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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last name of Bathsheba's servant-companion Liddy?

2. Whose figures can Famer Boldwood make out as he looks across the fields to Miss Everdene's farm in Chapter 18?

3. What is the title of Chapter 3?

4. What is the name of the church that Sergeant Troy arrives at to marry Fanny in Chapter 16?

5. To whom does Bathsheba write a letter in Chapter 30?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Gabriel Oak’s first impressions of Bathsheba Everdene? Where does he first see Bathsheba?

2. What tragedy befalls the Everdene Farm in Chapter 21?

3. What leads Mr. Boldwood to follow Gabriel Oak in Chapter 14?

4. To whom does Bathsheba write a letter in Chapter 30? What is revealed in the letter?

5. How does Bathsheba respond when Gabriel Oak proposes to her in Chapter 4?

6. Who sends Gabriel a letter in Chapter 15? What is revealed in the letter?

7. How does the narrator compare Sergeant Troy’s behavior toward men versus his behavior toward women in Chapter 25?

8. What is Henery Fray’s opinion on Bathsheba’s courtship by Mr. Boldwood in Chapter 22?

9. What information does Gabriel glean of Fanny Robin at Warren’s Malthouse in Chapter 8?

10. Why does Bathsheba fire Gabriel Oak from his position on the farm in Chapter 20?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the consequences of Bathsheba sending a Valentine's Day card to Mr. Boldwood in the narrative. How does Mr. Boldwood respond to the forward token of affection? What actions does he take? Does Bathsheba regret sending the card? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the narrative style of Far from the Madding Crowd. Is the narrator's perspective omniscient or limited? Why do you think the author chose to relate the story from this perspective? How would the story change if it were related from a different narrator?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the farm workers at Miss Everdene's estate in Weatherbury. How many servants work within and without the home? What are their positions? How does Gabriel feel about each of these characters?

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