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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. What makes Elizabeth believe Donald is not interested in wooing her?
(a) Farfrae opens up a competing business against her father's.
(b) She believes she is too plain.
(c) Farfrae is too smart for her.
(d) She is the stepdaughter of a contemptuous man.

2. What do the boys of Casterbridge nickname Susan?
(a) The Plain Genteel.
(b) The Ghost.
(c) The Cottage Woman.
(d) The Simpleton.

3. How are Susan and Elizabeth-Jane evident strangers in Casterbridge?
(a) By the way they are dressed.
(b) Their accents give them away.
(c) They do not know the whereabouts of Henchard despite his popularity.
(d) They do not know about the bad corn sold to the bakers and millers.

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

5. How do Susan and Elizabeth pay for their lodgings, despite their little income?
(a) The nice landlady gives the tired strangers a break.
(b) Elizabeth works for the landlady to discount the price.
(c) Farfrae lends them a loan.
(d) Susan and her daughter work the kitchen for each night's stay.

Short Answer Questions

1. Susan writes a letter to Michael when on her deathbed. What does she request of him concerning this letter?

2. What is Jopp's reaction to Henchard's curt behavior?

3. What makes Susan uncomfortable about her relationship with Newson?

4. What occupies Elizabeth's mind after the celebration is over?

5. What is one of Henchard's motives for his remarriage with Susan?

(see the answer key)

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