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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will read about Jane's relationship with John Reed and consider John's cruelty in more detail.

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5 Questions

Q1.
Jane Eyre's parents have died. We can therefore describe Jane as...
A missionary
A writer
Correct answer: An orphan
Q2.
What are the names of Mrs Reed's children?
John, Eliza and Currer Bell
Correct answer: John, Eliza and Georgiana
John, Jane and Eliza
Q3.
Mrs Reed wants Jane to be...
Confident
Kind
Correct answer: Submissive and obedient
Q4.
Jane feels like she is less important than the Reed children because...
Correct answer: She doesn't belong to their family. She is also not as physically attractive as the Reed children.
She isn't as clever as they are.
She isn't as confident as they are.
Q5.
What disease killed Elizabeth and Marie Brontë?
Cholera
The Black Death
Correct answer: Tuberculosis

5 Questions

Q1.
Who does Jane attack in this extract?
Eliza Reed
Georgiana Reed
Correct answer: John Reed
Mrs Reed
Q2.
What does John Reed throw at Jane?
Correct answer: A book
A dog
A pen
Q3.
What insult does John say to Jane?
Correct answer: She is a 'dependent' who should 'beg on the streets.'
She is uneducated.
She unkind.
Q4.
A bildungsroman is...
A story about a child
A story about someone's adventures
Correct answer: A story that follows a character as they grow up and mature
Q5.
What pseudonym did Charlotte Brontë use to write this novel?
Anne Brontë
Correct answer: Currer Bell
Emily Brontë