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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Jude asks his aunt about during his first visit there after he moves to Christminster?
(a) What money he will inherit if she dies.
(b) Sue.
(c) Running a bakery.
(d) His parents.

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

4. Why did Sue come to live in Christminster in the first place?
(a) She was born there.
(b) She was attending the university there.
(c) She was in love with someone else.
(d) Her father disowned her.

5. When is Jude going to school when the novel first begins?
(a) All of these answers are correct.
(b) In the morning.
(c) All day.
(d) At night.

6. How many pigs escape from Arabella's yard when Jude is trying to help?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

7. Where do Sue and Mr. Phillotson take schoolchildren on a field trip?
(a) To a movie.
(b) To see a model of Jerusalem.
(c) To the oldest church in town.
(d) To the city park.

8. What does Jude as Dr. Vilbert to help him learn?
(a) Both of these answers are correct.
(b) Greek.
(c) None of these answers are correct.
(d) Latin.

9. How old is Jude in the first chapters of "Jude the Obscure"?
(a) 10 to 12.
(b) 4 to 6.
(c) 14 to 16.
(d) 18 to 20.

10. Where does Sue leave a note for Jude before they officially meet each other?
(a) In his lunchbox.
(b) With his aunt.
(c) At his office.
(d) At his home.

11. What kind of job does Sue have when Jude finds her?
(a) She makes religious art.
(b) She is a baker.
(c) She is a model for the town's artists.
(d) She is a schoolteacher.

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

13. How religious is Sue when she and Jude first meet?
(a) A little religious.
(b) Completely religious.
(c) This is a trick question; she's actually a nun.
(d) Not religious at all.

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

15. During their first outing together, what comment does Arabella make about the beer?
(a) That it is the best she's ever had.
(b) That it's the first beer she's ever had.
(c) That it has been altered.
(d) That it is delicious.

Short Answer Questions

1. When they first meet, where does Sue tell Jude she is thinking of moving to?

2. After he has already left Marygreen, what item does Mr. Phillotson ask to be sent to him?

3. What does Jude decide to focus on after Arabella leaves him?

4. How many letters does Jude write to the headmasters of the Christminster universities?

5. What does Jude learn about Arabella's pregnancy shortly after they are married?

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