Wuthering Heights First Day Test Flashcards
Name the SPEAKER of this quote: “He’s more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”
Catherine
Name the SPEAKER of this quote: “Well, if I cannot keep Heathcliff as my friend—if Heathcliff will be mean and jealous, I’ll try to break their hearts by breaking my own.”
Catherine
Name the SPEAKER of this quote: “You are miserable, are you not? Lonely, like the devil, and envious like him? Nobody loves you—nobody will cry for you when you die! I wouldn’t be you.”
Cathy
Name the SPEAKER of this quote: “Is Mr. Heathcliff a man? If so, is he mad? And if not, is he a devil?…I beseech you to explain, if you can…I do hate him—I am wretched—I have been a fool.”
Isabella
Name the SPEAKER of this quote: “No, Mr. Lockwood,… I believe the dead are at peace, but it is not right to speak of them with levity.”
Nelly Dean
Name the SPEAKER of this quote: “I bounded, leaped, and flew down the steep road,…precipitating myself, in fact, towards the beacon light of the Grange. And far rather would I be condemned to perpetual dwelling in the infernal regions, than ever for one night, abide beneath the roof of Wuthering Heights again.”
Isabella
Name the SPEAKER of this quote: “You said I killed you–haunt me then! The murdered do haunt their murderers…Be with me always—take any form—drive me mad! Only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you!”
Heathcliff
Name the SPEAKER of this quote: “Sit still, Mrs. Dean, do sit still another half hour! You’ve done right to tell the story leisurely…I am interested in every character you have mentioned, more or less.”
Mr. Lockwood
Name the SPEAKER of this quote: “I lingered around them…and wondered how anyone could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.”
Mr. Lockwood
Name the person or place spoken ABOUT in this quote: “I began to doubt whether he were a servant or not: his dress and speech were both rude; …his thick, brown curls were rough and uncultivated, his whiskers encroached bearishly over his cheeks, and his hands were embroiled like those of a common laborer; still his bearing was free, almost haughty, and he showed none of the domestics assiduity in attending the lady of the house.”
Hareton
Name the person or place spoken ABOUT in this quote: “Happily, the architect had foresight to build it strong; the narrow windows are deeply set in the wall, and the corners defended with large jutting stones… I paused to admire a quantity of grotesque carvings lavished over the front, and especially about the principle door.”
Wuthering Heights
Name the person or place spoken ABOUT in this quote: “But _____________ forms a singular contrast to his abode and style of living. He is a dark-skinned gypsy in aspect, in dress and manners a gentlemanly; that is, as much a gentleman as many a country squire; rather slovenly, perhaps, yet not looking amiss with his negligence because he has an erect and handsome figure; and rather morose.”
Heathcliff
Name the person or place spoken ABOUT in this quote: “She was at that time a charming young lady of eighteen; infantile in manners, though possessed of keen feelings, and a keen temper, too if irritated. Her brother, who loved her tenderly, was appalled at this fantastic preference.”
Isabella
Name the person or place spoken ABOUT in this quote: “He died true to his character : drunk as a lord.”
Hindley
Name the person or place spoken ABOUT in this quote: “A wild, wicked slip she was—but she had the bonniest eye, and the sweetest smile, and the lightest foot in the parish; and after all, I believe she meant no harm ; for when once she made you cry in good earnest, it seldom happened that she would not keep you company, and oblige you to be quiet that you might comfort her.”
Catherine
Name the person or place spoken ABOUT in this quote: “He was asleep in a corner, wrapped in a warm, fur-lined cloak, as if it had been winter. A pale, delicate, effeminate boy, who might have been taken for my master’s younger brother, so strong was the resemblance.”
Linton
Name the person or place spoken ABOUT in this quote: “A splendid place carpeted with crimson, no crimson-covered chairs and tables, and a pure white ceiling bordered by gold.”
Thrush cross Grange
Name the person or place spoken ABOUT in this quote: “_________ as multitudes have been before and will be after him, was infatuated, and believed himself the happiest man alive on the day he led her to Gimmerton Chapel.”
Edgar Linton
Name the person or place spoken ABOUT in this quote: “It being a significant provincial adjective, descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather.”
