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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Farfrae do that wins the inn patrons over?
(a) He orates classic poetry with artistic drama.
(b) He fixes the bad wheat problem.
(c) He buys a round for everyone in the common room.
(d) He sings a melody about his home country.

2. What news does Michael hear at the stone bridge?
(a) Farfrae buys his personal belongings.
(b) Farfrae is mayor.
(c) Farfrae is hiring corn-trussers.
(d) Jopp knows about the Jersey affair.

3. What is one of Henchard's motives for his remarriage with Susan?
(a) To punish himself.
(b) He is obliged by an oath he makes nineteen years ago.
(c) To find love again.
(d) A married man is more respectable than a bachelor.

4. What do the boys of Casterbridge nickname Susan?
(a) The Cottage Woman.
(b) The Simpleton.
(c) The Ghost.
(d) The Plain Genteel.

5. Michael incessantly criticizes Elizabeth for what?
(a) Her courtship with Farfrae.
(b) Her inability to stand up for herself.
(c) Her fashion sense.
(d) Her dialect.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Susan feel about the choreographed courtship?

2. What does Henchard suggest to announce in the paper?

3. What causes Lucetta to change her mind about marrying Henchard?

4. What does Lucetta do when the town hears the rumors from the defendant about the magistrate?

5. As magistrate, what familiar character does Michael judge?

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