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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 much savings does Jude have when he arrives in Christminster?

2. What happens to Sue immediately upon her return to Melchester?

3. What is Sue's last name?

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

5. What job does Sue take that keeps her close to Jude?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What specifically does Jude overhear Arabella's friends talking about in regard to her false pregnancy?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Jude react when Arabella tells him she is pregnant?

10. What does Arabella scheme in order to be able to seduce Jude for the first time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss at least three literary devices that Hardy uses to help the reader understand at least one character of your choosing. Use direct quotations and/or examples from the text to support your position.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss at least two things that the death of Jude's children contributes to the text, and at least two things that the death of Jude's children takes away from the text.

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