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Tess of the d'Urbervilles | Quiz

Thomas Hardy
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Tess of the d'Urbervilles | Quiz

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1)

What does Mr. Crick think made the butter taste unpleasant? (from Chapter 21 | Chapter 22)

The butter churn is not working properly.
The cows are nervous and are giving bad milk.
The milk is too warm, and has started to turn sour.
The cows have been eating garlic weeds.
2)

Tess asks Angel if he thinks they will be together again after death. How does he respond? (from Chapter 57)

He says 'no'.
He doesn't respond.
He says 'yes'.
He says he doesn't know.
3)

In Chapter 25 Angel decides to go back to his parents' home. Why? (from Chapter 25 | Chapter 26)

To ask their opinion about his desire to marry Tess.
To get away from Tess.
To join the clergy.
Because his father is ill.
4)

Where does Angel finally confess his love for Tess? (from Chapter 23 | Chapter 24)

At dinner.
In the barn.
On a moonlit walk.
In the pasture.
5)

What motivates Tess to make a promise to Angel? (from Chapter 27 | Chapter 28)

Angel asks her to make a promise.
The other dairymaids urge her to do so.
It wouldn't be fair to marry him if he doesn't know about her past.
She wants him to leave her alone.
6)

What does Tess do as a result of the altercation between Angel and the other man, in Chapter 32? (from Chapter 33 | Chapter 34)

Asks Angel if they can get married sooner.
Slips a letter under his door, telling him the truth.
Tells Angel she doesn't want him fighting on her behalf.
Asks Angel to call the police and report the other man for slander.
7)

Tess makes a request of Angel, in case something happens to her. What does she ask? (from Chapter 57)

She asks him to marry Izz.
She asks him to bury her body at sea.
She asks him to bury her body at Stonehenge.
She asks him to marry Liza Lu.
8)

What is Tess's punishment for the murder of Alec? (from Chapter 58)

She isn't punished, she escapes.
Death by poison.
Death by hanging.
Death by firing squad.
9)

What does Angel buy for Tess, in Chapter 32? (from Chapter 31 | Chapter 32)

A new house.
Trinkets.
Nothing.
Clothes for the wedding.
10)

Where do Angel's parents live? (from Chapter 25 | Chapter 26)

Sandbourne.
Marlott.
Emminister.
Vale of Froom.
11)

While Tess is working in the fields at Flintcomb Ash, Alec appears and asks Tess to ____. (from Chapter 45 | Chapter 46)

Forgive him and forget what happened between them.
Repent.
Divorce Angel.
Go to Africa with him as missionaries.
12)

Seeing Angel's reaction to her confession, Tess offers to ____. (from Chapter 35 | Chapter 36)

Drown herself.
Leave.
Have the marriage annulled.
Never speak of the matter again.
13)

Why has Tess made a pact with the other dairymaids? (from Chapter 27 | Chapter 28)

She was coerced into it.
She believes she is too lowly and impure to marry.
She wants to avoid having them be jealous of her.
She wanted to gain the other dairymaids' trust.
14)

Angel receives another letter, written anonymously by whom? (from Chapter 51 | Chapter 52)

Marian and Izz.
Alec.
Rhetty and Izz.
Marian and Rhetty.
15)

When Angel tells Tess he loves her, and hugs her, she makes an excuse to move out of his embrace. What is her excuse? (from Chapter 23 | Chapter 24)

That she doesn't feel the same way.
That she doesn't want anyone to see them.
That she has been stung by a bee.
That the cow might kick over the milk pail.
16)

While Tess is traveling through the woods on the journey she takes after learning that Angel asked someone else to go to Brazil with him, what does she find lying on the ground? (from Chapter 43 | Chapter 44)

A blood-stained piece of butcher paper.
A key.
A pair of boots.
A blood-stained cloth.
17)

Angel's parents give him a letter from Tess. In the letter she ____. (from Chapter 51 | Chapter 52)

Berates him for leaving her.
Tells him she is marrying Alec.
Begs forgiveness.
Promises to do whatever is necessary to win him back.
18)

Who does Angel meet at the D'Uberville manor house? (from Chapter 39 | Chapter 40)

Mercy Chant.
Rhetty.
Izz.
Marian.
19)

Who discovers the murder? (from Chapter 55 | Chapter 56)

Tess's brother.
Mrs. Brooks, the landlady.
Mrs. Brooms, the landlady.
Mr. Brooks, the workman.
20)

How does Tess feel when she finds herself taken into captivity? (from Chapter 58)

Terrified, she does not want to be punished.
Relieved, and glad, because she thinks she is unworthy of Angel's love.
Rebellious, she thinks she should fight.
Anxious because she is not sure what will happen next.
21)

Alec prepares a surprise for Tess for after their marriage. What? (from Chapter 31 | Chapter 32)

That he has contacted the D'Urbervilles on her behalf.
That they will honeymoon at his parents' house.
That he has bought a new house.
That they will honeymoon at a property owned by the D'Urbervilles.
22)

Who tells Tess about the farm at Flintcomb Ash, and that she might find work there? (from Chapter 41 | Chapter 42)

Marian.
Izz.
Mrs. Crick.
Rhetty.
23)

When Tess tells Angel about her true past, how does she expect he will react? (from Chapter 35 | Chapter 36)

Say it doesn't matter.
Be angry.
Forgive her.
Divorce her.
24)

On the way back to Flintcomb Ash after her journey, what does Tess overhear from a nearby church? (from Chapter 43 | Chapter 44)

Pheasants gasping as they die.
Alec giving a political speech.
Alec preaching.
Nothing out of the ordinary.
25)

Who does Angel's family want him to marry? (from Chapter 23 | Chapter 24)

Mercy Chant.
The Queen of Spades.
Tess.
Eliza-Louisa.
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