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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. What does Jude give Arabella after she leaves him?

2. Where does Arabella finally seduce Jude?

3. What does Jude as Dr. Vilbert to help him learn?

4. How do the students respond to Sue's punishment for her absence from the school?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Sue arrives at Jude's house after she escapes from her school?

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

3. What are Sue's statues so controversial?

4. Why does Jude's aunt lament the fact that he is living with her?

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

6. Why does Jude have to slaughter the pig he gave Arabella as a gift?

7. Why does Jude take a job with a stonemason when he arrives in Christminster?

8. What kind of advice does Arabella seek -- and receive -- from her friends not long after she meets Jude?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze at least four different ways the story of "Jude the Obscure" would change if the setting were in a modern, urban location.

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 Hardy portrays wealthy characters in "Jude the Obscure," making sure to use at least three specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

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