Wuthering Heights · Emily Brontë

Whole Book Quiz

Twenty questions on the whole of Wuthering Heights: its people, its houses, its narrators and its place in literature.

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Q1 of 20
When was Wuthering Heights published?
Q2 of 20
What pen name did Emily Brontë use?
Q3 of 20
Who are the two main narrators?
Q4 of 20
What are the two houses?
Q5 of 20
What does "wuthering" mean, according to Lockwood?
Q6 of 20
Where did old Mr. Earnshaw find Heathcliff?
Q7 of 20
What is Heathcliff's great motive after his return?
Q8 of 20
Why does Catherine marry Edgar?
Q9 of 20
Who is the father of Hareton Earnshaw?
Q10 of 20
Who is Linton Heathcliff's mother?
Q11 of 20
Whom does the young Cathy marry first?
Q12 of 20
Which servant at the Heights speaks broad Yorkshire and quotes the Bible?
Q13 of 20
How does the second generation's story differ from the first?
Q14 of 20
How does Heathcliff die?
Q15 of 20
Who alone truly mourns Heathcliff?
Q16 of 20
How does the novel end?
Q17 of 20
In which English county is the novel set?
Q18 of 20
Why is the novel often called Gothic?
Q19 of 20
Why is Nelly Dean not always a reliable narrator?
Q20 of 20
How many novels did Emily Brontë write?