up on rent for Thurshcross Grange with Mr. Heathcliff, and when he meets up with Nelly at Wuthering Heights, he soon learns of all that has taken place.
Who is Mr. Green?
Edgar Linton's attorney
Mr. Green does not arrive in time to change Edgar's will. The adjustment to the will would have prevented Heathcliff from gaining control of Thrushcross Grange.
A thief who breaks into Wuthering Heights
A stranger who warns Lockwood to leave Thrushcross Grange
A man from London seeking information about Heathcliff
Who sits all night in grief with Heathcliff's corpse?
Hareton
Nelly Dean finds Heathcliff with a smile on his face. Hareton then stays with his body, having considered Heathcliff as the only father he ever knew.
Cathy
Nelly
Linton
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What is to take place on New Year's Eve at the end of the novel?
Heathcliff's burial
Cathy and Hareton's marriage
The marriage between Cathy and Hareton symbolizes the next generation finally finding happiness in a relationship.
The sale of Wuthering Heights
Mr. Lockwood plans to marry Nelly Dean
What evidence reveals that Heathcliff and Catherine's souls are finally at peace?
Catherine leaves Nelly a ghostly note, "We are together at last."
The ghosts are seen wandering the moors together.
Lockwood has sensed the presence of ghosts throughout his stay. A small boy reports that, shortly after Heathcliff's death, he saw Heathcliff and a woman on the moors.
A psychic tells Lockwood and Nelly Dean they are at peace.
Hareton announces abruptly, "He found her."
Author Emily Bronte wrote this novel in 1847 under what pseudonym?
Evan Barron
Eric Benin
Ellis Bell
Emily (and her writer sisters) all wrote under male pseudonyms to better their chances at getting their works published. Charlotte, who wrote Jane Eyre, used the pen name Currer Bell. Anne, who wrote Agnes Grey, used pen name Acton Bell.
Edsel Brockhard
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What is a major criticism of many of the movie versions of "Wuthering Heights"?
Heathcliff and Catherine eventually end up together and happy.
The setting is London instead of the Yorkshire moors.
The entire novel is not covered.
Because of the narrative -- which jumps between past and present and a second generation of characters -- movie versions have refrained from addressing the latter chapters. The Juliette Binoche/Ralph Fiennes version comes close with Binoche playing both Catherine and her daughter, Cathy.
Heathcliff is too likable.
Several movie versions of this story were made. Which set of actors did NOT star in a movie version of "Wuthering Heights"?
Anne Hathaway and Judd Nelson
The Calder-Marshall and Dalton version was in 1970 . The Oberon and Olivier version was in 1939. The Binoche and Fiennes version was in 1992.
Anna Calder-Marshall and Timothy Dalton
Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier
Juliet Binoche and Ralph Fiennes
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