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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. For what reason does Bathsheba come to Gabriel's farm each day in Chapters 3 and 4?
(a) To collect eggs.
(b) To milk a cow.
(c) To plant flowers.
(d) To milk a goat.

2. What does Sergeant Troy take with him as a token of remembrance of Bathsheba after his sword demonstration in Chapter 28?
(a) A lock of her hair.
(b) A handkerchief.
(c) A love letter.
(d) A locket.

3. Whom does Gabriel allow to read the letter he's received in Chapter 15?
(a) Mr. Boldwood.
(b) Teddy Coggan.
(c) Sergeant Troy.
(d) Sam Samson.

4. What is the name of Mr. Boldwood's estate?
(a) The Oak Dawn Farm.
(b) The Hill-Robber Farm.
(c) The Whispering Lilac Farm.
(d) The Little Weatherbury Farm.

5. What setting is described in the title of Chapter 24?
(a) "The Fir Plantation."
(b) "Outside the Village of Casterbridge."
(c) "The Woods Before York."
(d) "Amidst the Ferns and Oaks."

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does Sergeant Troy attempt to give to Bathsheba when he woos her in Chapter 26?

2. For whom does Bathsheba tell Liddy she bought a Valentine in Chapter 13?

3. What does Gabriel Oak always carry about him, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

4. Whom does Fanny say she's to marry in Chapter 11?

5. Where does Gabriel learn Bathsheba has gone after leaving her aunt's home in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Bathsheba fire Gabriel Oak from his position on the farm in Chapter 20?

2. To whom does Bathsheba write a letter in Chapter 30? What is revealed in the letter?

3. What tragedy befalls Gabriel Oak in Chapter 5? What are Gabriel’s circumstances after the tragedy?

4. What promise does Sergeant Troy elicit from Bathsheba in Chapter 27? How?

5. Who comes to inquire about word of Fanny Robin at the Everdene Farm in Chapter 9? What is related of this character?

6. Who sends Gabriel a letter in Chapter 15? What is revealed in the letter?

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

8. What is Gabriel Oak’s social station and class when his character is first introduced? What is Gabriel’s occupation?

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

10. What sexual innuendos can be seen in Chapter 28?

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