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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Farfrae and Susan observe about Henchard?
(a) Henchard exudes charity to all around him.
(b) Henchard has sudden moods.
(c) Henchard is a conman.
(d) Henchard is paranoid.

4. What stages does Michael go through when drunk?
(a) Peaceful, happy, excited, then mean.
(b) Calm, jovial, angry, then quarrelsome.
(c) Happy, frustrated, then argumentative.
(d) Serenity, jovial, argumentative, then quarrelsome.

5. How do you describe Henchard's disposition towards strangers?
(a) Rude and contemptuous.
(b) Festive and hearty.
(c) Bland and disinterested.
(d) Charming and cordial.

6. What rash and regretful decision does Henchard make at Donald's celebration?
(a) Henchard terminates Farfrae's employment.
(b) Henchard drinks for the first time since his oath.
(c) Henchard grabs his wife and daughter and leaves vehemently.
(d) Henchard denounces everyone for paying a fee rather than attending his free celebration.

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

8. What does Elizabeth notice about the backdoor of Miss Templeman's home?
(a) The alley entrance is as bright as the front entrance.
(b) It faces the marketplace.
(c) It is hidden behind a curtain.
(d) The keystone is a disfigured mask.

9. What is Elizabeth's manner when she first sees Farfrae in his room?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Coquettish.
(c) Earnest and talkative.
(d) Observant and silent.

10. In chapter 19, what act blatantly shows Michael's disrespect for Susan's request?
(a) He opens Susan's deathbed letter early.
(b) He marries the Jersey woman immediately after her death.
(c) He does not help Elizabeth receive an education.
(d) He tells Farfrae and Elizabeth to discontinue their courtship.

11. How does Susan feel about the choreographed courtship?
(a) Dishonest to Elizabeth.
(b) Awkward.
(c) Dubious of the plan's success.
(d) She revels in the attention.

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

13. What change is observed in Michael's behavior toward Donald when Donald becomes more popular?
(a) Michael is short-tempered with Donald at all times.
(b) Michael follows Donald everywhere to keep an eye on him.
(c) Henchard becomes even more overbearing of a friend so Farfrae likes him the best.
(d) It becomes all business with no extraneous friendship.

14. How do Susan and Elizabeth pay for their lodgings, despite their little income?
(a) Susan and her daughter work the kitchen for each night's stay.
(b) The nice landlady gives the tired strangers a break.
(c) Elizabeth works for the landlady to discount the price.
(d) Farfrae lends them a loan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Michael's reaction to what the defendant says?

2. Where does Michael ask Susan to meet after learning she is still alive?

3. What are Michael's first words when he sees Susan after so many years?

4. What is one of Henchard's motives for his remarriage with Susan?

5. How does Susan know Michael Henchard is in Casterbridge?

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