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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. Who is the farrier that recently shoed the horse that's been stolen in Chapter 32?
(a) Jimmy Harris.
(b) Sam Samson.
(c) Henery Fray.
(d) Teddy Coggan.

2. How much money in total does the narrator say Troy had departed with in order to meet Fanny before learning of her death in Chapter 45?
(a) 50 pounds and 30 pence.
(b) 100 pounds.
(c) 27 pounds and 10 pence.
(d) 35 pounds and 10 pence.

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

4. Bathsheba is described as looking like what Greek Muse when she opens the door in Chapter 54?
(a) Thelxinoë.
(b) Melpomene.
(c) Erato.
(d) Arche.

5. Who agrees to go inside and tell Bathsheba that Troy is outside Mr. Boldwood's house in Chapter 53?
(a) William Smallbury.
(b) Mr. Boldwood.
(c) Laban Tall.
(d) Gabriel Oak.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Bathsheba send to town to fetch a surgeon after Troy has been injured in Chapter 54?

2. Who marries Bathsheba in Chapter 57?

3. What is the title of Chapter 49?

4. How much money does Boldwood give to Troy to take with him, in addition to more promised in the future, if he will marry Fanny in Chapter 34?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Bathsheba discover inside Fanny’s coffin in Chapter 43? How does she respond?

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

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

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

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

7. Where does Bathsheba learn the news of Troy’s drowning in Chapter 48? How does she respond?

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

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

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

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