Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte MCQs Elective Core English BSc Hons

Question. The diary that Lockwood found in the room at Wuthering Heights was:-
(a) 20 years old
(b) 22 years old
(c) 24 years old
(d) 25 years old

Question. Mr Earnshaw brought Heathcliff from :-
(a) New York
(b) Liverpool
(c) Edinburgh
(d) London

Question. Why does Ellen stay in the room when Edgar Linton visits Cathy?
(a) She is worried about Cathy’s Honor
(b) She didn’t have time to tidy the room before Edgar arrived
(c) She is trying to avoid Heathcliff
(d) Hindley asked her to

Question. Wuthering Heights opens in :-
(a) 1800
(b) 1801
(c) 1802
(d) 1803

Question. Who plans to live at Thrushcross Grange at the end of the novel, Wuthering Heights?
(a) Young Catherine and Hareton
(b) Lockwood
(c) Heathcliff
(d) Young Catherine and Linton Heathcliff

Question. Linton is the son of :-
(a) Isabella and Heathcliff
(b) Catherine and Heathcliff
(c) Hindley and Frances
(d) Linton and Catherine

Question. Catherine gives birth to a daughter :-
(a) 4 weeks prematurely
(b) 6 weeks prematurely
(c) 1 month prematurely
(d) 2 months prematurely

Question. Who is the narrator of Wuthering Heights?
(a) Lockwood
(b) Nelly Dean
(c) Both a & b
(d) Only a

Question. Nelly tells Lockwood that she has lived at Thrushcross Grange for :-
(a) 12 years
(b) 15 years
(c) 18 years
(d) 20 years

Question. Catherine was engaged to Edgar for :-
(a) 6 months
(b) 1 year
(c) 2 years
(d) 3 years

Question. What is inscribed above the entrance of Wuthering Heights?
(a) “Hindley Earnshaw 1729”
(b) “1623”
(c) “Abandon all Hope, ye who enter here”
(d) “Hareton Earnshaw 1500”

Question. Heathcliff is adopted by
(a) Mr. Earnshaw
(b) Ellen Dean
(c) Edgar Linton
(d) Mr. Lockwood

Question. Heathcliff told Nelly that Catherine’s ghost had tormented him every night for the last :-
(a) 15 years
(b) 16 years
(c) 17 years
(d) 18 years

Question. Where did Heathcliff live?
(a) Thushcross Grange
(b) Lowood
(c) Wuthering Heights
(d) The Chase

Question. What happens to Cathy the first time she goes to Thrushcross Grange?
(a) She falls down a rocky hill
(b) She cuts her arm on a shard of broken glass
(c) A dog bites her
(d) She catches a cold

Question. Over the course of the novel, which characters claimed to see Catherine’s ghost?
(a) Heathcliff, Hareton, young Catherine and Joseph
(b) Edgar Linton and Heathcliff
(c) Joseph and Nelly Dean
(d) Lockwood and Heathcliff

Question. What is the name of Mr. Earnshaw’s adopted son?
(a) Hindley
(b) Edgar
(c) Heathcliff
(d) Hareton

Question. When Hindley gambled away all his money, to whom did the mortgage of Wuthering Heights went entirely to?
(a) Catherine
(b) Nelly
(c) Hareton
(d) Heathcliff

Question. Why does Lockwood visit Heathcliff in chapter one of Wuthering Heights?
(a) To inquire about his health
(b) To sell him a Bible
(c) He and Heathcliff were friends in their school days
(d) To rent property from him

Question. In the middle of the night, Lockwood is awakened by a ghostly child who calls herself _____
(a) Mary Earnshaw
(b) Cathy Grange
(c) Catherine Linton
(d) None of the above

Question. What is the name of the housekeeper at Thrushcross Grange?
(a) Nelly Lockwood
(b) Nelly Dean
(c) Nelly Grange
(d) Nelly Linton

Question. Who raises Hareton during the early years of his life?
(a) Hindley
(b) Catherine
(c) Heathcliff
(d) Nelly

Question. In what place does Cathy think she wouldn’t feel at home?
(a) Boarding school
(b) Heaven
(c) The Moor
(d) Thrushcross Grange

