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Wuthering Heights
Emily Bronte
CHAPTER 1
1. Why was the place called Wuthering?
2. What does the Heights signify?
3. Who is Mr. Lockwood? What do you think of him?
4. Why does Mr. Lockwood go to Wuthering Heights? What kind of welcome does he receive?
5. What is Mr. Heathcliff’s servant’s name?
6. Why does Lockwood return to Wuthering Heights uninvited?
CHAPTER 2
7. What feeling do we get from Wuthering Heights and its occupants in these first few chapters?
8. Describe Heathcliff.
9. Describe Mrs. Catherine Heathcliff (Heathcliff’s sister-in-law).
10. Describe Hareton Earnshaw.
11. Describe Zilla.
12. Describe Joseph.
CHAPTER 3
13. What 3 names were on the window ledge?
14. What glimpses from the past does Lockwood get when he discovers Catherine's books?
15. Describe the nightmares that Lockwood had.
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16. Whose ghost visits Mr. Lockwood? What is Heathcliff's reaction to the ghost?
HEATHCLIFF’S CHILDHOOD
CHAPTER 4
1.
Who is Nelly Dean? How did she become associated with the Lockwoods? How did she become associated with
the Heathcliffs?
2.
Explain how Heathcliff came to Thrushcross Grange and how the family reacted to his presence.
3.
What intensifies Heathcliff and Hindley’s hatred of one another?
CHAPTER 5
1.
What has happened to Mr. Earnshaw’s health?
2.
How is the family getting along?
3.
Describe the two sides of Cathy.
4.
How does Mr. Earnshaw die?
5.
Describe the family’s reaction.
CHAPTER 6
1.
What surprised the family most when Hindley came to the funeral?
2.
Analyze or characterize Hindley’s wife.
3.
Discuss how Hindley’s wife treated Heathcliff and Cathy.
4.
Describe Hindley’s treatment of Heathcliff with an example scene.
5.
Who was in charge of Heathcliff and Cathy? Effective or not? Why?
6.
What happened at the Lintons?
7.
What was the punishment?
CHAPTER 7
1. When Cathy returns, describe how she acts with scenes from the novel.
2. What were the Earnshaws planning for the Lintons as a payment for helping Catherine and what stipulations did
Mrs. Linton make?
3. Judge the party. How did it go? Reference a scene.
4. How did Cathy manage to get to Heathcliff?
5. What are Heathcliff’s intentions?
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CHAPTER 8
1. What child is born?
2. Describe the medical issue with Mrs. Earnshaw.
3. What happened to Mrs. Earnshaw? How did it affect the household?
4. What quarrel did Heathcliff and Catherine have here? How did it end?
CHAPTER 9
1. How does little Hareton regard his father, Hindley? Explain.
2. What did Nelly and Heathcliff do in regard to that scene?
3. Who came to the kitchen later? What did she want?
4. What events followed during the evening?
5. Where does she go to recuperate?
6. Describe how Catherine reacts.
7. When does the wedding take place?
8. Why does Nelly go with Catherine?
9. Who is to take care of Hareton?
CHAPTER 10
1. How did Catherine and Linton get along in their new home?
2. What occurrence marks the beginning of trouble for the Lintons?
3. How is Catherine taking this return?
4. Who is in love with Heathcliff besides Catherine?
5. How does Catherine receive this news?
6. What does Nelly think about Heathcliff’s living at Hindley’s but visiting Catherine?
CHAPTER 11
1. When did Nelly see Hareton again? How has he changed?
2. What did Hareton call his father?
3. Who was teaching Hareton to swear at his father?
4. How did Heathcliff bring the battle at Lintons to a climax?
CHAPTER 12
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1. How long did Catherine stay locked in her room? What were Isabella and Edgar doing?
2. How serious did Catherine’s fit become?
3. What happened to Heathcliff?
4. How did Edgar react?
CHAPTER 13
1. How long were Isabella and Heathcliff gone after the elopement?
2. What was Catherine doing during this time?
3. How did Linton treat Catherine during her illness?
4. How as Isabella received at the Earnshaw house and who found out about it?
5. What sorts of manners and general wildness existed in the household?
6. Describe Heathcliff and Isabella’s relationship.
CHAPTER 14
1. How did Edgar react to Isabella’s letter when Ellen informed him of it?
2. How was Ellen received at Wuthering Heights?
3. What is Heathcliff promising?
4. Describe the scene between Isabella and Heathcliff.
5. What does Isabella not want told to her brother?
6. Analyze Heathcliff’s actions.
7. How did Ellen feel about the letter?
CHAPTER 15
1. How many days did Ellen keep the letter before delivering it to Catherine?
2. Describe Catherine’s reaction.
3. Now, discuss the thrilling scene that takes place in the room.
CHAPTER 16
1. What 2 great events happen?
2. Describe Edgar Linton’s reaction.
3. How does Heathcliff react?
4. Describe the funeral.
5. What did Heathcliff do to Catherine’s corpse before he left?
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6. What did Nelly then do?
