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Wuthering Heights Study / Reading Questions
Wuthering Heights Study/Reading Questions Chapter 2
1. Why does Lockwood pay Heathcliff a second visit?
2. Heathcliff now strikes Lockwood as what kind of a landlord?
3. What errors in judgment does the narrator make regarding
Heahcliff?
“Mrs.
Heathcliff”?
The “boy”?
4. What seems to be “Mrs. Heathcliff’s” attitude towards Lockwood?
Towards Heathcliff?
5. Who is Zillah? Chapter 3
1. Where is Mr. Lockwood taken for the evening?
2. What mystery surrounds Lockwood’s retiring for the night?
3. Describe the bed Lockwood is given.
4. Whose names are on the books Lockwood finds on the ledge
What kind of books are they?
5. What information does the writing reveal?
6. What sort of dreams does Lockwood have?
Examine the content of these dreams and consider why they contribute to the
7. At what point does Heathcliff arrive, and how does he react? Chapters4-7: Early History of the Earnshaw Family Chapter 4
1. What is Lockwood trying to find out?
2. We learn the young Mrs. Heathcliff is actually 3. Who is “Earnshaw”/
4. What is Lockwood’s impression of Cathy as seen here?
5. How did Mrs. Dean become associated with the Heathcliffs?
How reliable a narrator is Nelly Dean? Explain.
6. What does Mr. Earnshaw bring home and from where?
Chapter 4 continued
7. How does the family react to the “bundle,” and why?
How do the toys which the children have requested reveal something about their characters?
8. Where does Heathcliff’s name come from?
9. Why does HIndley “hate” Heathcliff?
10. What quarrel do Hindley and Heathcliff have and what is the result?
11. What illusion does Nelly have about Heathcliff at this time? Chapter 5 *The theme of illness is introduced in this chapter.
1. How has Bronte employed the character of Mr. Earnshaw in the novel up to this point in the novel?
2. How does Nelly describe Catherine/Miss Cathy?
What bias does Nelly show towards her?
3. Describe the relationship between Heathcliff and Catherine.
4. How do Cathy and Heathcliff console each other after they learn Mr. Earnshaw has died?
Chapter 6
1. Why does Hindley return, where has he been, and what surprise does he bring with him?
2. What role does Hindley assume at The Heights and how does he treat Heathcliff?
3. How do Catherine and Heathcliff “escape” Hindley’s tyranny?
Chapter 6 continued
4. Why does Heathcliff return home without Catherine?
5. Describe Thrushcross Grange and the Linton’s from Heathcliff’s point of view:
From Catherine’s point of view:
6. How do the Linton’s treat Heathcliff after the incident? Chapters 7-9 The Triangle of Catherine, Heathcliff and Linton
1. How long does Catherine remain at the Lintons and how has she changed when she returns to The Heights?
2. As a result, what reception does Catherine receive from Heathcliff?
3. How is the theme of revenge introduced?
4. What methods is Bronte using to persuade the reader to sympathize with Heathcliff?
Chapter 8- The year is 1778
1. A cheerful event is countered by a tragic one. Explain.
2. What condition claims his wife and how does Hindley deal with the tragedy?
How does he treat
Hareton? How does he
treat Heathcliff?
3. How does Nelly describe the portraits and what does Lockwood notice?
4. Describe Heathcliff in this chapter regarding his age, education, mood, and his relationship with Catherine.
5. How does Heathcliff try to explain his jealousy to Catherine?
Chapter 8 continued 6. When Edgar Linton visits Catherine what happens?
Chapter 9 – Catherine’s Confession to Nelly 1. How does little Hareton regard his father, Hindley?
2. During the staircase incident, what does Heathcliff do and what does Nelly say she presumes Heathcliff would have done if he had been fully cognizant at the time?
3. Catherine reveals to Nelly she is torn between Edgar and Heathclifff. What reasons does she give for wanting to marry Edgar Linton?
Why does Nelly call her logic “bad”?
4. Describe Catherine’s dream regarding heaven:
5. What genuine feelings does Catherine express to Nelly regarding Heathcliff?
6. What is tragic about the “timing” of her confession?
7. What events follow that evening? **Illness emerges as a motif—which characters are affected?
8. How does Nelly end up at Thrushcross Grange?
9. How long does Catherine wait before she marries?
10. Who is to care for Hareton?
Chapters 10-12 Catherine and Edgar’s Married Life Chapter 10—Heathcliff returns
1. Lockwood narrates briefly. What is his condition?
2. How does Bronte resume Nelly’s narration?
3. What changes are evident in Heathcliff when he returns?
4. What verbal jab does Heathcliff deliver to Catherine?
Chapter 10 continued
5. How is the idea of revenge hinted at again? (Heathcliff claims he’s returned . . .
6. How does Heathcliff’s return complicate matters at Thrushcross Grange?
-at Wuthering Heights and for Hindley?
