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

2. Where does Fanny say she is going to spend the night when she encounters Troy in Chapter 39?
(a) Her father's cabin.
(b) Warren's Malthouse.
(c) The Yalbury Hill forest.
(d) The Casterbridge-Union poorhouse.

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

4. In what direction does Troy wander after leaving Weatherbury in Chapter 47?
(a) South.
(b) East.
(c) North.
(d) West.

5. Where is Bathsheba when she hears that Troy has drowned in Chapter 48?
(a) Yalbury.
(b) Casterbridge.
(c) Budmouth.
(d) York.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Liddy find Bathsheba in the morning in Chapter 44?

2. What is Gabriel doing inside his cottage when Bathsheba comes to talk to him in the night in Chapter 43?

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

4. What had the ship's crew come ashore for in Chapter 47?

5. For whom had Jacob served time in wait to marry her, according to the Biblical allusion in Chapter 49?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Where does Bathsheba encounter Mr. Boldwood in Chapter 31? How is the encounter described?

6. How does Bathsheba respond when she is confronted by Gabriel in Chapter 32?

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

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

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