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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the church that Sergeant Troy arrives at to marry Fanny in Chapter 16?
(a) All Souls' Church.
(b) St. Mary's Church.
(c) All Saints' Church.
(d) St. Paul's Church.

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

3. What is the name of the church that Fanny mistakenly goes to for her wedding in Chapter 16?
(a) All Saints' Church.
(b) All Souls' Church.
(c) St. Mary's Church.
(d) St. Paul's Church.

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

5. What is Bathsheba attending to when Mr. Boldwood first calls on her in Chapter 19?
(a) The pig slaughter.
(b) The sheep washing.
(c) The county auction.
(d) The cow-milking.

6. What does the beautiful girl take out from a package on her wagon to gaze at in Chapter 1?
(a) A pocket-watch.
(b) A puppy.
(c) A mirror.
(d) A book.

7. How is "the eve of St. Thomas's" defined in Chapter 2?
(a) The evening of the ritual bonfire.
(b) The longest day of the year.
(c) The shortest day of the year.
(d) The evening of the harvest moon.

8. Where does Gabriel learn Bathsheba has gone after leaving her aunt's home in Chapter 5?
(a) Norcombe.
(b) Weatherbury.
(c) Canterbury.
(d) York.

9. For what reason does Bathsheba come to Gabriel's farm each day in Chapters 3 and 4?
(a) To plant flowers.
(b) To collect eggs.
(c) To milk a cow.
(d) To milk a goat.

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

11. What is Sergeant Troy's regiment?
(a) The 1st Grenadier Guards.
(b) The 12th Royal Lancers.
(c) The 1st Royal Tank Regiment.
(d) The 11th Dragoon Guards.

12. Where has Sergeant Troy gone to visit friends in Chapter 30?
(a) Paris.
(b) Bath.
(c) London.
(d) Dublin.

13. Whom does Bathsheba send away to the lower mead so that she can speak to Gabriel alone in Chapter 20?
(a) William Smallbury.
(b) Sam Samson.
(c) Cainy Ball.
(d) Joseph Poorgrass.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long does Troy expect to be away visiting friends in Chapter 30?

2. The narrator states in Chapter 22, "In comparison with cities, Weatherbury was" what?

3. Who threatens to leave her job because of Bathsheba's abusive behavior in Chapter 30?

4. How much money does Bathsheba give to Joseph Poorgrass in addition to his pay as a gift when she begins managing the farm in Chapter 10?

5. Whose figures can Famer Boldwood make out as he looks across the fields to Miss Everdene's farm in Chapter 18?

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