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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who agrees to go inside and tell Bathsheba that Troy is outside Mr. Boldwood's house in Chapter 53?
(a) Laban Tall.
(b) Mr. Boldwood.
(c) Gabriel Oak.
(d) William Smallbury.

2. How much money does Troy toss to Gabriel when he first emerges from the house as Bathsheba's husband?
(a) A crown.
(b) A pound.
(c) A half-crown.
(d) A shilling.

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

4. What Shakespearean play does Bathsheba tell Liddy to bring to her in the attic in Chapter 44?
(a) Othello.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) Romeo and Juliet.
(d) Macbeth.

5. What breed of sheep at the Greenhill Fair are described in Chapter 50 as "the most picturesque by far"?
(a) South Downs.
(b) Exmoors.
(c) Old Wessex's.
(d) Oxfordshire.

6. 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 swallowed by an octopus.
(c) He is bitten by a reef shark.
(d) He sees an angel descending from the sky.

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

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

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

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

11. Who arrives at the farm and says he's seen Bathsheba in Bath in Chapter 33?
(a) Cainy Ball.
(b) Jimmy Harris.
(c) Sam Samson.
(d) Teddy Coggan.

12. Yalbury Hill is described as being about three miles from what town in Chapter 39?
(a) York.
(b) London.
(c) Casterbridge.
(d) Glasgow.

13. At what time does Liddy retire for the night, leaving Bathsheba alone with the coffin, in the beginning of Chapter 43?
(a) 10:30 p.m.
(b) 9:00 p.m.
(c) 11:45 p.m.
(d) 8:30 p.m.

14. What had the ship's crew come ashore for in Chapter 47?
(a) Rum.
(b) Spices.
(c) Flour.
(d) Sand.

15. How many months has it been since Gabriel was fighting the fire in the same spot where he fights the rain in Chapter 38?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Why is Mr. Boldwood's death sentence lessened in Chapter 55?

3. Who is the witness described in the newspaper article that gives details of Troy's drowning in Chapter 48?

4. How old was Sergeant Troy when he died?

5. Where does Mr. Boldwood carry Bathsheba after she's fainted in Chapter 48?

(see the answer keys)

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