Jane Eyre Quiz: Thornfield Hall, Rochester and the Attic

Charlotte Brontë published her novel in 1847 under a man's name, and this Jane Eyre quiz follows Jane from a cruel childhood to Thornfield Hall and beyond. Play 10 interactive questions on Gateshead, Lowood School, Helen Burns, Adele Varens, Edward Rochester, Bertha Mason, the interrupted wedding, St John Rivers, the fire and Wide Sargasso Sea.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Author
Who wrote Jane Eyre?
Pseudonym
Under which name was it first published?
School
Which harsh school does Jane attend?
Pupil
Whom is Jane hired to teach at Thornfield?
Master
Who is the master of Thornfield Hall?
Attic
Who is kept hidden on Thornfield's third floor?
Wedding
Why is Jane's wedding to Rochester stopped?
Cousin
Which clergyman asks Jane to marry him and go to India?
Fire
What happens to Thornfield Hall?
Prequel
Which 1966 novel tells Bertha's story?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Who wrote Jane Eyre?
Answer: Charlotte Brontë
It was published in 1847.
Q2: Under which name was it first published?
Answer: Currer Bell
The sisters used male pseudonyms.
Q3: Which harsh school does Jane attend?
Answer: Lowood
Her friend Helen Burns dies there.
Q4: Whom is Jane hired to teach at Thornfield?
Answer: Adele Varens
Adele is Rochester's ward.
Q5: Who is the master of Thornfield Hall?
Answer: Edward Rochester
He is moody and secretive.
Q6: Who is kept hidden on Thornfield's third floor?
Answer: Bertha Mason, Rochester's wife
Grace Poole looks after her.
Q7: Why is Jane's wedding to Rochester stopped?
Answer: He is already married
Richard Mason reveals the truth.
Q8: Which clergyman asks Jane to marry him and go to India?
Answer: St John Rivers
She refuses.
Q9: What happens to Thornfield Hall?
Answer: It burns down
Rochester is injured in the fire.
Q10: Which 1966 novel tells Bertha's story?
Answer: Wide Sargasso Sea
Jean Rhys wrote it.

Jane Eyre Quiz – Thornfield Hall, Rochester and the Attic

Jane Eyre is a novel by Charlotte Brontë, published in 1847 under the pseudonym Currer Bell. Orphaned Jane grows up with her cruel aunt at Gateshead and then attends Lowood School, where her friend Helen Burns dies.

Jane becomes governess to Adele Varens at Thornfield Hall and falls in love with its master, Edward Rochester. Strange events are blamed on servant Grace Poole, but on their wedding day it is revealed that Rochester's wife, Bertha Mason, is confined on the third floor.

Jane flees and finds shelter with the Rivers family, refusing St John Rivers's proposal. After Thornfield burns, injuring Rochester, she returns to him. Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea retells Bertha's story.

What This Quiz Teaches

Readers will enjoy these questions.

Who wrote the novel
Where Jane grows up
What happens at Thornfield
Who Bertha Mason is
How the story ends

Did You Know?

The novel is narrated by Jane herself.
It includes the line Reader, I married him.
Lowood was based on a school Charlotte attended.
Many film and TV versions exist.
It explores independence, morality and class.