CHAPTER 17
1. What inspires Isabella to finally leave Heathcliff?
2. Why does she stop at Thrushcross Grange?
3. Describe Earnshaw’s death.
4. What threat does Heathcliff make to Ellen and Linton when they want to take Hareton to live at Thrushcross
Grange?
CHAPTER 18
1. What does Edgar call his daughter and why?
2. How does Edgar keep Cathy away from Heathcliff and Wuthering Heights?
3. What was Cathy always wanting to do, and why did her father refuse her permission?
4. What encounter did Cathy have on the way to the Cliff, and what was the outcome?
5. Describe the household at Wuthering Heights now that Heathcliff has taken over.
CHAPTER 19
1. Describe the return of Linton to Thrushcross Grange.
2. Describe Linton.
3. Who came to Thrushcross Grange that night? What did they want?
CHAPTER 20
1. What happened in the morning?
2. Describe how Linton reacted.
3. What problem seemed to stump Linton most?
4. Discuss how Linton and Heathcliff interacted.
CHAPTER 21
1. Describe Cathy and Linton’s interaction at Wuthering Heights.
2. What is Heathcliff’s plan?
3. Who prevents it?
CHAPTER 22
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1. How are things at the Linton’s home?
2. What is the conversation about as they roam the moor?
3. Who comes along at this time, and what does he do?
4. Describe Cathy’s reaction.
CHAPTER 23
1. How did Nelly Dean/Ellen feel about the trip to the Heights?
2. Where was Heathcliff?
3. What happened at the Linton household within the next 3 weeks?
CHAPTER 24
1. What has elapsed since Ellen was in bed and up again?
2. What does Cathy have to say about the trips?
CHAPTER 25
1. How long between the happenings which have been related about the Linton family and the time that
Ellen/Nelly Dean is relating to Lockwood has elapsed?
2. How did Edgar Linton feel about Cathy marrying Linton?
3. What was the health situation between Edgar and Linton?
CHAPTER 26
1. Where does Cathy meet Linton?
2. In what state of health is he?
3. Describe their meeting.
CHAPTER 27
1. What happened to Catherine and Nelly Dean on the following Thursday?
2. Describe Cathy’s reaction.
3. How long was Ellen/Nelly Dean imprisoned?
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CHAPTER 28
1. Who let Ellen out of the room, and what tale had been circulated?
2. Where was Cathy at this moment?
3. How did Ellen deceive Edgar about Cathy’s imprisonment?
4. Describe Edgar’s reaction and the scene at his deathbed.
5. Whose side was Green, the attorney?
6. How did Cathy escape to get home for her father’s death and burial?
CHAPTER 29
1. Who came to the Grange the night after the funeral? For what purpose?
2. What did he tell Ellen about Catherine’s grave?
3. What did Heathcliff take with him from the Grange besides Cathy?
4. Why did Heathcliff not permit Cathy to take her pony with her?
CHAPTER 30
1. What happened to Cathy at Wuthering Heights?
2. How did Heathcliff request a doctor for his son?
3. Describe what happened to Linton.
4. How had Heathcliff wheedled out the will to his purpose?
5. How long did Cathy stay in her room afterwards?
6. What signs of friendship were shown to Cathy by Hareton and Zillah when she descended to the parlor?
7. Describe how Ellen finishes telling her story.
8. Discuss Lockwood’s intentions.
CHAPTER 31
1. What does Lockwood find in Heathcliff’s mansion?
2. What does Hareton do with the books?
3. Discuss Lockwood’s thoughts as he leaves Wuthering Heights.
CHAPTER 32
1. What does Lockwood do?
2. What is the situation at the Heights?
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CHAPTER 33
1. What act of Hareton caused Heathcliff to go into a tantrum?
2. What reaction did Heathcliff have when he started to pull Cathy’s hair and Hareton came to her rescue?
What makes Heathcliff stop?
3. Why did this disturb Heathcliff?
CHAPTER 34
1. What happens to Heathcliff?
2. Who mourns?
3. What spectre is seen after his burial?
4. When were Hareton and Cathy to marry? Where will they live?
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