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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Farfrae's plans when he arrives in Casterbridge?
(a) To sell his wheat processing invention.
(b) To move on to Bristol and then to America.
(c) To spread the word of how lovely his country is to the world.
(d) To apply for the manager's position with the mayor.

2. What stages does Michael go through when drunk?
(a) Peaceful, happy, excited, then mean.
(b) Serenity, jovial, argumentative, then quarrelsome.
(c) Calm, jovial, angry, then quarrelsome.
(d) Happy, frustrated, then argumentative.

3. Although now the town beauty, what does Elizabeth feel she still lacks?
(a) Fashionable sensibility.
(b) A proper education.
(c) Love.
(d) A proper lady's demeanor.

4. What is one of the causes of Henchard's bankruptcy?
(a) Henchard fires half his employees in a fury.
(b) Bad weather.
(c) A debtor cannot pay Henchard on time.
(d) Farfrae steals all his customers.

5. Where does Donald set up his new business?
(a) West Walk.
(b) Dunnigan Hill.
(c) Bowling Walk.
(d) Durnover Hill.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Casterbridge best described?

2. Henchard confesses his past marriage with Susan to Farfrae. What additional surprise does Henchard confess to Farfrae?

3. What is Farfrae's initial impression of Elizabeth Jane?

4. How do Susan and Elizabeth pay for their lodgings, despite their little income?

5. What is Farfrae's reaction to Henchard's confession?

(see the answer key)

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