WUTHERING_HEIGHTS_QUESTIONS

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Comprehension test about
"Wuthering Heights
(2011)"
Heathcliff, a poor boy, is taken in by a farmer who lives with his
family in the isolated hills of Yorkshire. There, Heathcliff grows
closer and develops an intense and obsessive relationship with his
adoptive sister, Catherine. As they grow up, the impossible and
toxic love between them leaves deep scars on their families. With
a complex relationship and suffering abuse from his older brother,
the boy is caught between a "welcome" by Cathy and his father
and the exclusion made by the rest of society.
1) Why is this version of the story so diferent from the others?
2) Why did Heathcliff leave the farm?
3) Did Catherine receive Heathcliff well? Why?
4) Why couldn't Heathcliff speak when he arrived at the
farm?
5) Why did Catherine die?
6) Why is Hindley's son so symbolic to the story and to
Heathcliff?
PART 2 - ABOUT REFLECTIONS
1) Which region of England is the Wuthering Heights?
2) Where did Catherine's father find Heathcliff?
3) At the time is the story set?
4) What is the name of the author of the book "Wuthering
Heights"?
5) When did the book was releasing?
PART 1 - ABOUT THE TEST
After the death of his father and meeting the neighboring family the
two drift apart and Heathcliff is forced to work on the farm by Hindley
while watching Cathy being pampered by the neighbors. Cathy
marries the eldest son of the neighbouring family, causing Heathcliff
to flee and return many years later, educated and with money and
mostly seeking revenge against Hindley and to find Cathy again.
Based on the book by Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights was released in
1847 and forever transformed literature in England.
PART 3 - DIRECT AND INDIRECT EXERCISES
Older Heathcliff : Don't leave me here where I can't find
you.
Mr. Earnshaw: Why can’t you always be such a good lass,
Cathy? Cathy: Why can’t you always be such a good man,
father?
Catheryne: ”You broke my heart. You killed me.”
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