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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 53 - 57.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About how old is Mr. Boldwood, according to Mrs. Coggan in Chapter 9?
(a) 40.
(b) 30.
(c) 20.
(d) 50.

2. What Ancient Greek physician does the author allude to in Chapter 29?
(a) Pythagoras.
(b) Aristophanes.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Hippocrates.

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

4. In what country is Far from the Madding World set?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) England.
(d) The United States.

5. Whom does Bathsheba send to town to fetch a surgeon after Troy has been injured in Chapter 54?
(a) Jimmy Harris.
(b) Joseph Poorgrass.
(c) Gabriel Oak.
(d) Henery Fray.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Whom does Gabriel allow to read the letter he's received in Chapter 15?

3. Who takes a wagon to retrieve Fanny's body in Chapter 42?

4. What does Gabriel Oak always carry about him, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

5. What farm animals is Bathsheba working with when Farmer Boldwood arrives in Chapter 18?

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