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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. How long does it take for Jude to solidify a job?

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

3. What is Jude's first job when he is younger?

4. What kind of job does Sue have when Jude finds her?

5. What pictures does Sue have on her dressing table in Melchester?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mr. Phillotson tell Jude about why he is leaving Marygreen?

2. What alternative way does Jude learn about for entering the church?

3. Why do Jude and Sue decide to walk to Mr. Phillotson's house during their first meeting?

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

5. How does Jude react to being in the Chrisminster for the first time?

6. Why is Jude reluctant to leave his studies to meet Arabella for the first time?

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

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

9. What happens after someone stops Jude, as he is leaving from visiting his sick aunt, and asks if he is studying at the university?

10. How does Jude first find out about Sue?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze at least 3 literary techniques Hardy uses to make one character of your choosing from "Jude the Obscure" very likable OR very unlikable to the reader.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following:

1) at least three ways the novel would change if it were written with Sue as the main character, and

2) at least three literary devices Hardy could use while writing from that different perspective.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how the scene where Sue finds her dead children does the following:

1) changes the tone of the novel; and

2) changes the characters of Jude and Sue.

Make sure to use direct evidence from the text to support your strong thesis statement.

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