Wuthering Heights
Name the person or place spoken ABOUT in this quote: “He had been content with daily labor rough animal enjoyments, till Catherine crossed his path. Shame at her scorn and hope of her approval were first promoters to higher pursuits.”
Hareton
Name the person or place spoken ABOUT in this quote: “He had grown a tall, athletic, well-formed man… His upright carriage suggested the idea of his having been in the army.”
Heathcliff
True or False: Hindley commits suicide because he feels responsible for Catherine’s death.
FALSE
True or False: Young Cathy visits Wuthering Heights while Edgar goes to pick up Linton after Isabella dies.
TRUE
True or False: Heathcliff hangs Isabella’s dog unsuccessfully.
TRUE
True or False: Heathcliff is probably the first anti-hero.
TRUE
True or False: Grief and hatred of Heathcliff cause Edgar not to go out into public very much.
TRUE
True or False: Isabella leaves Wuthering Heights because Heathcliff is angry over her pregnancy.
FALSE
True or False: The period of time covered in the novel is roughly 1676 to 1702.
FALSE
True or False: Heathcliff gains Wuthering Heights by holding Linton’s mortgage.
FALSE
True or False: As Catherine lies in her casket, Heathcliff removes a lock of Edgar’s hair and replaces it with his own.
TRUE
True or False: Linton probably died of a heart attack.
FALSE
True or False: Heathcliff tells young Cathy that Linton is dying of a broken heart and she must come visit him.
TRUE
True or False: Heathcliff wanted young Catherine to marry Linton because he wanted his son to be happy.
FALSE
True or False: Catherine loved Heathcliff because she knew the two of them shared the same wild, passionate nature.
TRUE
True or False: Catherine never once believed she was wrong in marrying Edgar Linton.
FALSE
True or False: Heathcliff must inflict pain by breaking anyone who crosses him.
TRUE
True or False: Heathcliff’s evil nature and his success at carrying out revenge eventually turned him into a fiend.
TRUE
True or False: The story is told by two narrators, a country housekeeper and a city gentleman.
TRUE
True or False: The last of the Earnshaws was Hareton.
TRUE
True or False: Judging by what happens at the Heights, “wuthering” must mean stormy, passionate, or raging.
TRUE
True or False: The setting has little connection to the characters and actions of this book.
FALSE
Who is the author of WH?
Emily Bronte
Describe the setting at WH
farm house; rusting and basic
Describe the setting at Thrushcross Grange
Manor house, elegant
Where are the moors located?
between WH and Thrushcross
What time does the book take place
1750-1803
how many generations spoken about within the novel
3
Who is the first narrator
Lockwood
Second narrator
Nelly Dean
Why does Lockwood go to WH?
He goes on vacation away from London
Where does Nelly receive her information?
from her own personal accounts and also accounts from other characters
goth elements in the story
mystery, gloom and visions
how did Lockwood describe heathcliff
unwelcoming and reserved
where is WH
yorkshire
Who is the “misses” that lockwood sees in the house?
Cathy
he believed that she was heathcliffs wife
but later learns that it was heathcliffs dead son’s wife
who is the “young man” Lockwood sees
Hareton Earnshaw
he mistakes him for heathcliffs son
when lockwood places a candle on a ledge what three names does he see?
Catherine Earnshaw
Catherine Heathcliff
Catherine Linton
What does the room that heathcliff lets lockwood stay in look like?
its very gloomy, dark and a beaten path from the rest of the house
What happens when Lockwood tries to leave WH?
He takes a lantern because it was dark and a blizzard started. Joseph believed that he stole the lantern and let the dogs loose. The dogs attacked lockwood and he gets a nose bleed. He is then forced to stay at Wh
what does Lockwood read before going to sleep
Catherine’s diaries
who is Hindley’s wife
Frances
why did Lockwood have a hard time falling asleep
a tree branch kept hitting the window
what happened when lockwood tried to break the branch
instead of grabbing a branch he believed he grabbed a hand. he cut this ghosts hand off with a piece of glass
what did the ghost of catherine say to lockwood
“let me in”
what did Lockwood’s interaction with catherine do?
