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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where do Jude and Arabella first share a beer together?
(a) At a tavern in Alfredston.
(b) At her father's tavern.
(c) At his mother's bakery.
(d) At a tavern in Marygreen.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jude discover that Arabella has left him?

2. Why did Sue come to live in Christminster in the first place?

3. Who asks Jude to stay away from his cousin?

4. How is Arabella described when she is first introduced in the novel?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Jude vulnerable to trouble with the police when he works as a driver for his aunt's bakery delivery cart?

2. What does Sue suggest about her relationship with Jude when she confesses that she and Mr. Phillotson are to marry?

3. What does Sue tell her employer about the statues?

4. How does Jude respond when Sue writes to him, asking him to move to Melchester to be nearer to her?

5. What approach to his life does Jude take after Arabella leaves?

6. How does the teaching relationship between Sue and Mr. Phillotson come to be?

7. What does Sue have to say about the model of Jerusalem that she, Mr. Phillotson, and the schoolchildren go to see?

8. How does Sue react to Jude when he suggests the scandal at the school might blow over?

9. What does Sue confess to Jude about a student she once lived with?

10. What happens when Jude takes Arabella to Alfredston for the first time?

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