Character Development
3. Read the following sentences from paragraph 8.
Highbury, the large and populous village, almost amounting to a town, to which Hartfield, in spite of its separate lawn, and shrubberies, and name, did really belong, afforded her no equals. The Woodhouses were first in consequence there.
What can be inferred about the Woodhouses based on the phrase first in consequence?
D The Woodhouses were the most important family in Highbury.
5. Which statement expresses a theme of the passage?
D. High social status rarely leads to happiness.
13. Why does the author include the description of the setting in paragraph 8?
B. to reveal Emma’s limited opportunities to meet people
2. Which quote advances the plot in the same way as the sentence from paragraph 3 in Part A?
B. “Between them it was more the intimacy of sisters.” (paragraph 3)
6. What does paragraph 8 suggest about English society in the early 1800s?
D. Distinctions of class are openly acknowledged.
4. Which phrase from the sentences in Part A provides evidence to support the inference?
D. afforded her no equals
11. Which statement from the passage supports the answer in Part A?
A. “…they had been living together as friend and friend very mutually attached, and Emma doing just what she liked; highly esteeming Miss Taylor’s judgment, but directed chiefly by her own.” (paragraph 3)
9. How does the author use paragraphs 5 and 7 to build tension between Emma and her father?
C. by describing the awkwardness between Emma and her father once Miss Taylor married.
1. Even before Miss Taylor had ceased to hold the nominal
office of governess, the mildness of her temper had hardly
allowed her to impose any restraint; and the shadow of
authority being now long passed away, they had been
living together as friend and friend very mutually attached,
and Emma doing just what she liked; highly esteeming Miss
Taylor’s judgement, but directed chiefly by her own.
How does this sentence explain how the relationship between Emma
and Miss Taylor advances the plot in the passage?
C.
by describing how Miss Taylor and Emma went from employer/employee to friends
12. Read this line from paragraph 8 of the passage.
. . . when he was now obliged to part with Miss Taylor too; and from his habits of gentle selfishness, and of being never able to suppose that other people could feel differently from himself. . . .
What does this line reveal about the narrator’s feelings towards the father?
C The narrator views the father as arrogant.
14. How does the author’s word choice develop tone in paragraph 8?
D. by showing how the action in the home changed after the marriage
10. Read the following sentence from paragraph 4.
The real evils, indeed, of Emma’s situation were the power of having rather too much her own way, and a disposition to think a little too well of herself; these were the disadvantages which threatened alloy to her many enjoyments.
What can be inferred about Emma from this sentence?
C. Emma is spoiled and self-absorbed.
8. How does the author create suspense in paragraph 4?
B. by expressing Emma’s enjoyment of her life