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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 does Bathsheba discover when she opens Fanny's coffin in Chapter 43?
(a) The body of Fanny Robin.
(b) The bodies of Fanny and Troy.
(c) No body in the casket.
(d) The bodies of Fanny and her child.

2. What does Troy spend his last remaining money on in Chapter 45?
(a) A gamble on a horse race.
(b) A diamond ring.
(c) A tombstone for Fanny.
(d) A house for Bathsheba.

3. For whom had Jacob served time in wait to marry her, according to the Biblical allusion in Chapter 49?
(a) Claire.
(b) Mary.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Sarah.

4. How has Troy lost a good deal of Bathsheba's money in Chapter 39?
(a) By investing in American land.
(b) By gambling on horse-races.
(c) By giving it to charity.
(d) By purchasing real estate in London.

5. Who is the author of The Pilgrim's Progress?
(a) Jimmy Harris.
(b) Walt Whitman.
(c) John Bunyan.
(d) Henry James.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month does Chapter 39 begin?

2. Greenhill is described as being like what busy Russian city in South Wessex in Chapter 50?

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

4. Who had been arranged to drive Bathsheba's coach home from the fair in Chapter 51?

5. What color is the lock of hair that Bathsheba sees in Troy's pocket watch in Chapter 41?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why are Bathsheba and Troy arguing in the beginning of Chapter 39?

3. What does the gargoyle symbolize in Chapter 46? Where is the gargoyle located?

4. What promotions does Gabriel Oak receive in Chapter 49?

5. How is Bathsheba’s behavior described in Chapter 54?

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

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

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

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

10. Where does Frank Troy reappear in Chapter 50? Who sees him?

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