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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Michael incessantly criticizes Elizabeth for what?
(a) Her inability to stand up for herself.
(b) Her dialect.
(c) Her courtship with Farfrae.
(d) Her fashion sense.

2. What does Farfrae do that wins the inn patrons over?
(a) He fixes the bad wheat problem.
(b) He orates classic poetry with artistic drama.
(c) He buys a round for everyone in the common room.
(d) He sings a melody about his home country.

3. What is one of Henchard's motives for his remarriage with Susan?
(a) To find love again.
(b) To punish himself.
(c) A married man is more respectable than a bachelor.
(d) He is obliged by an oath he makes nineteen years ago.

4. How does Elizabeth receive her new home and money?
(a) She enjoys the freedom.
(b) She abides by the saying, "Take, have, and keep."
(c) She uses it to gain status around town.
(d) She feels out of place in the big house.

5. Newly bankrupt and now a journeyman, what is the only thing Michael looks forward to?
(a) Talking with Elizabeth.
(b) Being able to drink again.
(c) Talking to his river image at the bridge.
(d) Talking with Jopp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Michael's reaction to what the defendant says?

2. In chapter 19, what act blatantly shows Michael's disrespect for Susan's request?

3. How do Susan and Elizabeth pay for their lodgings, despite their little income?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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