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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 that Sue has come looking for him at work?
(a) He doesn't; this is a trick question.
(b) She leaves him a note.
(c) Everyone is gossiping and he overhears what they are talking about.
(d) Someone from the stoneyard tells him.

2. How does Sue let Jude know that she knows he loves her?
(a) In person.
(b) In a phone call.
(c) In a letter.
(d) Through a messenger.

3. What does Arabella throw at Jude when he accuses her of faking the pregnancy?
(a) Pots and pans.
(b) Kitchen knives.
(c) Books.
(d) Wood.

4. What relationship do Sue and Mr. Phillotson have at first?
(a) Father and daughter.
(b) Equal colleagues.
(c) They have no relationship, because they hate each other so much.
(d) Employee and employer.

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

6. After he has already left Marygreen, what item does Mr. Phillotson ask to be sent to him?
(a) His books.
(b) His piano.
(c) His horse.
(d) His art collection.

7. Where does Jude arrange to meet Sue for the first time?
(a) At church.
(b) At his house.
(c) In a public place.
(d) In the cemetary.

8. What does Jude decide to focus on after Arabella leaves him?
(a) His children.
(b) Finding another woman to marry.
(c) Christminster.
(d) Traveling around the world.

9. Who asks Jude to stay away from his cousin?
(a) A neighbor.
(b) Arabella.
(c) His aunt.
(d) Her grandmother.

10. Where does Jude see Sue for the second time?
(a) In the shipyard.
(b) In the graveyard.
(c) In the ballyard.
(d) In the stoneyard.

11. Why does Jude get in trouble with the police while driving his aunt's delivery cart?
(a) This is a trick question; he doesn't get into trouble.
(b) Because he isn't paying attention.
(c) Because they know he is delivering messages in secret.
(d) Because they know he is stealing money.

12. How many pigs are Arabella and Jude able to find after they escape from Arabella's yard?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

13. Where does Arabella finally seduce Jude?
(a) At his aunt's house.
(b) Out in the fields.
(c) At his house.
(d) At her house.

14. When was "Jude the Obscure" first published?
(a) 1996.
(b) 1896.
(c) 1936.
(d) 2006.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom does Jude learn Arabella's secret about the pregnancy?

2. Why is Jude forced to live with his aunt?

3. Why does Sue ask Jude to move to Melchester?

4. How does Sue respond when Jude asks if there is any romance between her and Mr. Phillotson?

5. Where do Jude and Arabella first share a beer together?

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