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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 48 - 52.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What emotion does Bathsheba tell Gabriel provoked her to marry Sergeant Troy in Chapter 37?
(a) Idolatry.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Impatience.
(d) Lust.

2. On what date does Chapter 13 begin?
(a) October 14.
(b) February 13.
(c) June 3.
(d) July 24.

3. 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) "Silence on the hillside in January."
(b) "Whispers of a guilty seducer."
(c) "The thirteenth stroke of a crazy clock."
(d) "The mindless crowing of a wayward rooster."

4. How much money in total does the narrator say Troy had departed with in order to meet Fanny before learning of her death in Chapter 45?
(a) 35 pounds and 10 pence.
(b) 100 pounds.
(c) 27 pounds and 10 pence.
(d) 50 pounds and 30 pence.

5. Where does Liddy find Bathsheba in the morning in Chapter 44?
(a) In the barn.
(b) In her bedroom.
(c) At the cemetery.
(d) By a swamp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal appears and helps Fanny make it into the village in Chapter 40?

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

3. Who is described in Chapter 41 as "the goddess whom Bathsheba instinctively adored"?

4. Who presided over the wedding of Bathsheba and Troy?

5. What is Sergeant Troy's regiment?

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