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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. Greenhill is described as being like what busy Russian city in South Wessex in Chapter 50?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Ninji Novgorod.
(c) Saint Petersburg.
(d) Yekaterinburg.

2. In what month does Chapter 39 begin?
(a) September.
(b) July.
(c) October.
(d) May.

3. Why is Mr. Boldwood's death sentence lessened in Chapter 55?
(a) Because he is innocent.
(b) Because he paid the judge.
(c) Because he is dying.
(d) Because he is deemed mentally unstable.

4. To what position on Bathsheba's farm is Gabriel promoted in Chapter 49?
(a) Shepherd.
(b) Master-reaper.
(c) Butcher.
(d) Bailiff.

5. Who is the keeper of the gate at Sherton Turnpike?
(a) Jimmy Harris.
(b) William Smallbury.
(c) Dan Randall.
(d) Henery Fray.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Biblical figure is alluded to in the final quotation of Chapter 57?

2. Who sends a wagon to retrieve Fanny's body after learning of her death in Chapter 41?

3. What are the names of Mr. Boldwood's horses that Gabriel goes to borrow in Chapter 32?

4. What animal appears and helps Fanny make it into the village in Chapter 40?

5. What happens when Troy goes to bathe and swim in the cove in Chapter 47?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Boldwood go in Chapter 54? Why?

2. How has the relationship between Bathsheba and Gabriel changed at the end of the novel?

3. Why do the workers at Everdene Farm believe a horse has been stolen in Chapter 32? How do they respond?

4. What does Bathsheba assist Gabriel in doing in Chapter 37? Why?

5. Where is Troy when he almost drowns in Chapter 47? How is he saved?

6. Whom do Bathsheba and Troy encounter on their way home in Chapter 39? How is the encounter described?

7. What is foreshadowed regarding the character of Mr. Boldwood in Chapter 35?

8. Why has a petition been addressed to the Home Secretary regarding Mr. Boldwood in Chapter 55?

9. How does Bathsheba respond to her husband’s extended absence in the beginning of Chapter 48?

10. What is significant and symbolic about Troy’s grave in Chapter 56?

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