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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 31 - 36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Mr. Boldwood's estate?
(a) The Hill-Robber Farm.
(b) The Whispering Lilac Farm.
(c) The Oak Dawn Farm.
(d) The Little Weatherbury Farm.

2. When Bathsheba attempts to defend Troy in Chapter 29, the narrator says, "This supreme instance of Troy's goodness fell upon Gabriel's ears like" what?
(a) "The thirteenth stroke of a crazy clock."
(b) "The mindless crowing of a wayward rooster."
(c) "Whispers of a guilty seducer."
(d) "Silence on the hillside in January."

3. What is the title of Chapter 10?
(a) "Hot Cheeks and Tearful Eyes."
(b) "Recognition - A Timid Girl."
(c) "Mistress and Men."
(d) "Adventures by the Shore."

4. What, according to the narrator in Chapter 18, "are to a farm what a fireplace is to a room"?
(a) "Crops."
(b) "Pigs."
(c) "Farmhands."
(d) "Stables."

5. How many years older is Gabriel than Bathsheba?
(a) 20 years older.
(b) 10 years older.
(c) 6 years older.
(d) 2 years older.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how old is Mr. Boldwood, according to Mrs. Coggan in Chapter 9?

2. Who is the keeper of the gate at Sherton Turnpike?

3. What color is the seal on the envelope with the Valentine from Bathsheba?

4. How much does Boldwood offer to give to Troy on his wedding-day with Bathsheba in Chapter 34?

5. What character from Shakespeare's Hamlet is Gabriel compared to by the narrator in Chapter 22?

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