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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. Where is Bathsheba when she hears that Troy has drowned in Chapter 48?
(a) Casterbridge.
(b) York.
(c) Budmouth.
(d) Yalbury.
2. To whose house does Maryann run to sound the alarm when she sees someone taking a horse from the stables in Chapter 32?
(a) Joseph Poorgrass's house.
(b) Cainy Ball's house.
(c) Sergeant Troy's house.
(d) Jan Coggan's house.
3. How old was Sergeant Troy when he died?
(a) 26.
(b) 29.
(c) 30.
(d) 32.
4. What does Bathsheba discover when she opens Fanny's coffin in Chapter 43?
(a) The bodies of Fanny and her child.
(b) No body in the casket.
(c) The body of Fanny Robin.
(d) The bodies of Fanny and Troy.
5. What does the word "riband" from Chapter 47 mean?
(a) A ship's wheel.
(b) A fingerless glove.
(c) A decorative ribbon.
(d) A woman's parasol.
Short Answer Questions
1. Whom does Bathsheba send to town to fetch a surgeon after Troy has been injured in Chapter 54?
2. Where have Troy and the farm workers spent the night after passing out drunk in Chapter 38?
3. What breed of sheep at the Greenhill Fair are described in Chapter 50 as "the most picturesque by far"?
4. To what position on Bathsheba's farm is Gabriel promoted in Chapter 49?
5. In what month does Chapter 39 begin?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Bathsheba respond when she is confronted by Gabriel in Chapter 32?
2. Where does Frank Troy reappear in Chapter 50? Who sees him?
3. How has the relationship between Bathsheba and Gabriel changed at the end of the novel?
4. Where does Boldwood go in Chapter 54? Why?
5. What is Troy’s response to the coffin and its contents in Chapter 43?
6. Where does Bathsheba spend the night in Chapter 44? Why?
7. Why do the workers at Everdene Farm believe a horse has been stolen in Chapter 32? How do they respond?
8. Where does Bathsheba encounter Mr. Boldwood in Chapter 31? How is the encounter described?
9. What trick does Sergeant Troy play on Mr. Boldwood in Chapter 34?
10. What is significant and symbolic about Troy’s grave in Chapter 56?
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