wuthering heights quizzes Flashcards

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1
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in one of the beginning chapters, why does nelly try to hid hareton

A

because hindley is drunk and will beat young hareton

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2
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what are the three reasons that catherine gives nelly about why she loves edgar

A

rich
handsome
young

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3
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does nelly think that catherine should marry edgar

A

no

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4
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why would catherine be miserable in heaven

A

she does not follow her true love and marry heathcliff. catherine is only concerned about the present, not the future.

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5
Q

“My love for ______ is like the foilage….time will change it, my love for _________ resembles the eternal rocks that lie beneath

A

edgar -foilage
heathflicc
- rocks

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6
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is hareton allowed to come with nelly when she moves from the heights to the grange

A

no

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7
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who tries to hang isabellas dog

A

heathcliff

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8
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who was hanging a litter of puppies

A

hareton

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9
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how does edgar feel about isabella after she eloped

A

he feels that isabella disowned him

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10
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what are crocuses

A

certain types of flowering plants that grow after the storm in the valley

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11
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how is isabella treated at the heights

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bad, she is not allowed in heathcliff’s room and is threatened by harteton and his dogs

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12
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what does the parlour represent

A

civilized society

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13
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nelly’s full name

A

mrs. ellen dean

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14
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what chaarcter resembles nelly

A

friar laurence when they both held their tongues and they shouldn’t have

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15
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what does penistone craggs represent

A

adventure for cathy

“fairy caves”

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16
Q

who retrieves linton from the ggrange

A

joseph

17
Q

“I’ll see thee damned before ill be thy servant”

A

hareton to cathy

18
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God what a beauty what a lovely, charming thing

A

heathcliff about linton

19
Q

linton and cathy’s view of heaven

A

cathy’s view is very busy/ active

litton’s view is peaceful

20
Q

“i hate everybody. i am worthless and bad in temper and bad in spirit”

A

linton

21
Q

how long has catherine been dead

A

18 years

22
Q

who is the pupil that claimed the reward

what is the reward

A

pupil- hare ton

reward- cathy’s kiss

23
Q

your love will make him an outcast

A

heathcliff to cathy about hareton

24
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why does cathy stop in her verbal attacks against heathcliff

A

hare ton looks up to heathcliff as a father

25
Q

what feature of cathy and harpoon’s is similar

A

eyes

26
Q

i have lost the faculty of enjoying their destruction

A

heathcliff to nelly

27
Q

what is nelly looking for in the garden below the window

A

heath cliff’s footprints

28
Q

where was heathcliff when he died

A

catherine’s bed

29
Q

turn around and tell me, are we by our selves”

A

heath to nelly

30
Q

who is heathcliff compared to

A

a titan and hercules