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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Elizabeth's manner when she first sees Farfrae in his room?
(a) Observant and silent.
(b) Earnest and talkative.
(c) Coquettish.
(d) Indifferent.

2. What causes Michael to be bitter towards Elizabeth?
(a) Elizabeth brings his status down in town.
(b) He discovers she is not his real daughter.
(c) She is in courtship with Farfrae.
(d) She spends too much of his hard earned money.

3. At the scene of the wagon crash, when Henchard's man says the word of Lucetta and Elizabeth Jane are not to be accounted for because all women swoon for Donald, Henchard __________.
(a) Agrees with him and dismisses the women.
(b) Becomes furious at the reminder and rushes off.
(c) Implores the truth of the statement from the women.
(d) Defends the women.

4. In chapter 19, what act blatantly shows Michael's disrespect for Susan's request?
(a) He does not help Elizabeth receive an education.
(b) He marries the Jersey woman immediately after her death.
(c) He opens Susan's deathbed letter early.
(d) He tells Farfrae and Elizabeth to discontinue their courtship.

5. What is Michael's reaction to what the defendant says?
(a) He is silent.
(b) He is angry and walks out of the courtroom.
(c) He dismisses her ideas as propesterous and carries on with judgment.
(d) He agrees and walks out of the courtroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Elizabeth receive her new home and money?

2. In chapter 28, why do so many gather around Town Hall?

3. What are Farfrae's plans when he arrives in Casterbridge?

4. What does Lucetta do when the town hears the rumors from the defendant about the magistrate?

5. As magistrate, what familiar character does Michael judge?

(see the answer key)

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