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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 | Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Four pennies are used to keep Susan's eyes closed. What becomes of them after Martha buries them?
(a) Coney digs it out to use for drink.
(b) It rusts and and stays buried with the Romans of historical past.
(c) Elizabeth digs it out to keep.
(d) Abel finds them by accident and brings them back to his mother.

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

3. How does Henchard almost reveal to Elizabeth she is his daughter?
(a) He recalls a time of holding her when she is young.
(b) He asks Susan about Elizabeth's hair color.
(c) He asks Susan about how Elizabeth handles the voyage to Canada.
(d) When Henchard and Elizabeth are in the garden, he talks about the church in Weydon Priors.

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

5. What surprises Elizabeth when she goes to see Henchard?
(a) She finds out Henchard and Susan are once married.
(b) Henchard's estate is too large to find him.
(c) She meets Farfrae unexpectedly.
(d) She discovers she is Henchard's daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Susan and Elizabeth-Jane evident strangers in Casterbridge?

2. How does Henchard's demeanor toward Elizabeth change when he hears Susan is alive?

3. How does Susan know Michael Henchard is in Casterbridge?

4. How does Susan react when Michael admits his guilt for a bad deed he does years before?

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

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