Wuthering Heights STAGE 5 ACTIVITIES ANSWERS Before Reading 8 9 10 11 12 F Isabella was very unhappy with her husband. T T T F Catherine died in her room, with Edgar at her bedside. 13 F Isabella ran away to London to have her baby. 14 F Hindley drank himself to death. BEFORE READING ACTIVITIES (PAGE 91) ACTIVITY 1 BEFORE READING Open answers. Encourage speculation. Do not confirm or deny guesses at this stage. In fact, there is an element of truth in 1a, 1b, 1c and 1d; 2b is correct (‘wuthering’ is a Yorkshire dialect word meaning ‘blustery’); and 3a and 3b are correct. BEFORE READING CHAPTER 12 Open answers. Encourage speculation, but do not confirm or deny students’ guesses at this stage. ACTIVITY 2 BEFORE READING Open answers. Encourage students to compare and discuss their ranking lists. CHAPTERS 12 TO 16 WHILE READING 1 Why . . .? Because she was knew she was dying and wanted him to take care of her son. 2 Why . . .? Because he wore old, dirty clothes, and looked and spoke like a farm worker, not a gentleman’s son. 3 What . . .? He was bitterly disappointed in him because Linton was a weak, pale, and sickly child. 4 Why . . .? Because Hareton’s father, Hindley, had treated Heathcliff badly in the same way, and Heathcliff wanted Hareton to suffer as he had, in revenge for Hindley’s treatment. 5 What . . .? She made secret visits in the evenings to Wuthering Heights to see Linton. 6 Why . . .? Because if Cathy married Linton, any money she had would become Linton’s, and after Linton’s death, Heathcliff (as Linton’s nearest relation) would inherit the whole of the Linton fortune. And if Linton died unmarried, Cathy would then inherit all the Linton fortune when her father Edgar died, and Heathcliff would not get it. 7 Why . . .? He used Linton to trick Cathy and Ellen into coming to Wuthering Heights, then locked the doors and refused to let them leave until Cathy had kept her promise to marry Linton. 8 Why . . .? Because she knew that her father Edgar was dying and she wanted to be at his bedside. 9 What . . .? He looked at Catherine in her coffin, broke open one of the coffin’s sides, and bribed the gravedigger to bury him, when he died, next to Catherine. While Reading CHAPTERS 1 AND 2 WHILE READING Encourage students to speculate on the characters and their relationships. Do not tell them the answers. They will find out as they read that the ‘yes’ answers are numbers 1 and 5. CHAPTERS 3 TO 6 WHILE READING 1 Mr Earnshaw to Catherine, Hindley and Ellen, about the dirty, black-haired gipsy child that he had brought home. 2 Ellen to Heathcliff, about Edgar and Isabella Linton. 3 Catherine to Heathcliff, about his unwashed, frowning face. 4 Heathcliff to Ellen, about Hindley. 5 Catherine to Heathcliff, giving her reason for not spending more time with him. 6 Edgar to Catherine, about her hitting him. 7 Ellen to Hindley, about his carelessness in letting his son Hareton fall down the stairs. 8 Catherine to Ellen, about Heathcliff. BEFORE READING CHAPTER 7 Open answers. Encourage students to base their predictions on their knowledge of the characters so far. © Oxford University Press CHAPTERS 7 TO 11 WHILE READING 1 T 2 F Edgar was unwilling to accept Heathcliff as Catherine’s friend. 3 F Isabella fell in love with Heathcliff. 4 F Isabella would inherit the Linton fortune if Edgar and Catherine had no sons. 5 T 6 T 7 F Catherine was just pretending to be ill at first, but later became seriously ill with brain fever. OXFORD BOOKWORMS LIBRARY STAGE 5 2 BEFORE READING CHAPTER 17 Open answers. CHAPTERS 17 AND 18 WHILE READING 1 Because she pretended to cry, and he couldn’t bear to make her sad. 2 Because he was uneducated. 3 He saw Cathy teaching Hareton to read and the two of them being very loving together. 60 60 WUTHERING HEIGHTS XXX 4 Cathy wanted to plant some flowers there. 5 Because he no longer wanted to; he had lost interest in daily events. 6 To rejoin Catherine in death. 7 For four days and nights he neither ate nor slept, and was found by Ellen one morning, lying dead on the bed in Catherine’s old room. ACTIVITY 5 AFTER READING Open answers. ACTIVITY 6 AFTER READING After Reading ACTIVITY 1 AFTER READING Mr & Mrs Earnshaw Frances m. Hindley Mr & Mrs Linton Catherine m. Edgar Hareton m.