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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 | Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What keeps the Scotchman lingering about the King's Arms?
(a) A discussion about the mayor's past.
(b) A discussion on the bad wheat around town.
(c) The King's Arms is the only inn he finds.
(d) The music band gets him curious.

2. Where do Susan and Elizabeth Jane go for lodgings?
(a) The Three Mariners.
(b) The mayor's mansion.
(c) The nearest farm.
(d) The King's Arms.

3. Where does Susan and her daughter first see Michael Henchard?
(a) At the King's Arms.
(b) At the Three Mariners.
(c) Just outside the King's Arms looking in.
(d) At a local bakery.

4. What age is Elizabeth Jane when she and her mother search for Michael Henchard?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Twenty-one.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) Eighteen.

5. What do the people of Casterbridge know of the mayor's past wife?
(a) They don't think the mayor is ever married since he comes to Casterbridge alone.
(b) They believe she dies at sea.
(c) She leaves him for another man.
(d) They know nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprises Henchard the most about Farfrae?

2. What surprises Elizabeth when she goes to see Henchard?

3. What does Michael do for a living?

4. How do you describe Henchard's disposition towards strangers?

5. What does Susan fear about meeting Michael Henchard?

(see the answer key)

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