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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 is Sergeant Troy's regiment?
(a) The 12th Royal Lancers.
(b) The 11th Dragoon Guards.
(c) The 1st Grenadier Guards.
(d) The 1st Royal Tank Regiment.

2. About how large is the farm that Gabriel has leased in Chapter 3?
(a) 2,000 acres.
(b) 50 acres.
(c) 100 acres.
(d) 300 acres.

3. How many of the sheep that had strayed and become sick end up surviving after Gabriel's arrival in Chapter 21?
(a) 57.
(b) 33.
(c) 26.
(d) 65.

4. What does the Latin phrase "Cedit amor rebus" translate to in English?
(a) "Love travels backwards."
(b) "Love deserves life."
(c) "Love knows no time."
(d) "Love yields to circumstance."

5. What color is Bathsheba's hair described as in the novel?
(a) Brunette.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Blonde.

Short Answer Questions

1. What farm animals is Bathsheba working with when Farmer Boldwood arrives in Chapter 18?

2. What is the title of Chapter 3?

3. What is the name of Bathsheba's aunt that she lives with in Chapter 4?

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

5. How old does Mr. Boldwood say he is when he proposes marriage to Bathsheba in Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are Gabriel Oak’s first impressions of Bathsheba Everdene? Where does he first see Bathsheba?

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

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

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

7. What is Henery Fray’s opinion on Bathsheba’s courtship by Mr. Boldwood in Chapter 22?

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

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

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

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