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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Lucetta invite Elizabeth to live with her?
(a) To teach Elizabeth a more refined way of living.
(b) To give Henchard an excuse to visit her home.
(c) To get Elizabeth closer to Farfrae.
(d) To take Elizabeth away from Henchard's demeaning home.

2. How does Michael describe Donald's knock?
(a) Too soft.
(b) Half and half, gentle and simple.
(c) Suspicous.
(d) Too abrupt.

3. What does Henchard suggest to announce in the paper?
(a) Elizabeth Jane Newson is now Elizabeth Jane Henchard.
(b) He and Susan's marriage place and date.
(c) The corn from Durnover are ready for market.
(d) The smooth workings of the business with Farfrae as manager.

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

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

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

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

8. Where do Susan and Elizabeth Jane go for lodgings?
(a) The mayor's mansion.
(b) The King's Arms.
(c) The Three Mariners.
(d) The nearest farm.

9. How does Michael feel after Susan's death?
(a) Lonely.
(b) Despair.
(c) Relief.
(d) Free.

10. 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) That he reads it in secrecy and burns the letter afterward.
(c) To forgive her for her simplicity.
(d) That he opens it only after she passes away.

11. What are Michael's first words when he sees Susan after so many years?
(a) "I'm sorry."
(b) "I don't drink."
(c) "I love you."
(d) "I looked for you."

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

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

14. What do the people of Casterbridge know of the mayor's past wife?
(a) They believe she dies at sea.
(b) They don't think the mayor is ever married since he comes to Casterbridge alone.
(c) They know nothing.
(d) She leaves him for another man.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Elizabeth meets Lucetta on the road, who/what attacks them?

2. In chapter 28, why do so many gather around Town Hall?

3. What does Michael decide to do when he discovers his wife emigrates?

4. What is Elizabeth's plan when she hears the reasons for the town bells and music?

5. What causes Lucetta to change her mind about marrying Henchard?

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