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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 does Jude learn that Sue has come looking for him at work?
2. What pictures does Sue have on her dressing table in Melchester?
3. How religious is Sue when she and Jude first meet?
4. Where does Arabella finally seduce Jude?
5. What happens to Sue immediately upon her return to Melchester?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Jude react when Arabella tells him she is pregnant?
2. How does Jude sneak a note to Mr. Phillotson in Part I?
3. Why does Jude take a job with a stonemason when he arrives in Christminster?
4. What does Sue have to say about the model of Jerusalem that she, Mr. Phillotson, and the schoolchildren go to see?
5. What does Arabella scheme in order to be able to seduce Jude for the first time?
6. Why does Jude's aunt lament the fact that he is living with her?
7. Why does Jude's aunt tell Jude as he prepares to marry Arabella?
8. How does Sue react to Jude when he suggests the scandal at the school might blow over?
9. What two main things leave Jude feeling unwanted in his youth?
10. Why does Jude have to slaughter the pig he gave Arabella as a gift?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss at least three important things the reader learns about Jude as a character through the descriptions of Jude's character. Then address why each of these things is important to know about Jude as the reader follows him through his adult life.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Write a well-reasoned argument paper discussing who is the most unhappy character in "Jude the Obscure."
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