(2) Cathy m.(1) Isabella m. Heathcliff Linton ACTIVITY 2 AFTER READING WEDDINGS 1 2 3 4 5 Hindley & Frances (1775) Catherine & Edgar (1783) Heathcliff & Isabella (1784) Cathy & Linton (1800) Cathy & Hareton (1803) DEATHS 1 Mr Earnshaw (1775) 2 Frances (1778) 3/4 Mr & Mrs Linton (1780) 5 Catherine (1784) 6 Hindley Earnshaw (1785) 7 Isabella (1797) 8 Edgar (1800) 9 Linton (1801) 10 Heathcliff (1802) Cathy and Hareton were the only characters alive at the end of the story. ACTIVITIES ANSWERS Students can complete this how they like. Possible answers would be: CATHERINE: Isabella, I must talk to you about Heathcliff. ISABELLA: Oh, yes! He’s so strong and handsome, isn’t he? CATHERINE: Well, he’s always been strong, yes, but handsome? No, I wouldn’t call him that. ISABELLA: I think he is. And I’m so much in love with him. CATHERINE: That’s what I wanted to talk to you about. You shouldn’t love him. He isn’t worth it! ISABELLA: Why not? What do you mean? CATHERINE: Well, he can be very violent, and fierce, and even cruel. There’s a certain wildness in him— ISABELLA: You’re in love with him yourself, aren’t you? CATHERINE: Me? In love with him? No, no, I’m not, although I’m very close to him. He’s almost part of me. But he’d be a bad husband for you, Isabella! ISABELLA: You’re just saying that because you and Edgar don’t want me to marry him! CATHERINE: Well, yes, it’s true that Edgar and I don’t want you to marry Heathcliff. You wouldn’t be happy with him. ISABELLA: How can you be so sure of that? CATHERINE: I’m sure because – because you and he are so different. You’re quiet and gentle and weak, while he— ISABELLA: How selfish you are, Catherine! CATHERINE: Selfish? Why do you say that? ISABELLA: Because you didn’t marry Heathcliff and now you don’t want anyone else to have him. CATHERINE: That simply isn’t true! It doesn’t matter to me whether Heathcliff gets married or not. But I know he won’t make you happy. ACTIVITY 3 AFTER READING © Oxford University Press 1 Heathcliff to Catherine, just after his return to Wuthering Heights with his wife Isabella, when he hears that Catherine has been very ill. (p45) 2 Isabella to her brother Edgar, just before her death in London, when she writes to Edgar asking him to take care of Linton. (p54) 3 Ellen Dean to Cathy, after Linton’s death, when she gives a letter to Mr Lockwood to take to Wuthering Heights just before he leaves Yorkshire. (p78) 4 Cathy to Linton, when she was sixteen, writing secretly to him after her first visit to him at Wuthering Heights. (p62) ACTIVITY 4 AFTER READING Open answers. OXFORD BOOKWORMS LIBRARY STAGE 2 5 61 61 WUTHERING HEIGHTS XXX ACTIVITY 7 AFTER READING ACTIVITIES ANSWERS Acceptable answers to this cloze passage are any words that have an appropriate meaning and fit the structure of the sentence. Students might like to check each other’s work and discuss alternative answers. What is happening to me? Today, when Cathy spoke sharply to me, I lifted (raised) my hand to hit her, but something prevented me. I looked into her face and I saw her eyes – Catherine’s beautiful (lovely, wonderful, etc.) eyes! They seem to enter my soul (heart). And Hareton’s are the same. I can’t (cannot) be angry with those two. They remind me so much of Catherine! But everything around me tells me that she was (lived) here once, and that I have lost her! I’m in darkness, in her shadow, and there is nothing, nothing on earth to live for. But recently I’ve felt (noticed, realized, seen, etc.) there has been some sort of change (alteration) in me. I feel hot and cold at the same time. I sometimes forget to eat or sleep or even breathe. I’m closer to Catherine than ever before! There is just one thing I want (desire), with all my heart and soul, something (that) I’ve wanted for so long! Catherine, hear my heartfelt cry of pain! My darling (dearest), come back to me! Can’t you take me with you this time? I’m not afraid of death. Our bodies will lie (rest) together in the soft, dark, warm earth, and our souls fly over the moor (world), together again at last! ACTIVITY 8 AFTER READING © Oxford University Press Open answers. OXFORD BOOKWORMS LIBRARY STAGE 5 2 62 62 WUTHERING HEIGHTS XXX
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