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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will learn about the main character of our novel, 'Jane Eyre'.

Content guidance

  • Contains subject matter which individuals may find upsetting.

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Adult supervision suggested

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5 Questions

Q1.
What place does Brontë use for the setting of this novel?
London.
The Colonies.
Correct answer: Yorkshire.
Q2.
What is atmosphere?
Correct answer: Atmosphere refers to the mood of a particular place.
Atmosphere refers to the way that something looks.
Atmosphere refers to the weather.
Q3.
Why did Brontë use the pseudonym Currer Bell?
She didn't want to become famous.
She preferred the name Currer Bell to her own.
Correct answer: She recognised that people would be more likely to buy her novel if they thought it was written by a man.
Q4.
What terrible tragedy occurred when Brontë was a pupil at school?
Charlotte caught tuberculosis.
Charlotte was expelled.
Correct answer: Her sisters, Maria and Elizabeth, died from tuberculosis.
Q5.
How was Brontë employed?
Correct answer: Governess.
Missionary.
Trader.

5 Questions

Q1.
What word do we use to describe the admirable main character of a story?
Correct answer: Hero/heroine
Side character
Villain
Q2.
Why can Jane be described as the novel's eponymous heroine?
She grows up throughout the novel.
Correct answer: She has the same name as the novel.
She is the admirable main character of the novel.
Q3.
What is an orphan?
A child who is adopted.
Correct answer: A child whose parents have died.
A poor child
Q4.
Why is Jane living with the Reeds at the start of the novel?
Correct answer: Her parents died.
She got expelled from school.
She is the Reeds' daughter.
Q5.
What are the names of Charlotte Brontë's sisters who died from tuberculosis?
Anne and Emily
Correct answer: Elizabeth and Marie
Marie and Anne