Insider Information: Question 2 is unfair and refers to private family mythology about a film version of Jane Eyre in which the actress playing Jane Eyre is considered to be in need of a shave.
ENGLISH EXAMINATION PAPER
Jane Eyre
Answer all questions. Time allowed: 2 hours
1. Would you prefer to read a book whose first
sentence was
“It was the
morning of my 83rd birthday, and I was in bed with Mr Rochester’s catamites
when Grace Poole pranced into the room with her troupe of performing parrots,
to announce that the Holy Father was waiting to see me.”
or one which
started
“There was no
possibility of taking a walk that day.”?
Do you think Jane Eyre would have been a better novel if it had begun with the former?
Give your reasons.
(20 marks)
2. Explain the significance of Jane’s moustache
in the novel.
How would her fate have differed if
a) she had been able to grow a luxuriant
full beard,
b) present-day laser treatments for facial
hair removal had been available?
(20 marks)
3. Could Rochester’s ward Adèle have made a valuable
member of The Clash?
Explain your answer. (16 marks)
4. Estimate Rochester’s emotional age, giving an
account of your reasoning. (14 marks)
5. “Reader, I married him.”
How far do you think the reaction of the
housekeeper Mary to this news equates to the modern
vernacular,
“Yeah right. Whatever.”? (16 marks)
6. Were John Reed and Jane Eyre
really of the same blood? It seems curious to think it.
Comment.
State whether, given the chance, you would
like to wring Jane’s neck. (14 marks)
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| Watch it, Buster... I've got the moral high ground, and I won't hesitate to use it |
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