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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whom does Gabriel allow to read the letter he's received in Chapter 15?
(a) Teddy Coggan.
(b) Sam Samson.
(c) Mr. Boldwood.
(d) Sergeant Troy.

3. What is the last name of Bathsheba's servant-companion Liddy?
(a) Poorgrass.
(b) Fray.
(c) Smallbury.
(d) Samson.

4. What is the name of Mr. Boldwood's estate?
(a) The Little Weatherbury Farm.
(b) The Whispering Lilac Farm.
(c) The Hill-Robber Farm.
(d) The Oak Dawn Farm.

5. What is the title of Chapter 3?
(a) "Troubles in the Fold - A Message."
(b) "A Girl on Horseback - Conversation."
(c) "Recognition - A Timid Girl."
(d) "Mistress and Men."

6. What color is the seal on the envelope with the Valentine from Bathsheba?
(a) Pink.
(b) Green.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

7. What is the title of Chapter 10?
(a) "Mistress and Men."
(b) "Hot Cheeks and Tearful Eyes."
(c) "Recognition - A Timid Girl."
(d) "Adventures by the Shore."

8. What is Gabriel Oak referred to as by the villagers in the beginning of the novel?
(a) "Farmer Oak."
(b) "Father Oak."
(c) "Simon Oak."
(d) "Cleric Oak."

9. How many sheep has Gabriel Oak stocked his farm with in the past year, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?
(a) 200.
(b) 150.
(c) 300.
(d) 50.

10. The narrator describes Bathsheba in Chapter 19 as "An Elizabethan in brain and" whom in spirit?
(a) Mary Stuart.
(b) Henry VIII.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) Othello.

11. How old does Mr. Boldwood say he is when he proposes marriage to Bathsheba in Chapter 19?
(a) 38.
(b) 43.
(c) 39.
(d) 41.

12. What is Chapter 21's title?
(a) "Mistress and Men."
(b) "Troubles in the Fold - A Message."
(c) "A Girl on Horseback - Conversation."
(d) "Recognition - A Timid Girl."

13. What had Gabriel worked as before leasing a farm and stocking it with sheep?
(a) A bailiff.
(b) A coal miner.
(c) A butcher.
(d) A blacksmith.

14. What does Sergeant Troy take with him as a token of remembrance of Bathsheba after his sword demonstration in Chapter 28?
(a) A lock of her hair.
(b) A handkerchief.
(c) A locket.
(d) A love letter.

15. What body of water does Jacob say he dragged in search for Fanny's body in Chapter 10?
(a) Willingham Lake.
(b) Oxford Lake.
(c) Jackson Pond.
(d) Newmill Pond.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Where does Bathsheba attend the corn market in Chapter 12?

3. What have the sheep broken the fence and gotten into in the beginning of Chapter 21?

4. How much money does Gabriel give to the woman he encounters on his way into Weatherbury in Chapter 7?

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

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