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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 does Bathsheba assist Gabriel in doing when she goes to ask him for advice in Chapter 20?
(a) Birthing a lamb.
(b) Milking the dairy cow.
(c) Bathing the sheep.
(d) Sharpening his shears.

2. What is Bathsheba attending to when Mr. Boldwood first calls on her in Chapter 19?
(a) The sheep washing.
(b) The cow-milking.
(c) The county auction.
(d) The pig slaughter.

3. Gabriel tells Bathsheba in Chapter 29, "what is mirth to the neighbors is ruin to" what?
(a) "The man."
(b) "The woman."
(c) "The dog."
(d) "The family."

4. Who is the farrier that recently shoed the horse that's been stolen in Chapter 32?
(a) Jimmy Harris.
(b) Sam Samson.
(c) Henery Fray.
(d) Teddy Coggan.

5. What setting is described in the title of Chapter 24?
(a) "Amidst the Ferns and Oaks."
(b) "Outside the Village of Casterbridge."
(c) "The Fir Plantation."
(d) "The Woods Before York."

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states in Chapter 22, "In comparison with cities, Weatherbury was" what?

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

3. Where has Sergeant Troy gone to visit friends in Chapter 30?

4. Where does Bathsheba go to visit Liddy's sister in Chapter 31?

5. In the conclusion of Chapter 24, the narrator says, "It was a fatal omission of Boldwood's that he had never once told [Bathsheba]" what?

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