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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19 - 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, according to the narrator in Chapter 18, "are to a farm what a fireplace is to a room"?
(a) "Stables."
(b) "Crops."
(c) "Pigs."
(d) "Farmhands."

2. How many sheep has Gabriel Oak stocked his farm with in the past year, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?
(a) 200.
(b) 150.
(c) 50.
(d) 300.

3. Who among the company at the tavern is described as being very shy and modest in Chapter 8?
(a) Sam Samson.
(b) William Smallbury.
(c) Joseph Poorgrass.
(d) Henery Fray.

4. In the conclusion of Chapter 24, the narrator says, "It was a fatal omission of Boldwood's that he had never once told [Bathsheba]" what?
(a) "He was married."
(b) "He loved her."
(c) "She was beautiful."
(d) "He wanted to marry her."

5. About how old is Mr. Boldwood, according to Mrs. Coggan in Chapter 9?
(a) 20.
(b) 50.
(c) 40.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who acts as general supervisor during the sheep-shearing in Chapter 22?

2. From what Shakespearean play is the line "Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing" that is cited in Chapter 4?

3. What have the sheep broken the fence and gotten into in the beginning of Chapter 21?

4. Whom does Gabriel allow to read the letter he's received in Chapter 15?

5. How many of the sheep that had strayed and become sick end up surviving after Gabriel's arrival in Chapter 21?

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