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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 many months has it been since Gabriel was fighting the fire in the same spot where he fights the rain in Chapter 38?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 2.

2. How much money does Troy toss to Gabriel when he first emerges from the house as Bathsheba's husband?
(a) A shilling.
(b) A crown.
(c) A half-crown.
(d) A pound.

3. What color silk gown is Bathsheba described as wearing while in Bath in Chapter 33?
(a) Blue.
(b) Gold.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

4. Whom does Gabriel encounter walking up the road by the farm in the end of Chapter 38?
(a) Father Williams.
(b) Cainy Ball.
(c) Liddy.
(d) Mr. Boldwood.

5. How much money does Troy ask Bathsheba for in the beginning of Chapter 41?
(a) 20 pounds.
(b) 50 pounds.
(c) 100 pounds.
(d) 10 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Sergeant Troy when he died?

2. Who is the author of The Pilgrim's Progress?

3. What harvested crop are Bathsheba and Gabriel trying to save from a storm in Chapter 37?

4. Where is Bathsheba when she hears that Troy has drowned in Chapter 48?

5. Who is described in Chapter 41 as "the goddess whom Bathsheba instinctively adored"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where does Bathsheba spend the night in Chapter 44? Why?

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

4. Who comes to Everdene farm with word of having sighted Bathsheba in Chapter 33? Where and how was she described?

5. What act of deception does Gabriel commit in Chapter 42? Why?

6. What is Troy’s response to the coffin and its contents in Chapter 43?

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

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

9. Why does the lock of hair in Troy’s pocket-watch lead to an argument between him and Bathsheba in Chapter 41?

10. What is revealed in the conversation between Gabriel and Mr. Boldwood in Chapter 38?

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