7. Who else takes an interest in Heathcliff? Predictably, this infatuati
8. How is the motif of fasting/starvation suggested?
9. Catherine warns Isabella, “I know he could never love a . 10. What advice does Nelly give to Isabella?
11. How doe Catherine embarrass Isabella?
12. Heathcliff’s plotting is evidenced when he remarks to Catherine (regarding Isabella), “She’s her brother’s ”
Chapter 11 1. When Nelly goes to The Heights, what astounds her about Hareton?
2. What does Hareton call his father? 3. Who has been corrupting Hareton? What has happened to the curate?
4. When Heathcliff makes an overture to Isabella, how does Catherine react and what is Heathcliff’s response?
5. How much of the revenge plan does Heathcliff share with Catherine?
6. Where does the confrontation between Edgar Linton and Heathcliff take place, and how does Catherine intensify the tension?
7. What does Heathcliff threaten, and ultimately how does he “escape”?
8. What ultimatum does Edgar Linton give his wife?
9. What becomes Catherine’s method of coping? Chapter 12
1. Why doesn’t Nelly tell Edgar of Catherine’s condition?
What does this reveal about Nelly’s perspective/understanding?
Chapter 12 continued
2. What does Catherine believe about her husband?
3. How serious does Catherine’s fit become?
4. What frustrates Catherine?
5. In her delirium, Catherine imagines a nest of lapwings which Heathcliff?
6. What hallucination does Catherine have about Nelly and Penistone Crags?
7. What request does Catherine make of Nelly regarding the casement window, and what does Catherine imagine?
8. In your opinion, what does the open window and the wind symbolize to
Catherine?
9. When Heathcliff elopes with Isabella, evidently what does he do to her Springer spaniel?
10. What is Mr. Kenneth’s assessment of Catherine’s condition?
11. When Edgar learns of his sister’s elopement, what is his response? Chapter 13-15 Catherine’s Illness Chapter 13
1. How does Edgar treat his wife?
2. Describe Catherine’s condition two months later:
3. What short note does Isabella send to Edgar?
4. In the longer letter sent to Nelly, what sentiments does Isabella express regarding Catherine?
Regarding Edgar?
Regarding WH?
Regarding
Hareton?
Regarding
Heathcliff?
Regarding Hindley/”Mr. Earnshaw” and his
pistols? (What does he vow?)
Regarding her bedroom?
How does Heathcliff react when Isabella refers to “our room”? Chapter 14
1. What permission does Edgar grant Nelly; what does he urge Nelly to persuade Isabella to do to oblige him?
2. When Nelly enters the Heights, what surprising remark does she tell us about
Heathcliff’s appearance?
3. Heathcliff presses Nelly for what?
4. Nelly warns Heathcliff, “Another encounter . . . .
5. Heathcliff reminds Nelly, “for every though she spends on Linton, . . .
6. How does Heathcliff insult Isabella? a. b.
7. Where does Heathcliff say he has been spending his nights and what
does he threaten?
8. In a transplanting metaphor, what is Heathcliff’s assessment of what Edgar has done to Catherine?
9. What does Nelly agree to?
Chapte 15 – The Last Encounter
1. How is Nelly able to orchestrate this meeting?
2. Where does the meeting take place?
3. What strikes Nelly as bizarre during this encounter?
4. Catherine and Heathcliff speak of peace, torment and escape. Comment:
5. How does Heathcliff say Catherine has betrayed them both?
6. When Edgar enters the room, what does Heathcliff do?
7. Where does Heathcliff maintain he will abide?
Chapter 16—Aftermath of Catherine’s Death and Beginning of the Second Generation 1. Who is the new baby and how is she received?
2. When Nelly goes to give Heathcliff “the terrible news,” where does she find
him and what is Heathcliff’s reaction?
Chapter 16 continued? 3. What prayer does Heathcliff pray?
