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

2. What does Gabriel Oak always carry about him, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) A hatchet.
(b) A rifle.
(c) A frayed rope.
(d) A pocket watch.

3. What is the last name of Bathsheba's servant-companion Liddy?
(a) Smallbury.
(b) Poorgrass.
(c) Samson.
(d) Fray.

4. What is Jacob's last name said to be in Chapter 8?
(a) Wellington.
(b) Binion.
(c) Smallbury.
(d) Marble.

5. Who is the master-shearer when sheep-shearing begins in Chapter 22?
(a) Teddy Coggan.
(b) Jan Coggan.
(c) Sam Samson.
(d) Joseph Poorgrass.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the beautiful girl take out from a package on her wagon to gaze at in Chapter 1?

2. What does the Latin phrase "Cedit amor rebus" translate to in English?

3. From whom does Gabriel receive a letter in Chapter 15?

4. Where does Gabriel attend a hiring fair in the beginning of Chapter 6?

5. On what date does Chapter 13 begin?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What reaction does Mr. Boldwood have to the Valentine’s Day card he’s received in Chapter 14?

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

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