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Wuthering Heights Chapter 1 Quotations and Prompts
Quotations from Chapter 1 of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, and questions outlining their purpose in the structure of the novel.
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English
12th Grade
02/24/2014

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What is the opening line of the novel?
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I have just returned from a visit to my landlord - the solitary neighbour that I shall be troubled with.
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How does Lockwood initially describe the appearance of the local area?
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A beautiful country
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What aspect of the local area appeals to Lockwood?
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So completely removed from the stir of society
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In what terms does Lockwood define the setting?
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A perfect misanthropist's Heaven
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What does Lockwood propose that he and Heathcliff shall make of the area?
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Divide the desolation between us
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How does Lockwood describe Heathcliff immediately after having met him?
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A capital fellow
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How does Lockwood describe the eyes of Heathcliff?
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Black eyes
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What is Heathcliff's first line in the novel?
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Thrushcross Grange is my own, sir
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How does Lockwood describe Heathcliff's initial behaviour?
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Seemed more exaggeratedly reserved than myself
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How is Lockwood's eagerness to access the Heights underlined?
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Horse's breast fairly pushing the barrier
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What does the word 'Wuthering' signify?
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The atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather
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How are the trees around the Heights described?
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Stunted firs
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How are the thorns around the Heights described?
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Gaunt thorns all stretching their limbs one way, as if craving alms of the sun
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What is the initial description of the farmhouse?
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The narrow windows are deeply set into the wall, and the corners defended with large jutting stones
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What images are carved over the door of the farmhouse?
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A wilderness of crumbling griffins, and shameless little boys
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What words are carved over the door of the farmhouse?
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The date '1500', and the name 'Hareton Earnshaw'
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How does Lockwood describe the entrance to the farmhouse?
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The penetralium
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How is the kitchen situated in the farmhouse?
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The kitchen is forced to retreat altogether into another quarter
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What is situated at the far end of the family sitting-room?
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Ranks of immense pewter dishes, interspersed with silver jugs and tankards, towering row after row, in a vast oak dresser, to the very roof
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What items are hung above the chimney in the farmhouse?
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Villainous old guns
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To whom would Lockwood assume such a place belonged?
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A homely, northern farmer
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What is the first physical description of Heathcliff in the novel?
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A dark-skinned gypsy in aspect, in dress and manners a gentleman
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How is the figure of Heathcliff described by Lockwood?
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Erect and handsome figure
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Lockwood suspects Heathcliff of a degree of what?
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Under-bred pride
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What does Lockwood's stroking of the dog provoke?
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A long, guttural gnarl
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How does Heathcliff describe the dog?
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Not kept as a pet
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What does Lockwood do to the dogs after Heathcliff has left the room?
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Indulged in winking and making faces at the trio
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How are the dogs described on page 7?
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Four-footed fiends
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What are the dogs said to be doing on page 5?
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Haunting other recesses
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How do the dogs come together on page 7?
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Issued from hidden dens to the common centre
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How does Lockwood describe the swarm of dogs on page 7?
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An absolute tempest of worrying and yelping
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How does Lockwood perceive the calming of the dog situation by one of the kitchen inhabitants?
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The storm subsided magically
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With what remark does Lockwood end the chapter?
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It is astonishing how sociable I feel myself compared with him
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