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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 has the beautiful maid come to look for by Gabriel's hut in Chapter 3?

2. From whom does Gabriel receive a letter in Chapter 15?

3. What is the title of Chapter 7?

4. Who is Gabriel's junior shepherd in Weatherbury?

5. Whom does Bathsheba send away to the lower mead so that she can speak to Gabriel alone in Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads Mr. Boldwood to follow Gabriel Oak in Chapter 14?

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

3. Where is Fanny Robin when her character appears in Chapter 11? What is she doing?

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

5. How does Bathsheba respond to Mr. Boldwood’s marriage proposal in Chapter 19?

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

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

8. What activity is Bathsheba involved in when Mr. Boldwood first comes to court her in Chapter 19? Where do they speak?

9. What information does Gabriel glean of Fanny Robin at Warren’s Malthouse in Chapter 8?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the literary style of Far from the Madding Crowd. How does the novel reflect elements of realism? What are aspects of romanticism seen in the work? How does the style of the narrative reflect upon the author's contemporary world?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the themes of catastrophe, chance, and fate in Far from the Madding Crowd. How are these themes developed through character, setting, and imagery? What symbols relate to these themes? How do the themes overlap?

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