Lowood Institution: Gothic settings in 'Jane Eyre' | English

Starter quiz

Who wrote 'Jane Eyre'?
- Mary Brontë
- Emily Brontë
- Charlotte Brontë ✓
- Anne Brontë
- Lucinda Brontë
What is the key aim of Gothic literature?
- to unsettle readers ✓
- to make readers feel angry
- to mystify readers ✓
- to make readers feel indifferent
- to excite readers
The novel 'Jane Eyre' was set in the ______ era.
- 'Victorian' ✓
What is Jane childhood relationship like with her Aunt Reed in 'Jane Eyre'?
- close - they share a very loving relationship
- distant - they do not see much of one another
- tense - Aunt Reed was cruel to Jane as a child ✓
- expected - there was nothing special about Jane and Aunt Reed's relationship
What was the boarding school that Jane was sent to as a child called in 'Jane Eyre'?
- Hightop Institute
- Gateshead Institute
- Thornfield Institute
- Lowood Institute ✓
Match the terminology up to its definition.
- semantic field
  
  ⇔
  
  a group of words which all have similar connotations ✓
- pathetic fallacy
  
  ⇔
  
  when the weather reflects the mood ✓
- alliteration
  
  ⇔
  
  when two or more words begin with the same letter ✓
- simile
  
  ⇔
  
  comparing two things that are not the same using 'like' or 'as' ✓
- connotation
  
  ⇔
  
  the associations we make with a given word ✓