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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 is Gabriel doing inside his cottage when Bathsheba comes to talk to him in the night in Chapter 43?
(a) Eating dinner.
(b) Sweeping.
(c) Reading.
(d) Making dinner.

2. Where does Bathsheba go to visit her aunt for two months in Chapter 49?
(a) York.
(b) Casterbridge.
(c) Budmouth.
(d) Norcombe.

3. Who had been arranged to drive Bathsheba's coach home from the fair in Chapter 51?
(a) Gabriel Oak.
(b) Mr. Boldwood.
(c) Jacob Poorgrass.
(d) Sergeant Troy.

4. What color is the lock of hair that Bathsheba sees in Troy's pocket watch in Chapter 41?
(a) Gray.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) Yellow.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Troy spend his last remaining money on in Chapter 45?

3. 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?

4. Where does the newspaper say Troy and Bathsheba were married in Chapter 34?

5. What does Bathsheba discover when she opens Fanny's coffin in Chapter 43?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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