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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25 | Chapter 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Weydon Priors can be described as ...
(a) The next big thing.
(b) A bustling city.
(c) A ghost town.
(d) A plain farmtown.

2. How is Casterbridge best described?
(a) Old-fashioned and agricultural.
(b) A suburb of little importance.
(c) Modern and cosmopolitan.
(d) An honest city.

3. What causes Michael to be bitter towards Elizabeth?
(a) She is in courtship with Farfrae.
(b) Elizabeth brings his status down in town.
(c) He discovers she is not his real daughter.
(d) She spends too much of his hard earned money.

4. What surprises Henchard the most about Farfrae?
(a) The Scotchman wants a third of his business if he is to be hired.
(b) That Farfrae is going to America to harvest wheat.
(c) That the Scotchman is willing to correct the wheat problem for free.
(d) That a stranger is willing to help without pay.

5. What is Lucetta's initial response when she meets Farfrae?
(a) She is attracted and flirts with him.
(b) She hardly takes notice.
(c) She thinks he is smart, but not comparatively to Henchard.
(d) She disapproves of him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What inspires Michael to finally ask Lucetta to marry him?

2. How does Elizabeth receive her new home and money?

3. Henchard's education is compared to whom?

4. Henchard confesses his past marriage with Susan to Farfrae. What additional surprise does Henchard confess to Farfrae?

5. Why does Lucetta invite Elizabeth to live with her?

(see the answer key)

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