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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Donald treat Elizabeth when conversing with the women of High Place Hall?
(a) Donald does not acknowledge her presence.
(b) He attempts to bring her into the conversations.
(c) He feels lucky to have her in the same room.
(d) He feels pity for her.

3. 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.

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

5. How does Michael discover Lucetta is in Casterbridge?
(a) Elizabeth describes the mystery woman to Henchard.
(b) He remembers Templeman is Lucetta's aunt's surname.
(c) Michael sees her at Susan's grave.
(d) Lucetta strategically runs into him at the marketplace.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. Although now the town beauty, what does Elizabeth feel she still lacks?
(a) Fashionable sensibility.
(b) A proper lady's demeanor.
(c) Love.
(d) A proper education.

14. What is Michael Henchard's initial reaction when Elizabeth requests to leave?
(a) He is agreeable and willing.
(b) He is suspicious.
(c) He is hurt.
(d) He is angry she leaves him.

15. How does Elizabeth and Lucetta meet?
(a) Elizabeth applies to work for the new woman coming to Casterbridge.
(b) While looking for Farfrae in the marketplace.
(c) They are both visiting Susan's grave.
(d) Lucetta visits Henchard and meets Elizabeth.

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter 24, what makes Elizabeth upset?

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

3. What is Farfrae's reaction to Henchard's confession?

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

5. Henchard's education is compared to whom?

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