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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What motivates Elizabeth to work next to Michael on Donald's farm?
(a) She wants to keep a watchful eye on Michael.
(b) Michael is sick so she helps him work.
(c) It gives her better access to spy on Lucetta and Farfrae.
(d) She is scheming with Michael to revenge Farfrae.

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

3. Where does Lucetta ask Michael to meet?
(a) At the Ring.
(b) In the marketplace.
(c) In the loft.
(d) At the end of the road.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What drunken act does Michael do at the Three Mariners?

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

3. How do Henchard's former employees view their new boss?

4. What does Lucetta believe is her only "practicable weapon"?

5. Where does Susan and her daughter first see Michael Henchard?

(see the answer key)

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