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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Michael allows Farfrae to court Elizabeth under what condition?
(a) Farfrae pays a sum.
(b) Elizabeth is to leave as soon as possible.
(c) Farfrae refers some customers to Henchard's business.
(d) It's not in Michael's house.

3. How does Henchard first learn the townspeople prefer Donald over him?
(a) From a councilman.
(b) Through a messenger boy from Durnover.
(c) A lawyer from Henchard's celebration tells him.
(d) Henchard sees it in the people's faces as they admire Donald dancing.

4. Susan writes a letter to Michael when on her deathbed. What does she request of him concerning this letter?
(a) That he opens it on Elizabeth's wedding day.
(b) To forgive her for her simplicity.
(c) That he reads it in secrecy and burns the letter afterward.
(d) That he opens it only after she passes away.

5. What news are the townsfolk waiting for at the end of chapter 30?
(a) What becomes of Elizabeth.
(b) Whether Henchard keeps his business.
(c) What becomes of the furmity woman.
(d) Whether Donald keeps his business.

6. Weydon Priors can be described as ...
(a) A bustling city.
(b) A ghost town.
(c) A plain farmtown.
(d) The next big thing.

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

8. What is Lucetta's initial response when she meets Farfrae?
(a) She is attracted and flirts with him.
(b) She thinks he is smart, but not comparatively to Henchard.
(c) She hardly takes notice.
(d) She disapproves of him.

9. What does Farfrae do that wins the inn patrons over?
(a) He fixes the bad wheat problem.
(b) He buys a round for everyone in the common room.
(c) He sings a melody about his home country.
(d) He orates classic poetry with artistic drama.

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

11. What does Susan fear about meeting Michael Henchard?
(a) That he's drunken himself to his tomb.
(b) That he does not remember their daughter.
(c) That he considers his sale binding.
(d) That he does not help despite financial success.

12. What is the relationship like between Susan and Michael?
(a) Loving from Susan to Michael, but Michael detests Susan.
(b) Resentful from both sides.
(c) Indifferent since they are an arranged marriage.
(d) Happy and content.

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

14. To whom does Michael go for weather advice?
(a) Farfrae.
(b) Jopp.
(c) The weather-caster.
(d) Whittle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Elizabeth's manner when she first sees Farfrae in his room?

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

3. Why does Lucetta invite Elizabeth to live with her?

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

5. How do Susan and Elizabeth pay for their lodgings, despite their little income?

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