Lockwood is no longer considered an outsider
what was heathcliffs reaction to lockwood yelling?
he was annoyed and shocked
he also said the room was off limits
he also told heathcliff to come in (shows his passion)
who escorts Lockwood to thrushcross grange
joseph
who were the earnshaws children
Catherine and hindley
who were the linton’s kids
Edgar and isabella
what is hindley and frances son name
hareton earnshaw
Catherine and Edgar’s daughter name
Cathy linton
Isabella and heathcliffs kids name
Linton
Who is Nelly?
housekeeper that worked at WH and TG - maid to Catherine
who is the “girl widow” seen by Lockwood at WH
Cathy Linton
what does Nelly think of heathcliff?
he is rough as stew
when Mr. Earnshaw wen to liver pool what did Hindley and Catherine as for? what did they get?
hindley wanted a fiddle, Catherine wanted a horse whip, they got heathcliff instead
who called heathcliff an “interloper” and an “imp of Satan”
hindley
why does hindley resent heathcliff?
heathcliff was displacing him from catherine and usurping the love of his father
where does Mr. earnshaw send hindley and why
sends him to college because of the conflict between he and heathcliff, also to prepare him to be man of the household
when Mr Earnshaw dies who comes back
hindley
how do Catherine and heathcliff deal with master hindley
they run out to the moors
what did Catherine and Heathcliff do at TG?
They looked through one of the windows and had never seen such an intricate house, with nice carpets, chandeliers and furniture and antagonized the children.
How are the Linton kids described?
unhappy, sheltered, spoiled, sickly, they do have lavish surroundings
why couldn’t heathcliff and catherine return back to WH as they wanted to?
when they were about to leave the linens guard dog bit catherines ankle. The lintons told catherine to stay at TG however they did not allow heathcliff to stay because of his rough appearance
How long does Catherine stay at TG?
5 weeks
how has her recuperation time at TG affected Catherine?
she becomes a true lady and becomes similar to the linton children with their appearance
-separated her from heathcliff
-allowed her to see how the other classes lived
-she becomes close with edgar
who said “ Why how very black and cross you look”?
Catherine
who says “ i shall not stand to be laughed at”?
Heathcliff
At this moment what is catherines internal conflict?
torn by her love of Heathcliff and her desire for the ordered social life represented by the lintons
at this moment who was nelly sympathetic for?
heathcliff bc he felt like an outsider
when edgar insulted heathcliff, what did heathcliff do?
threw hot apple sauce at edgar
Just like Heathcliff stole catherine away from hindley, who is stealing catherine away from heathcliff?
edgar
who died shortly after Hareton is born
frances
who described WH as “an infernal house”?
Nelly
what is evidence of heathcliff everlasting affection for catherine
every time heathcliff hangs with catherine he makes a dot and when ever she hangs with edgar he makes an x
Why is hindley prone to self destruction?
after frances dies he becomes depressed and becomes a violent alcoholic
why are the moors so important to heathcliff and catherine
its wild and rebellious just like them
who told nelly that she should swallow a knife and what is her response?
hindley. she said she would rather be shot.
who does hindley abuse
hareton
the souls of Catherine and heathcliff are the same, that of linton’s is a s different as moonbeam and lightning - literary device
imagery
what is catherines main reasons for marrying edgar?
stability but also because they she will finally be able to help heathcliff
who accompanies Catherine at TG?
Nelly
who says “ it was not the thorn (tree) bending to the honeysuckles, but the honeysuckle embracing the thorn.”
Nelly
Catherine - thorn
Linton’s - honeysuckle
Who returns after 3 1/2 years
heathcliff
how does Edgar feel of heathcliffs return
jealous and resentful
who becomes infatuated with heathcliff
isabella
why does heathcliff become interested in isabella? what does it characterize?
if edgar does not have an heir then the grange goes to his sister and her spouse
This characterizes his vengeful motives
who says devil daddy teaches me - and who is this daddy
Hareton, Heathcliff
Who says “you will give up heathcliff or me”
Edgar to catherine
what two characters marry while catherine is ill and depressed at TG?
isabella and heathcliff
who says “ O am nothing to you..do you love that wrench heath-“? what is the person response?
edgar
what does Edgar do when he hears of his sisters marriage
disowns her, saying she disowned herself
what does cloud and rain symbolize
sadness and gloom
I’d as soon put that little canary into the park on a winter’s day, as recommend you to bestow your heart on him!…He’s not a rough diamond–a pearl-containing oyster of a rustic: he’s a fierce, pitiless, wolfish man (109). who says this
Catherine
I recovered from my first desire to be killed by him-I’d rather he’d kill himself! He has extinguished my love effectually, and so I’m at my ease (182).
