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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. How old does Mr. Boldwood say he is when he proposes marriage to Bathsheba in Chapter 19?
(a) 43.
(b) 38.
(c) 41.
(d) 39.
2. What character from Shakespeare's Hamlet is Gabriel compared to by the narrator in Chapter 22?
(a) Rosencrantz.
(b) Guildenstern.
(c) Claudius.
(d) Polonius.
3. From whom has Bathsheba inherited a farm in Weatherbury in Chapter 8?
(a) From her mother.
(b) From her sister.
(c) From her father.
(d) From her uncle.
4. Whom does Bathsheba send away to the lower mead so that she can speak to Gabriel alone in Chapter 20?
(a) Joseph Poorgrass.
(b) Sam Samson.
(c) William Smallbury.
(d) Cainy Ball.
5. When Bathsheba attempts to defend Troy in Chapter 29, the narrator says, "This supreme instance of Troy's goodness fell upon Gabriel's ears like" what?
(a) "Whispers of a guilty seducer."
(b) "Silence on the hillside in January."
(c) "The mindless crowing of a wayward rooster."
(d) "The thirteenth stroke of a crazy clock."
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Jacob's last name said to be in Chapter 8?
2. What month is it the latter part of when the bees begin their swarming at Weatherbury in Chapter 27?
3. For whom does Bathsheba tell Liddy she bought a Valentine in Chapter 13?
4. Who wrote Robinson Crusoe?
5. How many sheep has Gabriel Oak stocked his farm with in the past year, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Bathsheba respond to Mr. Boldwood’s marriage proposal in Chapter 19?
2. Why does Bathsheba fire Gabriel Oak from his position on the farm in Chapter 20?
3. What leads to the conflict between Bathsheba and Gabriel in Chapter 29?
4. Why has Bathsheba fired her bailiff in Chapter 10? Why is this a significant act?
5. Why does Bathsheba leave Norcombe in Chapter 5? Where does she go?
6. What reaction does Mr. Boldwood have to the Valentine’s Day card he’s received in Chapter 14?
7. How does Mr. Boldwood derive the anonymous sender of the Valentine in Chapter 15?
8. What is Henery Fray’s opinion on Bathsheba’s courtship by Mr. Boldwood in Chapter 22?
9. Why does Bathsheba send a Valentine’s Day card to Mr. Boldwood in Chapter 13? What does the card say?
10. Where is Fanny Robin when her character appears in Chapter 11? What is she doing?
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