Question. Lockwood describes the Yorkshire countryside as
(a) A green valley
(b) A lush countryside
(c) A perfect misanthropist’s heaven
(d) A sandy desert

Question. Young Catherine and Hareton plan to be married on
(a) New Year’s Day
(b) Christmas Day
(c) New Year’s Eve
(d) Christmas Eve

Question. When Nelly takes over the narration of Wuthering Heights, how many years had passed?
(a) Thirty years
(b) Thirty two years
(c) Twenty seven years
(d) Twenty five years

Question. When Mr. Earnshaw set off for Liverpool, what did Hindley ask for to bring back to him?
(a) A horse
(b) A pony
(c) A fiddle
(d) A whip

Question. In Wuthering Heights, what is the name of Hindley’s wife who died not long after her son’s birth?
(a) Jane
(b) Isabella
(c) Cathy
(d) Frances

Question. To which Shakespearean hero does Lockwood compare himself after Joseph and Heathcliff accuse him of stealing?
(a) Hamlet
(b) Romeo
(c) King Lear
(d) Othello

Question. To which Shakespearan hero does Lockwood compare himself after Joseph and Heathcliff accuse him of stealing?
(a) Hamlet
(b) Othello
(c) King Lear
(d) Romeo

Question. Whom does Catherine Earnshaw marry?
(a) Edgar Linton
(b) Hareton
(c) Heathcliff
(d) Hindley

Question. Who intercedes in the argument in Chapter two and ensures that Lockwood can spend the night at Wuthering Heights?
(a) Cathy Linton
(b) Zillah
(c) Haretom Earnshow
(d) Joseph

Question. Why do most of the servants leave Wuthering Heights after Frances dies?
(a) The Earnshaws can no longer afford them
(b) Hindley becomes a cruel master
(c) They are disgusted by Hindley’s treatment of Heathcliff
(d) They loved Frances, and working Wuthering Heights reminds them too much of her tragic death.

Question. What gift did Mr. Earnshaw promise to bring Nelly Dean from Liverpool?
(a) Fruit
(b) A set of Paints
(c) A bridle for her horse
(d) A fiddle

Question. Over the course of Wuthering Heights, which character claim to see Catherine’s ghost?
(a) Heathcliff, Hareton and Joseph
(b) Edgar Linton and Heathcliff
(c) Joseph and Nelly Dean
(d) Lockwood and Heathcliff.

Question. Where is Catherine buried?
(a) In a Churchyard overlooking the moors
(b) In a Chapel
(c) Under a stone wall
(d) She is not buried but cremated

Question. What happens to Catherine the first time she goes to Thrushcross Grange?
(a) She catches a cold
(b) A dog bites her
(c) She falls down a rocky hill
(d) She cuts her arm

Question. The novel Wuthering Heights begins with the year
(a) 1801
(b) 1802
(c) 1803
(d) 1804

Question. Emily Bronte was a
(a) Restoration novelist
(b) Romantic novelist
(c) Victorian novelist
(d) Modern novelist

Question. Wuthering Heights was published in the year _____.

Question. After Linton dies, his property is inherited by ________.

Question. Catherine Earnshaw is married to _________

Question. The last remaining member of the Earnshaw family is _____.

Question. Harthouse’s first name is _______

Question. Catherine and Hareton in Wuthering Heights plan to get married on ___________ Day.

Question. ________raises Hareton during the early years of his life

Question. When Catherine says to Nelly, “He’s more myself than I am” she is referring to ______________.

Question. The name of Hindley’s wife who died soon after her son’s birth is ______

Question. Hindley lost his fortune and his house due to his habit of ______

Question. The stone above the front door of Wuthering Heights bears the name of _______________________

Question. The personification of Wuthering Heights is _______________

Question. Hareton was raised by ______ during the early years of his life.

Question. Mr. Earnshaw brought Heathcliff back from a trip to ________

Question. __________is the primary narrator of Wuthering Heights.

Question. Heathcliff forces ________to work as a servant in his home.

Question. The narrator in Wuthering Heights sees the ghost of ______

Question. Heathcliff was adopted by ________

Question. The name of the housekeeper at Thrushcross Grange is _______

Question. When Heathcliff dies, it is _____ who finds his body.