Wuthering Heights

Chapters 1-4

READING CHECK

1. Who narrates the first three chapters of the novel?

Answer: Mr. Lockwood

Discussion Suggestion: Prompted by the question above, introduce the concepts of a framework-novel and a frame narrator. What effect is created by the use of an outside narrator and several internal narrators to recount, retrospectively, the story of the Heathcliff, Catherine, and their families? How does the nesting of first-person narrative voices within each other affect the reliability of the narrators or the story they collectively tell?

2. On his second visit to Wuthering Heights, what compels Mr. Lockwood to stay the night there?

Answer: a snowstorm

3. Whom does the ghostly woman at Lockwood’s bedroom window claim to be?

Answer: Catherine (Earnshaw) Linton

4. Upon his return from Liverpool, what surprise does Mr. Earnshaw present to his family?

Answer: a homeless boy, or Heathcliff

QUIZ

1. Why does the Earnshaw family home bear the name “Wuthering Heights”?

A. “Wuthering” is a geological term describing the lowland moors.

B. “Wuthering” is a descriptive term for tumultuous weather.

C. “Wuthering” is a local term for the fir trees beside the dwelling.

D. “Wuthering” is a provincial term for weathered rock.

2. What name is scratched all over the oak-paneled bed that Lockwood sleeps in at Wuthering Heights? (short answer)

3. After Lockwood leaves the bedroom he believes is haunted, why does Heathcliff stay by himself in the room for a few moments?

A.