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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. At what time does Liddy retire for the night, leaving Bathsheba alone with the coffin, in the beginning of Chapter 43?
2. What word from Chapter 48 refers to uncertainty or fortuitousness?
3. Whom does Gabriel encounter walking up the road by the farm in the end of Chapter 38?
4. What does the word "riband" from Chapter 47 mean?
5. Where does Mr. Boldwood go after leaving his home in Chapter 54?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does Bathsheba learn the news of Troy’s drowning in Chapter 48? How does she respond?
2. What does the gargoyle symbolize in Chapter 46? Where is the gargoyle located?
3. Whom do Bathsheba and Troy encounter on their way home in Chapter 39? How is the encounter described?
4. Where does Bathsheba spend the night in Chapter 44? Why?
5. How does Bathsheba respond when she is confronted by Gabriel in Chapter 32?
6. What is revealed in the conversation between Gabriel and Mr. Boldwood in Chapter 38?
7. What is foreshadowed regarding the character of Mr. Boldwood in Chapter 35?
8. How does Bathsheba respond to Mr. Boldwood’s marriage proposal in Chapter 51?
9. Why are Bathsheba and Troy arguing in the beginning of Chapter 39?
10. How has the relationship between Bathsheba and Gabriel changed at the end of the novel?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the themes of loyalty and friendship in Far from the Madding Crowd. Which characters in the novel prove themselves loyal? How? What does friendship come to mean to the main characters?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Thomas Hardy was criticized in his lifetime for the overt sexuality in his works. Discuss some of the sexual undertones and subjects seen in Far from the Madding Crowd. What are examples of sexual innuendos used in the narrative? What "taboo" subjects does the author address?
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