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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had Gabriel worked as before leasing a farm and stocking it with sheep?
(a) A coal miner.
(b) A bailiff.
(c) A blacksmith.
(d) A butcher.

2. What does the maiden do to revive Gabriel when she finds him passed out in his hut in Chapter 3?
(a) She throws milk on him.
(b) She runs to get his wife.
(c) She uses smelling salts.
(d) She kicks him.

3. What month is it the latter part of when the bees begin their swarming at Weatherbury in Chapter 27?
(a) July.
(b) August.
(c) March.
(d) June.

4. Whom does Bathsheba send away to the lower mead so that she can speak to Gabriel alone in Chapter 20?
(a) Cainy Ball.
(b) William Smallbury.
(c) Sam Samson.
(d) Joseph Poorgrass.

5. What tormented figure from Greek mythology is alluded to by the author in Chapter 20?
(a) Jupiter.
(b) Atlas.
(c) Ares.
(d) Ixion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What character from Shakespeare's Hamlet is Gabriel compared to by the narrator in Chapter 22?

2. The narrator says in Chapter 25, "Idiosyncrasy and vicissitude had combined to stamp Sergeant Troy as" what?

3. At what time does Bathsheba meet Sergeant Troy so that he can perform a sword exercise in Chapter 28?

4. How many sheep has Gabriel Oak stocked his farm with in the past year, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?

5. Who is Gabriel's junior shepherd in Weatherbury?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has Bathsheba fired her bailiff in Chapter 10? Why is this a significant act?

2. How would you describe the narrative style of the novel? From whose perspective is the story related?

3. How does the narrator compare Sergeant Troy’s behavior toward men versus his behavior toward women in Chapter 25?

4. What tragedy befalls the Everdene Farm in Chapter 21?

5. Where does Bathsheba first meet Sergeant Troy in Chapter 24? What are her impressions of him?

6. Why does Bathsheba leave Norcombe in Chapter 5? Where does she go?

7. Where does Bathsheba encounter Sergeant Troy in Chapter 26? How is the meeting described?

8. What information does Gabriel glean of Fanny Robin at Warren’s Malthouse in Chapter 8?

9. What is “Warren’s Malthouse”? Whom does Gabriel meet here in Chapter 8?

10. Why does Bathsheba send a Valentine’s Day card to Mr. Boldwood in Chapter 13? What does the card say?

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