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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 1,000.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 500.

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

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

4. How does Boldwood kill Troy in Chapter 53?
(a) He shoots him.
(b) He stabs him.
(c) He hangs him.
(d) He drowns him.

5. What does Maryann claim is bad luck in the beginning of Chapter 33?
(a) Breaking a key.
(b) Looking into a mirror.
(c) Dropping a Bible.
(d) Relocating a broom.

6. Who drives Bathsheba to the Greenhill Fair in Chapter 50?
(a) Joseph Poorgrass.
(b) Sam Samson.
(c) William Smallbury.
(d) Henery Fray.

7. Greenhill is described as being like what busy Russian city in South Wessex in Chapter 50?
(a) Saint Petersburg.
(b) Moscow.
(c) Ninji Novgorod.
(d) Yekaterinburg.

8. Where does Fanny say she is going to spend the night when she encounters Troy in Chapter 39?
(a) The Casterbridge-Union poorhouse.
(b) Her father's cabin.
(c) The Yalbury Hill forest.
(d) Warren's Malthouse.

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

10. How is Bathsheba described by the men who talk in whispers outside of Boldwood's home in the beginning of Chapter 53?
(a) "Needy and ill-fit for business matters."
(b) "Self-willed and independent."
(c) "Wicked and judgmental."
(d) "Naive and innocent."

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

12. 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?
(a) 50 pounds and 30 pence.
(b) 27 pounds and 10 pence.
(c) 100 pounds.
(d) 35 pounds and 10 pence.

13. What are the names of Mr. Boldwood's horses that Gabriel goes to borrow in Chapter 32?
(a) Tidy and Moll.
(b) Wind and Torrent.
(c) Vixen and Shadow.
(d) Romper and Whitey.

14. How much money does Boldwood tell Troy he will bestow upon Fanny on her wedding day if Troy marries her in Chapter 34?
(a) 200 pounds.
(b) 60 pounds.
(c) 500 pounds.
(d) 1,000 pounds.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Yalbury Hill is described as being about three miles from what town in Chapter 39?

2. At what time does Liddy retire for the night, leaving Bathsheba alone with the coffin, in the beginning of Chapter 43?

3. Bathsheba is described as looking like what Greek Muse when she opens the door in Chapter 54?

4. Who helps Bathsheba clean up Fanny's grave in Chapter 46?

5. Where does Bathsheba go to visit her aunt for two months in Chapter 49?

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