4. Describe Heathcliff’s bizarre behavior:
5. What does Heathcliff do to Catherine’s locket?
6. Who attends the funeral?
7. Where is Catherine buried? Chapter 17
1. How does Isabella get to Wuthering Heights?
2. What physical marks does she possess?
3. Why does Isabella ask Nelly for “the poker”?
4. Isabella reports that when she enters Heathcliff’s presence . . .
5. When Heathcliff returns, what does Isabella say she has secretly wished?
6. When Isabella calls Heathcliff a “Monster!” how does Nelly defend him?
7. Since Catherine’s death, Heathcliff’s conduct has been reclusive. Describe.
8. When Heathcliff is in the household, with whom does Isabella spend time?
9. What offends Hindley regarding the way Heathcliff knocks?
10. What insult does Isabella deliver to Heathcliff?
11. How does Isabella describe Heathcliff the morning after the shooting incident?
12. Isabella tells Nelly there is only one condition where she could forgive Heathcliff:
13. When Isabella reflects on “How happy Catherine was before he came,” how does Heathcliff
react?
14. What does Isabella say about Hindley’s eyes?
Chapter 17 continued
15. How does Isabella’s ear become wounded?
16. Nelly reports she believed Isabella has moved to ?
17. Upon first hearing the name of his new son, how does Heathcliff respond?
18. How much time passes between Catherine’s death and Isabella’s
19. What does Edgar call his new child?
20. What parallels does Nelly draw between Edgar and Hindley?
21. How much time passes between Catherine’s death and Hindley’s?
22. What causes Hindley’s death?
23. How does Nelly take Hindley’s death?
24. What is troublesome about the financial affairs and ownership of Wuthering Heights?
25. Who pays for Hindley’s funeral?
26. What triumphant news does Heathcliff deliver to Hareton?
27. What comment does Nelly make about Hareton’s predicament?
Chapter 18
1. Describe young
Catherine:
Temperament
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2. Even though Catherine is 13, what is odd about how she has been raised?
3. What does Nelly attribute Isabella’s death to?
4. How much distance lies between Thrushcross Grange and Wuthering Heights?
5. When Nelly reaches the Heights, she finds Catherine conversing with Hareton. Describe the mood.
Chapter 18 continued
6. After Cathy describes her meeting with Hareton, what nicety of speech does Cathy tell Nelly Hareton omitted?
7. When Cathy orders Hareton to get her horse, what does he reply?
8. What does Nelly notify Cathy about her relationship to Hareton?
9. What does Nelly tell us about Hareton?
Build Looks Daily Conduct
Mind
10. How is Heathcliff treating Hareton?
11. We learn it is Hareton who first takes Catherine to .
Chapter 19 1. What is Cathy looking forward to?
2. What is the difference in age between Cathy and Linton?
3. What does Cathy notice aobut the lock of Linton’s hair?
4. What resemblance does Nelly point out?
5. How does Linton first react to Catherine’s “salute”?
6. How does Catherine treat her little cousin?
7. Why has Joseph come to Thrushcross Grange?
8. What is Edgar’s response?
Chapter 20
1. As Nelly transports Linton to Wuthering Heights, how does she try and console him regarding WH?
Heath
cliff?
2. What is the vegetation in front of WH?
3. What is Heathcliff’s reaction to his son?
4. Despite Heathcliff’s sentiments regarding his son, what is his plan?
5. As Nelly leaves, what bothers her?
Chapter 21
1. Wuthering Heights’ housekeeper reports to Nelly how Heathcliff and Linton are getting on:
2. What is the current state of Linton’s health?
3. How does Edgar spend Catherine’s sixteenth birthday?
4. Where is Catherine caught plundering/poaching?
5. Catherine mistakes Hareton for .
6. Heathcliff tries to persuade Nelly to allow
7. When Nelly tells Heathcliff he has a “bad design,” how does he respond?
8. What does Heathcliff want to insure?
9. How does Catherine react to seeing her cousin, Linton?
10. What contrast does Nelly note (between Catherine and Linton)?
11. When Catherine asks why Heathcliff and Edgar quarreled, Heathcliff replies:
12. What does Heathcliff admit regarding Hareton?
13. After Catherine is informed that Hareton is also her cousin, how does Heathcliff mock him?
14. Heathcliff tells Nelly the difference between Hareton and Linton is:
15. On what point odes Heathcliff feel superior to Hindley?
16. How do Linton and Catherine belittle Hareton?
17. What reasons does Edgar give Catherine for wanting Catherine to stay
away from WH? a. b. c.
18. Why does Catherine begin to cry and what does she propose?
Chapter 21 continued
19. How is the communication carried off?
20. What evidence does Nelly find, and where is it hidden?
21. What two things does Catherine beg of Nelly? Chapter 22
1. During one of Catherine and Nelly’s afternoon rambles, what does Catherine tell Nelly she fears?
2. When returning to TG, at the gate Nelly fumbles with the keys to the gate. Heathcliff appears; how does he play on Catherine’s sympathies?
