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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25 - 30.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Sergeant Troy doing in the fields when Bathsheba spots him at the end of Chapter 25?
(a) Loading hay.
(b) Milking a cow.
(c) Chasing a cat.
(d) Chopping firewood.

3. When Bathsheba attempts to defend Troy in Chapter 29, the narrator says, "This supreme instance of Troy's goodness fell upon Gabriel's ears like" what?
(a) "The thirteenth stroke of a crazy clock."
(b) "The mindless crowing of a wayward rooster."
(c) "Whispers of a guilty seducer."
(d) "Silence on the hillside in January."

4. For whom does Bathsheba tell Liddy she bought a Valentine in Chapter 13?
(a) Gabriel Oak.
(b) Sam Samson.
(c) Sergeant Troy.
(d) Teddy Coggan.

5. What has the beautiful maid come to look for by Gabriel's hut in Chapter 3?
(a) Her hat.
(b) Her mirror.
(c) Her kitten.
(d) Flowers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who among the company at the tavern is described as being very shy and modest in Chapter 8?

2. What is Gabriel Oak referred to as by the villagers in the beginning of the novel?

3. Gabriel tells Bathsheba in Chapter 29, "what is mirth to the neighbors is ruin to" what?

4. For what reason does Bathsheba come to Gabriel's farm each day in Chapters 3 and 4?

5. What is Jacob's last name said to be in Chapter 8?

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