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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 abides by the saying, "Take, have, and keep."
(c) She feels out of place in the big house.
(d) She enjoys the freedom.

2. What are Michael's first words when he sees Susan after so many years?
(a) "I'm sorry."
(b) "I looked for you."
(c) "I love you."
(d) "I don't drink."

3. What does Michael do for a living?
(a) An auctioneer.
(b) A hay-trusser.
(c) A sailor.
(d) A turnip-hoer.

4. What is the relationship like between Susan and Michael?
(a) Happy and content.
(b) Indifferent since they are an arranged marriage.
(c) Resentful from both sides.
(d) Loving from Susan to Michael, but Michael detests Susan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Henchard's education is compared to whom?

2. Where do Susan and Elizabeth Jane go for lodgings?

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

4. What do the people of Casterbridge know of the mayor's past wife?

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

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