3. What does Nelly finally agree to and why? Chapter 23
1. When Catherine and Nelly arrive at WH, where are the housekeeper (Zillah) and Hareton?
2. When Catherine kisses Linton, how does he react?
3. What strikes Catherine as odd about Linton?
4. What does Linton say of the letters he wrote Catherine?
5. Linton reports Heathcliff frequently goes . . .
6. How are their (Catherine and Linton’s) fathers’ biases borne out in this scene?
7. While Linton is genuinely sick, Nelly suggests he is histrionic. Explain.
8. When Nelly threatens to never let Catherine return to WH, what is Catherine’s response?
9. After returning to TG in the rain, Nelly becomes out of pocket for three weeks.
Why?
10. How does Catherine spend her days?
Chapter 23 continue
Nelly later learns Catherine has spent her nights . . .
Chapter 24
1. How has Catherine been able to sneak across the moors?
2. While sitting by the fire, Linton and Catherine share their ideas of paradise/heaven. How do they compare/contrast, and what do their respective ideas reveal about their characters?
3. When they play games, who wins and what is the loser’s reaction?
4. What does Hareton tell Catherine he is capable of doing?
How does she shoot him down?
5. How does Nelly defend Hareton?
6. Considering Hareton’s treatment of Linton, what does Hareton seem to realize?
7. What is more evidence Linton is genuinely sick?
8. When Edgar learns of Catherine’s unorthodox visits, what are the only tow things he says he will permit?
Chapter 25
1. What request does Lockwood make of Nelly?
2. How does Edgar express concern for his nephew (Linton)?
3. How many more years would Linton have to wait to be of a legal age to marry on his own?
4. Is Edgar opposed to the possibility of Catherine marrying Linton? (what
is his primary concern)?
5. What does NOT happen on Catherine’s seventeenth birthday?
6. When Heathcliff refuses a meeting between Catherine and Linton at the Grange, what request does Linton make?
7. After an initial refusal, Edgar finally agrees to what arrangement?
8. To Nelly’s knowledge, “no visited the Heights.”
Chapter 26 1. When Nelly and Catherine ride across the moors, where does the meeting
take place?
2. Describe Linton:
3. How does Catherine try to cheer Linton?
4. What seems bizarre about Linton’s conduct?
5. Why does Catherine seem to think Linton is doing better?
6. How does Linton react when he sees Heathcliff approach?
7. When they return to the Grange, Nelly admits, “I hardly knew . . . Chapter 27
1. What “had become [Catherine’s] whole world”?
2. When they reach Linton on the heath, what is his mood?
3. What seems to be governing Linton’s conduct?
4. When Nelly and Catherine reach WH, what does Heathcliff do?
5. When Heathcliff looks at Catherine, what surprises/alarms him?
6. What boast does Heathcliff make about fatherhood?
7. Why is Nelly “disgusted” with Linton’s composure?
8. Linton informs, “Papa ,” and he’s
if we wait”
9. What does Heathcliff say he will enjoy remarkably”?
10. Cathy asks Heathcliff, “Have you ever ”
11. Who brings Nelly food?
Chapter 28 1. What rumor has emerged about Nelly and Catherine?
2. How has Heathcliff poisoned Linton against Catherine?
3. How does Edgar try and avert Heathclff’s plan?
4. Why does Edgar’s attempt fail?
5. When Edgar is dying, he tells Catherine, “I am ”
Chapter 29 1. When Heathcliff arrives at TG, what is his demeanor?
2. Heathcliff informs Catherine he has come to and that he is seeking .
3. When Catherine declares she loves Linton, what does she inform Heathcliff?
4. What did Heathcliff do at Catherine’s grave?
5. What does Heathclif say he believes about ghosts?
6. Heathcliff tells Nell that when he returned to the Heights and went up to his room and “hers,”
. 7. When leaving the house or going out on the moors, Heathcliff states he met
8. Heathcliff instructs Nelly to send “that,” , “over to me.”
9. Heathcliff leaves TG with whom?
Chapter 30 1. What is Zillah’s opinion of Catherine?
2. According to Zillah, when Catherine first arrives at WH, what did she do?
3. When Catherine suggests a doctor be sent, Heathcliff responds:
4. How is the household signaled that Heathcliff is dead?
Chapter 30 continued
5. What happens to Catherine, and how long does she stay upstairs?
6. What does Heathcliff show her?
7. What is similar about Hareton’s behavior toward young Catherine and Heathcliff’s earlier conduct towards older Catherine?
8. Read the incident regarding the books carefully. Chapters 31-34
FINISH THE BOOK – BE SURE TO READ CAREFULLY.
