Governess Review

In The Governess, what pay is Julia supposed to receive each month?

• 10 rubles
• 20 rubles
• 40 rubles
• 80 rubles 

Which group of words best describes Mistress in The Governess?

• suspicious, clever, charming 
• shy, humble, ignorant 
• unfeeling, manipulative, cruel 
• intelligent, reasonable, helpful 

Which word is closest in meaning to the word guileless? 

• strange
• innocent
• appropriate
• valuable

If you think of yourself as inferior, other people will treat you as if you are. 

• fearful
• unwilling to work
• low in status
• badly trained

In The Governess, what does Julia do when Mistress gives her the rest of the money? 

• She begins to cry
• She curtsies
• She gets angry
• She refuses it

Why does Julia smile faintly at the end of The Governess?

• She thinks that Mistress has played a good joke on her
• She wants to tell the other servants what Mistress has done.
• She is glad that her interview with Mistress is almost over
• She knows that Mistress will never understand her

Why do the stage directions in The Governess show Julia curtsying so often?

• The author wants to show that Julia has been brought up well.
• The author wants to show that Julia is very graceful.
• The author wants to show that Julia deeply respects Mistress.
• The author wants to show that Julia is Mistress's social inferior

In The Governess, why do you think Julia does not protest more about what Mistress does to her?

• She thinks Mistress is right.
• She is afraid of losing her job.
• She is not very smart.
• She plans to quit later.

What is the Governess mostly about?

• It deals with how people misunderstand kindness.
•  It shows the great social divisions between the upper and lower classes.
• It highlights the difficulties of a governess's life.
• It illustrates the role of a governess in the nineteenth century.

What conclusion can you draw from the fact that Julia keeps her head down in The Governess?

• She is afraid of Mistress.
• She does not see well. 
• She is forbidden to look up. 
• She is very shy.