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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13 | Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 how Elizabeth handles the voyage to Canada.
(c) He recalls a time of holding her when she is young.
(d) He asks Susan about Elizabeth's hair color.

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

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

5. How does Susan react when Michael admits his guilt for a bad deed he does years before?
(a) She is curious of which bad deed he is speaking of.
(b) She is happy.
(c) She feels guilty for thinking bad thoughts about him.
(d) She feels guilty for leaving him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Elizabeth's manner when she first sees Farfrae in his room?

2. Where is the first place Michael heads to when he wakes up in the morning in the furmity tent?

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

4. What surprising feature does Elizabeth and Susan notice about the glasses in front of the mayor?

5. What keeps the Scotchman lingering about the King's Arms?

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