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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Angel threaten to do if Tess still refuses his proposals?
(a) Marry Mercy Chant.
(b) Leave Talbothays.
(c) Marry Marian.
(d) Ask her parents for her hand.

2. Why does Tess decide not to return home from Tantridge after all?
(a) She needs the work so she can contribute to her family's finances.
(b) She is afraid her mother and father will be angry if she goes home.
(c) She decides that she should just go and see what it's like before she makes a decision.
(d) She realizes she is simply nervous about the new situation.

3. What does Mr. Durbeyfield do after he talks to the parson?
(a) He tells his family he's rich.
(b) He hires a carriage to drive him home.
(c) He goes back to the pub.
(d) He decides to take a walk by the river.

4. How does Alec react when Tess tells him how she feels about what has happened between them?
(a) He pretends he doesn't know what she is talking about.
(b) He offers her money.
(c) He ignores her.
(d) He offers to marry her.

5. When Tess first sees Angel, what is her reaction?
(a) She thinks he is funny-looking.
(b) She is afraid he might recognize her.
(c) She doesn't like him at all.
(d) She is happy to see someone familiar-looking.

6. Tess considers telling Angel about her link with the D'Urbervilles, but decides against it. Why?
(a) She thinks he won't believe her.
(b) Mr. Crick tells her Angel has scorn for old noble families.
(c) She is afraid he will think she is putting on airs.
(d) She isn't sure she wants anyone to know.

7. What is one of Tess's duties at the farm?
(a) She has to wake up the other dairymaids at 3 a.m.
(b) She has to make sure the cows don't escape.
(c) She has to make the beds.
(d) She has to take the milk to market.

8. What does Tess tell Angel in Chapter 30 about her past?
(a) That she is related to the D'Urbervilles.
(b) That she is already married.
(c) That Alec seduced her.
(d) That she has had a baby.

9. Why does the character who picks on Tess do so?
(a) She doesn't like strangers and wants Tess to leave.
(b) She thinks Tess is going to hit her.
(c) She wants Alec to stick up for her.
(d) She is one of Alec's former conquests and is jealous of Tess.

10. In Chapter 12, what does Tess decide to do after she's been at the D'Urberville mansion for a few weeks?
(a) Marry Alec.
(b) Tell Mrs. D'Urberville what Alec has done to her.
(c) Confront the Queen of Spades.
(d) Return home.

11. Where does Angel finally confess his love for Tess?
(a) In the barn.
(b) At dinner.
(c) On a moonlit walk.
(d) In the pasture.

12. Why does Tess wake up at 2 a.m.?
(a) Her sister is crying.
(b) She had a bad dream.
(c) She's worried about the family's finances and can't sleep.
(d) She has to take the bee hives to market in another town.

13. When Tess's baby becomes ill, she is upset because ______.
(a) The child has not been baptized.
(b) She can't afford a doctor.
(c) Her father thinks it's her fault.
(d) She thinks she is a bad mother.

14. Angel's father refused to send him to college. Why?
(a) He can't afford it.
(b) Angel's family is wealthy so he won't need to study for a career.
(c) He thinks college is a waste of money.
(d) Angel has rejected religious principles and won't be part of the clergy, so his father thinks he doesn't really need a college education.

15. What conditions does Tess place on her agreement to go live with the D'Urbervilles in Tantridge?
(a) She will ask if she can work for them, but she won't ask them for money.
(b) She agrees to go if her mother forgives her for her role in the horse's death.
(c) She will go if she can take Abraham with her.
(d) She will go if she can have new clothes so she will fit in.

Short Answer Questions

1. Angel is persistent in asking Tess why she will not marry him. What does Tess finally promise him?

2. Tess appears to lose hope in Chapter 13. Why?

3. On the trip to Tantridge, Tess considers returning home. Why?

4. What does Tess determine to do about the fact that the other dairymaids love Angel?

5. At Talbothays Tess meets Angel - what does Angel's father do for a living?

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