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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Elizabeth think she sees in the loft?
(a) A mysterious package of letters.
(b) Lucetta and Henchard secretly meeting.
(c) Susan's ghost.
(d) Henchard ponders the thought of pushing Farfrae through the trap door.

2. What is Newson's reaction to Henchard's news about Elizabeth?
(a) Angry.
(b) Not surprised.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Broken-hearted.

3. Who helps fund the "skimmity ride"?
(a) A passing stranger.
(b) Unknowingly Farfrae does.
(c) Jopp.
(d) Mrs. Cuxsom.

4. What sort of people live at Mixen Lane?
(a) Church-goers.
(b) Patrons of the Three Mariners.
(c) Low-lifes.
(d) The rich that are down in their luck.

5. What does Henchard's will request?
(a) To be buried in the ring.
(b) That Farfrae forgives him.
(c) To be cremated and spread in Casterbridge.
(d) That no one honour him nor remember him.

6. What is the people's reaction to the skiff between Michael and Donald?
(a) They are both unliked by the middle and lower class.
(b) They believe Michael deserves Donald's treatment.
(c) They are more interested in their own matters.
(d) They think Donald is acting unfairly.

7. How does Lucetta discover the scandal concerns her?
(a) Lucetta runs out to see her effigy.
(b) Lucetta hears her loud neighbors.
(c) Elizabeth tells her.
(d) Her cook confesses it is about her.

8. What makes Farfrae fall out of favor with the lower class?
(a) He is changed from his singing Scotchman days to an upper class man.
(b) Farfrae bullies his journeymen at work.
(c) The lower class has a strong bond with Henchard.
(d) No one respects his decision to marry Lucetta.

9. On the day of the skimmity ride, who knows where Donald goes to?
(a) Whittle and Elizabeth.
(b) Lucetta and Elizabeth.
(c) Lucetta and Henchard.
(d) Henchard and Whittle.

10. Who does Michael turn to when he goes bankrupt?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Jopp.
(c) Councilman Tubb.
(d) Solomon.

11. What does Henchard do with his gift for Elizabeth?
(a) He returns it.
(b) He sends it via a messenger.
(c) He secretly places it in her room.
(d) He leaves it outside her home.

12. What drunken act does Michael do at the Three Mariners?
(a) He reads Lucetta's letters aloud.
(b) He sings and curses Farfrae.
(c) He forces the band to play Psalm 109.
(d) He initiates a brawl.

13. Of the townsfolk, who approves Elizabeth's and Donald's courtship?
(a) The lower class women.
(b) The councilmen.
(c) The men of the Three Mariners.
(d) The upper class women.

14. When Henchard meets Lucetta, she reminds him of _________.
(a) Mrs. Cuxom.
(b) Susan.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) The furmity woman.

15. In what state does Elizabeth find Henchard's gift?
(a) She never finds it.
(b) In perfect condition.
(c) It is lifeless.
(d) Weathered.

Short Answer Questions

1. Henchard observes ______ while spying on Elizabeth.

2. Rumor of the "skimmity ride" is going around. What is the feeling about this amongst the lower class?

3. What does Lucetta do to manipulate Henchard's feelings?

4. What news does Michael hear at the stone bridge?

5. What does Elizabeth do with Henchard's gift?

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