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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. Henchard's education is compared to whom?
(a) Plato.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Aeneas.

2. What does Michael decide to do when he discovers his wife emigrates?
(a) Go back to the furmity woman.
(b) Settle in Casterbridge.
(c) Find a new wife.
(d) Save money to follow on the boat.

3. What new machinery is introduced at the Saturday market?
(a) A combine.
(b) A seed drill.
(c) A tractor.
(d) A harvester.

4. What inspires Michael to finally ask Lucetta to marry him?
(a) He knows Farfrae is courting her.
(b) He believes it angers Elizabeth.
(c) Michael feels he needs to do right by her.
(d) His loneliness and her disinterest.

5. How does Michael feel after Susan's death?
(a) Relief.
(b) Despair.
(c) Lonely.
(d) Free.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What age is Elizabeth Jane when she and her mother search for Michael Henchard?

3. What is Henchard's impression of the new machinery?

4. What does the Scotchman do to get the mayor's attention?

5. In chapter 24, what makes Elizabeth upset?

(see the answer key)

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