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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who writes a note to Bathsheba saying "Your husband is here. I've seen him. Who's the fool now?" in Chapter 50?
(a) Sam Samson.
(b) Teddy Coggan.
(c) Mr. Boldwood.
(d) Pennyways.

2. What does the word "riband" from Chapter 47 mean?
(a) A ship's wheel.
(b) A fingerless glove.
(c) A woman's parasol.
(d) A decorative ribbon.

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

4. Where does Liddy say she's heard Troy has gone in Chapter 46?
(a) To London.
(b) To York.
(c) To Casterbridge.
(d) To Budmouth.

5. How old was Fanny when she died, according to her tombstone?
(a) 20.
(b) 23.
(c) 26.
(d) 19.

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

7. In what direction does Troy wander after leaving Weatherbury in Chapter 47?
(a) East.
(b) South.
(c) North.
(d) West.

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

9. In what month does Chapter 39 begin?
(a) May.
(b) October.
(c) July.
(d) September.

10. What is Gabriel doing inside his cottage when Bathsheba comes to talk to him in the night in Chapter 43?
(a) Reading.
(b) Sweeping.
(c) Eating dinner.
(d) Making dinner.

11. What color is the lock of hair that Bathsheba sees in Troy's pocket watch in Chapter 41?
(a) Gray.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

12. When does the narrator say the tower of Weatherbury Church was erected in Chapter 46?
(a) The seventeenth century.
(b) The thirteenth century.
(c) The fourteenth century.
(d) The fifth century.

13. Who says of Bathsheba in Chapter 53, "she's a brave girl who'll never tell a lie however much the truth may harm her, and I've no cause to wish her evil"?
(a) Henery Fray.
(b) Mr. Boldwood.
(c) Sergeant Troy.
(d) Laban Tall.

14. Whom does Gabriel encounter walking up the road by the farm in the end of Chapter 38?
(a) Father Williams.
(b) Cainy Ball.
(c) Liddy.
(d) Mr. Boldwood.

15. To what position on Bathsheba's farm is Gabriel promoted in Chapter 49?
(a) Master-reaper.
(b) Bailiff.
(c) Shepherd.
(d) Butcher.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time does Liddy say Fanny's body will be taken away in Chapter 44?

2. How much does Boldwood offer to give to Troy on his wedding-day with Bathsheba in Chapter 34?

3. The narrator says in Chapter 49, "Poor Boldwood had no more skill in finesse than a battering-ram." What literary device is used in this sentence?

4. Who do Gabriel and Coggan believe to have stolen a horse from the stables in Chapter 32?

5. Who drives Bathsheba to the Greenhill Fair in Chapter 50?

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