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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Tess's punishment for the murder of Alec?
(a) Death by firing squad.
(b) Death by hanging.
(c) Death by poison.
(d) She isn't punished, she escapes.

2. When Angel finally finds Tess, he is surprised by the ____ surroundings she is living in.
(a) Dilapidated.
(b) Luxurious.
(c) Austere.
(d) Run-down.

3. Alec tells Tess of a bad omen. What?
(a) The D'Uberville legend of the carriage.
(b) The D'Urberville legend of the masked man.
(c) That he saw vultures flying overhead - an omen of death.
(d) The legend of the cross.

4. With what quote does Hardy end the tale?
(a) "[T]he President of the Immortals, . . . had ended his sport with Tess. And the D'Urberville lords and ladies slept on in their tombs unknowing."
(b) "[T]he President of the Immortals, . . . had ended his sport with Tess. And the D'Urberville knights and dames slumbered on in their tombs unknowing."
(c) "[T]he King of the Immortals, . . . had ended his sport with Tess. And the D'Urberville knights and dames slept on in their tombs unknowing."
(d) "[T]he President of the Immortals, . . . had ended his sport with Tess. And the D'Urberville knights and dames slept on in their tombs unknowing."

5. When Tess catches up with Angel and tells him she has killed Alec, the pair decide to _______.
(a) Run away to Brazil.
(b) Return to Sandbourne.
(c) Go to Tantridge so Tess can turn herself in.
(d) Hide in the woods until the search for Tess is called off.

6. How does Tess kill Alec?
(a) Drowns him.
(b) Hits him on the head with a heavy carving.
(c) Stabs him in the heart with a carving knife.
(d) Stabs him in the back with a carving knife.

7. Who discovers the murder?
(a) Tess's brother.
(b) Mr. Brooks, the workman.
(c) Mrs. Brooms, the landlady.
(d) Mrs. Brooks, the landlady.

8. Who does Tess see working the fields for her parents in Chapter 49?
(a) Abraham.
(b) The parson.
(c) Alec.
(d) Angel.

9. In Chapter 40, who says "nobody could love 'ee more than Tess did! . . . She would have laid down her life for 'ee."
(a) Mr. Crick.
(b) Rhetty.
(c) Mrs. Durbeyfield.
(d) Izz.

10. How does Angel react when Tess confesses her secret?
(a) He says she is not the person he thought he was marrying.
(b) Says the past doesn't really matter.
(c) Tells her he will forgive her but only if she obeys him.
(d) Forgives her, since her seduction by Alec was not her fault.

11. Angel and Tess agree to separate. What does Angel tell Tess when they part?
(a) That he hates her now.
(b) Not to follow him unless he sends for her.
(c) Not to forget him.
(d) That he will always love her.

12. Who does Angel meet at the D'Uberville manor house?
(a) Izz.
(b) Marian.
(c) Rhetty.
(d) Mercy Chant.

13. How does Tess feel when she finds herself taken into captivity?
(a) Terrified, she does not want to be punished.
(b) Relieved, and glad, because she thinks she is unworthy of Angel's love.
(c) Rebellious, she thinks she should fight.
(d) Anxious because she is not sure what will happen next.

14. Alec wants to marry Tess because ____.
(a) He thinks she loves him.
(b) He wants to convert her to Christianity.
(c) He wants to right the wrong he did.
(d) He wants to protect her from Angel.

15. What 'bad omen' occurs just as Angel and Tess are leaving the farm?
(a) A rooster crows in the afternoon.
(b) One of the cows miscarries.
(c) There is a ghost in the carriage.
(d) None.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tess do as a result of the altercation between Angel and the other man, in Chapter 32?

2. Tess asks Angel if he thinks they will be together again after death. How does he respond?

3. In Chapter 47, Tess tries once more to get Alec to leave her alone. What does she do?

4. Who does Tess learn is responsible for the change in Alec?

5. In Chapter 36, who says "I think of people more kindly when I am away from them."

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