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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25 - 30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the master-shearer when sheep-shearing begins in Chapter 22?
(a) Teddy Coggan.
(b) Jan Coggan.
(c) Joseph Poorgrass.
(d) Sam Samson.

2. What tormented figure from Greek mythology is alluded to by the author in Chapter 20?
(a) Ares.
(b) Atlas.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) Ixion.

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

4. From whom does Gabriel receive a letter in Chapter 15?
(a) Henery Fray.
(b) Bathsheba.
(c) Teddy Coggan.
(d) Fanny Robin.

5. 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 mirror and a cloth.
(c) A hair and a needle.
(d) A Bible and a key.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years older is Gabriel than Bathsheba?

2. What does the beautiful girl take out from a package on her wagon to gaze at in Chapter 1?

3. What is Gabriel Oak referred to as by the villagers in the beginning of the novel?

4. Who is Gabriel's junior shepherd in Weatherbury?

5. On what date does Chapter 13 begin?

(see the answer key)

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