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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the newspaper say Troy and Bathsheba were married in Chapter 34?
(a) St. Mary's Church.
(b) St. Ambrose's Church.
(c) All Saints' Church.
(d) All Souls' Church.

2. What word from Chapter 48 refers to uncertainty or fortuitousness?
(a) Contingencies.
(b) Effusion.
(c) Derogation.
(d) Polygamy.

3. What Biblical figure is alluded to in the final quotation of Chapter 57?
(a) Judas.
(b) Cain.
(c) Moses.
(d) Ephraim.

4. Where does Liddy find Bathsheba in the morning in Chapter 44?
(a) At the cemetery.
(b) In her bedroom.
(c) By a swamp.
(d) In the barn.

5. Where have Troy and the farm workers spent the night after passing out drunk in Chapter 38?
(a) At the tavern.
(b) In the barn.
(c) At the inn.
(d) In the fields.

6. Who is the surgeon who comes to see to Troy in Chapter 54?
(a) Mr. Thompson.
(b) Mr. May.
(c) Mr. Aldritch.
(d) Mr. Harris.

7. What color silk gown is Bathsheba described as wearing while in Bath in Chapter 33?
(a) Blue.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) Gold.

8. Who presided over the wedding of Bathsheba and Troy?
(a) Reverend M. Hammond.
(b) Reverend G. Mincing.
(c) Reverend Sam Samson.
(d) Reverend J. Clarkson.

9. Where is Bathsheba when she hears that Troy has drowned in Chapter 48?
(a) York.
(b) Budmouth.
(c) Casterbridge.
(d) Yalbury.

10. What does Bathsheba discover when she opens Fanny's coffin in Chapter 43?
(a) No body in the casket.
(b) The bodies of Fanny and Troy.
(c) The body of Fanny Robin.
(d) The bodies of Fanny and her child.

11. At what time does Liddy say Fanny's body will be taken away in Chapter 44?
(a) 10:30 a.m.
(b) 9:00 a.m.
(c) 12:00 p.m.
(d) 3:00 p.m.

12. Where does Bathsheba go to visit Liddy's sister in Chapter 31?
(a) Casterbridge.
(b) Greenhill.
(c) Yalbury.
(d) London.

13. What happens when Troy goes to bathe and swim in the cove in Chapter 47?
(a) He is carried to sea by a rip-tide.
(b) He is bitten by a reef shark.
(c) He is swallowed by an octopus.
(d) He sees an angel descending from the sky.

14. Once Boldwood has hired Gabriel to oversee his farm in addition to Bathsheba's in Chapter 49, how many acres does Gabriel oversee?
(a) 800.
(b) 500.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 1,000.

15. Who is described in Chapter 41 as "the goddess whom Bathsheba instinctively adored"?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Athena.
(c) Diana.
(d) Helen.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Bathsheba described by the men who talk in whispers outside of Boldwood's home in the beginning of Chapter 53?

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

3. Who is the farrier that recently shoed the horse that's been stolen in Chapter 32?

4. What breed of sheep at the Greenhill Fair are described in Chapter 50 as "the most picturesque by far"?

5. What is Gabriel doing inside his cottage when Bathsheba comes to talk to him in the night in Chapter 43?

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