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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 objects does Liddy suggest one can use to divine whom they will marry in Chapter 13?
(a) A candle and a globe.
(b) A hair and a needle.
(c) A mirror and a cloth.
(d) A Bible and a key.

2. According to Liddy in Chapter 49, Bathsheba might consider remarrying after Troy has been dead for how long?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 7 years.

3. What is Gabriel doing inside his cottage when Bathsheba comes to talk to him in the night in Chapter 43?
(a) Eating dinner.
(b) Reading.
(c) Sweeping.
(d) Making dinner.

4. Who wrote Robinson Crusoe?
(a) Henry James.
(b) Edgar Allan Poe.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) Daniel Defoe.

5. What breed of sheep at the Greenhill Fair are described in Chapter 50 as "the most picturesque by far"?
(a) South Downs.
(b) Exmoors.
(c) Oxfordshire.
(d) Old Wessex's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Gabriel go to seek lodging in the village after putting out the fire in Chapter 7?

2. Why does Bathsheba say the bailiff has been dismissed in Chapter 10?

3. In what country is Far from the Madding World set?

4. What is Jacob's last name said to be in Chapter 8?

5. Greenhill is described as being like what busy Russian city in South Wessex in Chapter 50?

(see the answer key)

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