Wuthering Heights: Chapter 2
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Chapter questions
- Question 1 · Recall
How does Heathcliff describe the young woman in the room, and who is she?
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He says Mrs. Heathcliff is his daughter-in-law. She is the widow of his son, who has died.Reference: Chapter 2, tea and conversation
- Question 2 · Recall
What is the young man called who growls at Lockwood?
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Hareton Earnshaw.Reference: Chapter 2, the misunderstanding at tea
- Question 3 · Recall
What does Lockwood take when he tries to leave in the dark?
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Joseph's lantern, which Joseph is using while he milks the cows.Reference: Chapter 2, Lockwood's attempt to leave
- Question 4 · Why
Why does Joseph hurry out of the room after Mrs. Heathcliff speaks to him?
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She takes a long dark book from the shelf, claims to be learning the Black Art and says the red cow did not die by chance. Joseph is truly afraid and goes out praying.Reference: Chapter 2, Mrs. Heathcliff and Joseph
- Question 5 · Why
Why does Lockwood end up staying the night at the Heights?
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Heathcliff will not lend a guide and offers only to have him share a bed with Hareton or Joseph. Lockwood tries to leave anyway, but the dogs knock him down and he is bleeding and faint, so he has to accept the bed Zillah finds him.Reference: Chapter 2, the dogs and Zillah
Chapter summary
Lockwood tells the story. The next day he walks four miles through mud and snow to Wuthering Heights. Joseph refuses to open the door, and a young man with a pitchfork finally leads him into the warm main room, where a slim young woman sits silent. Lockwood speaks to her as Mrs. Heathcliff. She refuses his help and turns on him when he asks for tea.
Heathcliff arrives and refuses to send a guide. At the meal Lockwood guesses wrongly about who is married to whom. Heathcliff says Mrs. Heathcliff is his son's widow, and the young man says his name is Hareton Earnshaw. The snow grows heavy. Heathcliff says Lockwood could only share a bed with Hareton or Joseph, so Lockwood tries to leave, takes Joseph's lantern and is knocked down by two dogs. His nose bleeds. The housekeeper Zillah pours cold water down his neck and brings him in. He is dizzy, drinks some brandy and is taken to bed.
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