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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sergeant Troy take with him as a token of remembrance of Bathsheba after his sword demonstration in Chapter 28?

2. What gift does Sergeant Troy attempt to give to Bathsheba when he woos her in Chapter 26?

3. What is the title of Chapter 10?

4. What setting is described in the title of Chapter 24?

5. For how long does Troy expect to be away visiting friends in Chapter 30?

Short Essay Questions

1. What incident prevents the wedding of Fanny and Troy in Chapter 16?

2. How does Bathsheba respond when Gabriel Oak proposes to her in Chapter 4?

3. Where does Bathsheba first meet Sergeant Troy in Chapter 24? What are her impressions of him?

4. What tragedy befalls Gabriel Oak in Chapter 5? What are Gabriel’s circumstances after the tragedy?

5. What tragedy befalls the Everdene Farm in Chapter 21?

6. What leads to the conflict between Bathsheba and Gabriel in Chapter 29?

7. What is Henery Fray’s opinion on Bathsheba’s courtship by Mr. Boldwood in Chapter 22?

8. To whom does Bathsheba write a letter in Chapter 30? What is revealed in the letter?

9. What is “Warren’s Malthouse”? Whom does Gabriel meet here in Chapter 8?

10. Why does Bathsheba fire Gabriel Oak from his position on the farm in Chapter 20?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the settings of Weatherbury and Greenhill in the narrative. How large are each of these village/towns? What is the primary economy based on in these settings? How are the people and cultures described?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the social class system of Victorian England and the systems of class seen in Far from the Madding Crowd. How does social class differ in rural England from the cities? How do the characters in the story manage to change their places within this system?

Essay Topic 3

Define the setting of "Wessex" and discuss the author's depictions of this setting in Far from the Madding Crowd. Upon what real locales are the towns and villages in the novel based? In what region of England is the story set? What is the time period of the novel?

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