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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 someone in the crowd ask Jude to translate on Remembrance Day?

2. Who has Jude's first son lived with since birth?

3. What does Arabella plan to do until Jude agrees to marry her again?

4. How long do Jude and Sue travel for before they reappear at the fair in Kennetbridge?

5. Where does Arabella plan to seduce Jude after he and Sue have separated?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Arabella confess to Jude when they unexpectedly meet each other in a tavern after she has returned from Australia?

2. What happens when Mr. Phillotson accidentally goes to the room where Sue sleeps and begins to undress?

3. What happens when Arabella comes to Jude, asking for lodging, shortly after he and Sue have separated?

4. What does Sue confess to Jude after he kills the rabbit that was stuck in a trap one night?

5. How does Mr. Phillotson react when Sue asks him if he would consider allowing her to leave the marriage and live with Jude?

6. What happens that prompts Jude into remarrying Arabella?

7. What does Jude come to think about Sue's happiness in her marriage to Mr. Phillotson during their talk on the train to visit their sick aunt?

8. When Sue and Arabella meet at the fair at Kennetbridge, what does Sue tell Arabella about her life with Jude over the past 3 years?

9. Why is Mr. Phillotson able to return to teaching at Marygreen?

10. After their children die, where does Jude find Sue when it appears she has gone missing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze at least three different literary techniques Hardy uses to create tension in "Jude the Obscure." Make sure to use direct evidence from the text to support your points.

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

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.

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