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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) 27 pounds and 10 pence.
(b) 100 pounds.
(c) 35 pounds and 10 pence.
(d) 50 pounds and 30 pence.

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

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

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

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

7. How much does Boldwood offer to give to Troy on his wedding-day with Bathsheba in Chapter 34?
(a) 1,000 pounds.
(b) 2,000 pounds.
(c) 500 pounds.
(d) 200 pounds.

8. What "decayed old town" do Gabriel and his helpers drive the sheep through to reach Greenhill in Chapter 50?
(a) Yalbury.
(b) Kingsbere.
(c) Winchester.
(d) Budmouth.

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

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

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

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

13. According to Liddy in Chapter 49, Bathsheba might consider remarrying after Troy has been dead for how long?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 7 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 10 years.

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

15. Where does Troy tell Fanny to meet him on Monday at ten o'clock in Chapter 39?
(a) Yalbury Cemetery.
(b) All Souls' Church.
(c) Grey's Bridge.
(d) All Saints' Church.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bathsheba say Liddy has gone for the night when she meets Troy in Chapter 34?

2. What is Sergeant Troy's first name?

3. How old was Fanny when she died, according to her tombstone?

4. For whom had Jacob served time in wait to marry her, according to the Biblical allusion in Chapter 49?

5. What does Maryann claim is bad luck in the beginning of Chapter 33?

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