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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 Shakespearean play does Bathsheba tell Liddy to bring to her in the attic in Chapter 44?

2. How has Troy lost a good deal of Bathsheba's money in Chapter 39?

3. What breed of sheep at the Greenhill Fair are described in Chapter 50 as "the most picturesque by far"?

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

5. To what position on Bathsheba's farm is Gabriel promoted in Chapter 49?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why has a petition been addressed to the Home Secretary regarding Mr. Boldwood in Chapter 55?

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

9. What does Bathsheba assist Gabriel in doing in Chapter 37? Why?

10. What does the gargoyle symbolize in Chapter 46? Where is the gargoyle located?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the narrative of Fanny Robin in Far from the Madding Crowd. What has happened to Fanny Robin when Gabriel first arrives in Weatherbury? How does Gabriel encounter Fanny? What becomes of Fanny? Why?

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