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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Liddy in Chapter 49, Bathsheba might consider remarrying after Troy has been dead for how long?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 7 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 10 years.

2. What animal appears and helps Fanny make it into the village in Chapter 40?
(a) A dog.
(b) A wolf.
(c) A horse.
(d) A sheep.

3. What Shakespearean play does Bathsheba tell Liddy to bring to her in the attic in Chapter 44?
(a) Romeo and Juliet.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) Macbeth.
(d) Othello.

4. Greenhill is described as being like what busy Russian city in South Wessex in Chapter 50?
(a) Saint Petersburg.
(b) Ninji Novgorod.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Yekaterinburg.

5. Who is the author of The Pilgrim's Progress?
(a) Jimmy Harris.
(b) John Bunyan.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) Henry James.

6. To what position on Bathsheba's farm is Gabriel promoted in Chapter 49?
(a) Shepherd.
(b) Master-reaper.
(c) Butcher.
(d) Bailiff.

7. How much money in total does the narrator say Troy had departed with in order to meet Fanny before learning of her death in Chapter 45?
(a) 35 pounds and 10 pence.
(b) 50 pounds and 30 pence.
(c) 27 pounds and 10 pence.
(d) 100 pounds.

8. Where is Bathsheba when she hears that Troy has drowned in Chapter 48?
(a) Budmouth.
(b) York.
(c) Yalbury.
(d) Casterbridge.

9. Where does Fanny say she is going to spend the night when she encounters Troy in Chapter 39?
(a) Her father's cabin.
(b) The Casterbridge-Union poorhouse.
(c) The Yalbury Hill forest.
(d) Warren's Malthouse.

10. Who drives Bathsheba to the Greenhill Fair in Chapter 50?
(a) William Smallbury.
(b) Sam Samson.
(c) Joseph Poorgrass.
(d) Henery Fray.

11. Who do Gabriel and Coggan believe to have stolen a horse from the stables in Chapter 32?
(a) A bank robber.
(b) A gypsy.
(c) Sergeant Troy.
(d) Mr. Boldwood.

12. Where does Bathsheba say Liddy has gone for the night when she meets Troy in Chapter 34?
(a) To her grandfather's.
(b) To Gabriel's house.
(c) To her mother's.
(d) To her sister's.

13. What is the title of Chapter 47?
(a) "Troubles in the Fold - A Message."
(b) "Adventures by the Shore."
(c) "Mistress and Men."
(d) "Hot Cheeks and Tearful Eyes."

14. What Biblical figure is alluded to in the final quotation of Chapter 57?
(a) Ephraim.
(b) Moses.
(c) Judas.
(d) Cain.

15. What emotion does Bathsheba tell Gabriel provoked her to marry Sergeant Troy in Chapter 37?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Lust.
(c) Impatience.
(d) Idolatry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Mr. Boldwood's death sentence lessened in Chapter 55?

2. Where does Liddy say she's heard Troy has gone in Chapter 46?

3. Where does Mr. Boldwood go after leaving his home in Chapter 54?

4. In what month does Chapter 39 begin?

5. Where does Mr. Boldwood carry Bathsheba after she's fainted in Chapter 48?

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