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

3. When Elizabeth meets Lucetta on the road, who/what attacks them?
(a) A raging bull.
(b) Henchard.
(c) Jopp.
(d) A wild horse.

4. What do Susan and Michael decide about Elizabeth?
(a) She should stay ignorant of her parents' past.
(b) Susan wants Michael to break the news to her.
(c) They intend to tell her after they are remarried.
(d) She deserves to know the truth.

5. What causes Lucetta to change her mind about marrying Henchard?
(a) Farfrae proves himself unworthy at the crash site.
(b) Lucetta does not want to hurt Elizabeth by marrying Farfrae.
(c) Henchard blackmails her.
(d) Lucetta's conscience tells her it is the only right thing to do.

6. Henchard confesses his past marriage with Susan to Farfrae. What additional surprise does Henchard confess to Farfrae?
(a) Henchard secretly drinks.
(b) Henchard knows the wheat is bad when he sells it.
(c) Henchard is having an affair with a woman from Jersey.
(d) A Jersey woman is blackmailing him about his past.

7. What consequence occurs when Henchard makes a bad corn deal?
(a) The only person to loan Henchard money is Farfrae.
(b) The farmers threaten Henchard if they don't get their pay.
(c) The bank takes possession of his belongings.
(d) Henchard is evicted from his home.

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

9. Where does Susan and her daughter first see Michael Henchard?
(a) At a local bakery.
(b) At the King's Arms.
(c) Just outside the King's Arms looking in.
(d) At the Three Mariners.

10. What is one of Henchard's motives for his remarriage with Susan?
(a) A married man is more respectable than a bachelor.
(b) To punish himself.
(c) He is obliged by an oath he makes nineteen years ago.
(d) To find love again.

11. What is Farfrae's initial impression of Elizabeth Jane?
(a) He finds her below his level.
(b) He is attracted, but sets on heading to America.
(c) He does not notice her.
(d) He finds her charming and considers staying for her.

12. How does Susan react when Michael admits his guilt for a bad deed he does years before?
(a) She feels guilty for leaving him.
(b) She feels guilty for thinking bad thoughts about him.
(c) She is curious of which bad deed he is speaking of.
(d) She is happy.

13. What is Farfrae's reaction to Henchard's confession?
(a) He is able to relate to Henchard, since he is a man with a past as well.
(b) Farfrae tucks the information away for a future opportunity to enhance his own career.
(c) Farfrae no longer respects Henchard.
(d) Surprised, but helpful.

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

15. What makes Elizabeth believe Donald is not interested in wooing her?
(a) Farfrae is too smart for her.
(b) She is the stepdaughter of a contemptuous man.
(c) She believes she is too plain.
(d) Farfrae opens up a competing business against her father's.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the scene of the wagon crash, when Henchard's man says the word of Lucetta and Elizabeth Jane are not to be accounted for because all women swoon for Donald, Henchard __________.

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

3. As magistrate, what familiar character does Michael judge?

4. Four pennies are used to keep Susan's eyes closed. What becomes of them after Martha buries them?

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

(see the answer keys)

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