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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Abel's punishment for being chronically late?
(a) He is laid off.
(b) Going through town without breeches.
(c) Lashings.
(d) He is to sleep in Henchard's barn.

2. What are Henchard's intentions when retrieving some letters from Farfrae?
(a) To burn them immediately.
(b) To tell Farfrae about his affair with Lucetta.
(c) To hide the letters in case he needs to blackmail Lucetta in the future.
(d) To read them to Lucetta, hoping to evoke some emotions from her.

3. What is Jopp's reaction to Henchard's curt behavior?
(a) Unaffected.
(b) Angry and bitterly disappointed.
(c) Disappointed, but understands business is business.
(d) Sensitively hurt.

4. How does Henchard almost reveal to Elizabeth she is his daughter?
(a) He recalls a time of holding her when she is young.
(b) When Henchard and Elizabeth are in the garden, he talks about the church in Weydon Priors.
(c) He asks Susan about how Elizabeth handles the voyage to Canada.
(d) He asks Susan about Elizabeth's hair color.

5. What occupies Elizabeth's mind after the celebration is over?
(a) The music and the dancing.
(b) The failure of her father's celebration.
(c) Donald Farfrae.
(d) The quarrel between Henchard and Farfrae.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Farfrae do at the hiring market?

2. What section of town does Michael now live?

3. How does Michael feel after Susan's death?

4. How does Michael act toward Lucetta when they meet on Donald's farm?

5. What do the boys of Casterbridge nickname Susan?

(see the answer key)

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