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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. Whom does Bathsheba admire while at the corn market in Chapter 12?
(a) William Smallbury.
(b) Sam Samson.
(c) Sergeant Troy.
(d) Mr. Boldwood.

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

3. What month is it when Mr. Boldwood finally calls on Bathsheba in Chapter 19?
(a) September.
(b) March.
(c) May.
(d) July.

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

5. What is the title of Chapter 10?
(a) "Hot Cheeks and Tearful Eyes."
(b) "Adventures by the Shore."
(c) "Mistress and Men."
(d) "Recognition - A Timid Girl."

Short Answer Questions

1. What objects does Liddy suggest one can use to divine whom they will marry in Chapter 13?

2. Whom does Gabriel allow to read the letter he's received in Chapter 15?

3. Where does the old maltster say he was married in Chapter 8?

4. What month is it the latter part of when the bees begin their swarming at Weatherbury in Chapter 27?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Bathsheba respond when Gabriel Oak proposes to her in Chapter 4?

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

7. What leads Mr. Boldwood to follow Gabriel Oak in Chapter 14?

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

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

10. How does Mr. Boldwood derive the anonymous sender of the Valentine in Chapter 15?

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