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Jane Eyre - Themes
This GCSE English Literature quiz takes a look at themes in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre. An idea conveyed by a literary text is known as a theme. A work of literature, even the most simple, will contain multiple themes ranging from the most obvious to the very subtle. Themes in literature do not operate in isolation, instead working together as if in conversation. Authors use the essential elements of fiction, such as setting, character, plot and dialogue, as vehicles through which to develop the themes of the text.
Whenever you read a text you will notice related ideas and concepts popping up. Analysing themes involves thinking about how these ideas develop over the course of the text. One place to start is to consider your own opinions: has the text prompted you to change or otherwise develop your own thoughts on the topics?
1 .
"Mr Brocklehurst was here interrupted: three other visitors, ladies, now entered the room. They ought to have come a little sooner to have heard his lecture on dress, for they were splendidly attired in velvet, silk, and furs." To which of the following themes does this sentence relate?
Class
Gender
Hypocrisy
All of the above
Poor orphan girls do not need to dress beautifully since their role in life will be to serve. Wealthy women must, by contrast, present themselves as adornments. Mr Brocklehurst, who insisted that pupils' curly hair and top-knots should be cut off, is a hypocrite when it comes to his own family
2 .
Throughout the novel, Jane is frequently placed in the position of an outsider. This is NOT true in which of the following situations?
As a teacher in Lowood School
At Gateshead with her aunt and cousins
At Thornfield Hall when the visitors, including Blanche Ingram, stay
When first taken in at Moor House
Jane begins to feel at home at Lowood School during her time as a teacher. Her primary experience during the novel is of not belonging, of being an observer of the lives of others
3 .
How does class impact on Jane?
She is a member of the working class and is lucky to become a governess rather than a kitchen servant
She is from a wealthy background and expects to marry well as a consequence
She is from a relatively poor background; her poverty is compounded by being an orphan housed by wealthy relatives
She is from a middle-class background and can move freely in the same social circles as Mr Rochester
Jane's poverty is the result of her mother marrying a poorer clergyman against her family's wishes. Jane's background would place her level with the Reed family, but for most of the novel she has little money of her own
4 .
What is the effect of Jane's large inheritance from her uncle?
The inheritance drives her away from friends
The inheritance allows her to be independent
The inheritance makes her unhappy
The inheritance encourages St John to propose to Jane
Jane is able to be generous to those who had been kind to her and she also gains status in relationship to Mr Rochester, who can no longer perceive her as a poor beneficiary of his generosity
5 .
What does Jane feel as a great, and unjust, restraint on her ability to determine her own future?
Her age
Her gender
Her education
Her religion
Charlotte Brontë offers a heroine who self-consciously advocates for her equality with men and with anyone who would deny her ability to act and to make choices regarding her own future
6 .
Which one of the following characters exhibits passion tempered by reason?
Bertha Mason
Jane as a child
St John Rivers
Jane as an adult
Jane learns not to suppress her passions, like St John, nor to allow them to rule her, as did her childish self, but to control them wisely
7 .
"If you won't let me live with you, I can build a house of my own close up to your door, and you may come and sit in my parlour when you want company of an evening." Which of the following themes is NOT evident in this sentence?
Self-determination
The supernatural
Love
Home
Jane has spent her life to this point seeking a home, a place where she can love and be loved without losing her ability to act for herself
8 .
When Jane informs Rochester's servants that she has married him, one remarks that she is not the handsomest of ladies but that she's good-natured and better than the "grand ladies". Which of the following statements is correct?
In the novel, good character creates a beautiful outward appearance
In the novel, good looks often correspond with poor character
In the novel, good looks always correspond with good character
In the novel, a beautiful appearance creates a good character
Jane, who thinks of herself as "plain", frequently judges others by their appearance, believing character to show somehow in physical appearance. She does not, however, perceive this correspondence as one between good looks and good character. St John, for example, is as unmovable as the classical marble statues he resembles
9 .
The first objects of Jane's affections are....
Mrs Fairfax and Sophie
Mr Rochester and Adèle
John, Eliza, Georgiana and Mrs Reed
Helen Burns and Miss Temple
Jane is also very fond of Bessie, the only person who shows her any kindness at Gateshead Hall. This is because she is starved for affection, rather than because Bessie reciprocates her feelings
10 .
What do the accounts of Mrs Reed's punishment of Jane, Mr Brocklehurst's running of Lowood School and Blanche Ingram's account of her governesses share in common?
The theme of love
The theme of marriage
The theme of cruelty
The theme of self-determination
Mrs Reed, Mr Brocklehurst and Blanche Ingram are cruel to those who possess less power. While the novel is scathing about those who are cruel to children in particular, Blanche's account of teasing her governesses demonstrates the text's interest in those who abuse their power over others more generally
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