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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jude learn about the stone-master he approaches in Christminster?
(a) From his previous employer.
(b) From his aunt.
(c) From an ad in the paper.
(d) From a radio ad.

2. What does Sue buy statues of one day?
(a) Venus.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Aphrodite.
(d) Venus and Apollo.

3. What was the final thing that pushed Jude to go to Christminster?
(a) The death of his beloved pet dog.
(b) His completion of his degree program.
(c) A picture of his beautiful cousin.
(d) A fire in his aunt's bakery.

4. What in particular appeals to Jude about Christminster?
(a) There are many universities there.
(b) He just wants to go there to start his life over.
(c) There are a lot of pretty girls there.
(d) It is supposed to be architecturally beautiful.

5. What can Jude see from the roof of the old barn?
(a) Christminster.
(b) The ocean.
(c) His old town.
(d) A girl he has a crush on.

6. What is the name of the barn that has the roof Jude climbs as a youngster?
(a) Brown House.
(b) Red House.
(c) Barn House.
(d) Hen House.

7. What advice does Jude receive in response to his letters to the headmasters of the Christminster universities?
(a) That he can attend free of charge.
(b) That he not aspire to an education.
(c) That he can enroll next semester as long as he has the funds.
(d) He actually never receives any replies.

8. What pictures does Sue have on her dressing table in Melchester?
(a) One of Mr. Phillotson and an unknown young man.
(b) Pictures of Jude and a young girl.
(c) No one, which some people find strange.
(d) Pictures of her mother.

9. Where does Arabella want to go after she leaves Jude?
(a) To Australia.
(b) To Michigan.
(c) To France.
(d) To America.

10. Why does Jude not approach Sue when he first sees her?
(a) He wants to respect his aunt's wishes.
(b) She is too beautiful.
(c) He feels too gross and dirty.
(d) She is behind a gate.

11. What wicked way does Arabella plan to make Jude marry her?
(a) By posing as a very rich woman.
(b) By saying she'll kill herself if he wont' do it.
(c) By poisoning him.
(d) By getting pregnant.

12. How do the students respond to Sue's punishment for her absence from the school?
(a) They think it is too lenient.
(b) They protest it.
(c) They write letters to the governor.
(d) They don't care one way or the other.

13. How long after his marriage to Arabella does Jude finally arrive in Christminster?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Never.
(c) Three years.
(d) Three months.

14. Where does Sue go after she leaver her school in Melchester?
(a) Jude's place.
(b) Mr. Phillotson's mansion.
(c) Back home to Jude's aunt's.
(d) London.

15. What job does Jude take after working at his aunt's bakery?
(a) As an apprentice to a medicine man.
(b) As an apprentice to a stone mason.
(c) As an apprentice to a cobbler.
(d) As an apprentice to a preacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "Jude the Obscure" first published?

2. Where do Sue and Jude walk during their first meeting?

3. When do Jude and Sue return to Melchester after their trip out of town to see a museum?

4. How religious is Sue when she and Jude first meet?

5. Where does Sue live when Jude first meets her?

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