Isabella
My old enemies have not beaten me; now would be the precise time to revenge myself on their representatives-I could do it, and none could hinder me. But where is the use? I don’t care for striking, I can’t take the trouble to raise my hand.
Heathcliff
But the country folks, if you asked them, would swear on their Bible that he walks. There are those who speak to having met him near the church, and on the moor, and even within this house. Idle tales, you’ll say, and so say I. Yet that old man by the kitchen fire affirms he has seen two on ‘em looking out of his chamber window, on every rainy night since his death.
Nelly
“I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.”
Lockwood
“We don’t in general take to foreigners here, Mr. Lockwood, unless they take to us first.”
Nelly
“I wish I had light hair and a fair skin, and was dressed, and behaved as well, and had a chance of being as rich as he will be!”
Heathcliff
“I surveyed the weapon inquisitively. A hideous notion struck me: how powerful I should be possessing such an instrument! I took it from his hand, and touched the blade. He looked astonished at the expression my face assumed during a brief second: it was not horror, it was covetousness.”
Isabella
“No, no! Even if he had doted on me, the devilish nature would have revealed its existence, somehow. Catherine had an awfully perverted taste to esteem him so dearly, knowing him so well - Monster! would that he could be blotted out of creation, and out of my memory!”
Isabella
“And the best of it is, Hareton is damnably fond of me! You’ll own that I’ve outmatched Hindley there. If the dead villain could rise from his grave to abuse me for his offspring’s wrongs, I should have the fun of seeing the said offspring fight him back again, indignant that he should dare to rail at the one friend he has in the world!”
Heathcliff
“Let him dare to force you … There’s law in the land, thank God! there is; though we be in an out-of-the-way place. I’d inform if he were my own son: and it’s felony without benefit of clergy!”
Nelly
“Linton is all I have to love in the world, and though you have done what you could to make him hateful to me, and me to him, you cannot make us hate each other. And I defy you to hurt him when I am by, and I defy you to frighten me!”
Cathy
“Wuthering Heights is the name of Mr. Heathcliff’s dwelling. ‘Wuthering’ being a significant provincial adjective, descriptive o the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather.” (Bronte 2).
Lockwood
‘You teach me now how cruel you’ve been - cruel and false. Why did you despise me? Why did you betray your own heart, Cathy? I have not one word of comfort. You deserve this.
Heathcliff
” ‘Because they are a great deal higher up than we are,’ replied I; ‘you could not climb them, they are too high and steep. In winter the frost is always there before it comes to us; and deep into summer I have found snow under that black hollow on the north-east side!’”
Nelly to Cathy
” ‘Catherine’s face was just like the landscape - shadows and sunshine flitting over it in rapid succession; but the shadows rested longer, and the sunshine was more transient; and her poor little heart reproached itself for even that passing forgetfulness of its cares.’” (Bronte 243)
Nelly
” ‘Nelly, there is a strange change approaching: I’m in it’s shadow at present, I take so little interest in my daily life, that I hardly remember to eat and drink. Those two, who have left the room are the only objects which retain a distinct material apperance to me; and, that appearance causes me pain, amounting to agony. About her I won’t speak; and I don’t desire to think; but I earnestly wish she were invisible: her presence invokes only maddening sensations. He moves me differently: and yet if I could do it without seeming insane, I’d never see him again! You’ll perhaps think me rather inclined to become so,’ he added, making an effort to smile, ‘if I try to describe the thousand forms of past associations, and ideas he awakens, or embodies - But you’ll not talk of what I tell you; and my mind is so eternally secluded in itself, it is tempting, at last, to turn it out to another.’
Heathcliff
