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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the cause of Lucetta's death?
(a) An accident during the skimmity ride.
(b) Seizures caused by the scandalous skimmity ride.
(c) Bear of guilt.
(d) Donald leaving her.

2. What brings Michael over the edge and gets him to start drinking again?
(a) Lucetta and Elizabeth ignore him completely in the market.
(b) Jopp and Farfrae are becoming friends.
(c) News that Farfrae is mayor.
(d) Lucetta is having a baby.

3. How does Donald show thanks to Henchard for his attempt to help the night Lucetta dies?
(a) Donald offers Henchard a seed store.
(b) Donald gives a cordial handshake.
(c) Farfrae sends Henchard a foodbasket.
(d) Donald invites Henchard over for supper.

4. Michael states Donald treats him like a ______ breaking fence.
(a) Donkey.
(b) Pig.
(c) Horse.
(d) Bull.

5. What unexpected thing does Michael do at the parade?
(a) He sits next to Lucetta to watch the parade.
(b) He marches behind the councilman as if he is one of them.
(c) He makes a flag and greets the Royal Personage.
(d) He blocks the entrance at the bridge.

6. When Michael gets sick, who is there to nurse him to health?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Abel Whittle.
(c) Lucetta.
(d) No one.

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

8. What surprising news do we hear about Lucetta?
(a) Lucetta has more than one affair.
(b) Lucetta and Farfrae are not legally married.
(c) Lucetta leaves a fortune for Elizabeth in her will.
(d) Lucetta is pregnant.

9. What section of town does Michael now live?
(a) Mixen Lane.
(b) Durnover Hill.
(c) Priory Mill.
(d) Stone Bridge.

10. What becomes of Weydon-Priors?
(a) It is usurped by a large city.
(b) It revives when a neighboring town grows nearby.
(c) It is bare.
(d) It is unchanged from twenty five years ago.

11. What does Michael do with his last possessions?
(a) He sells his watch and gives his last pocket money to a small creditor.
(b) He gives them to Elizabeth and asks for forgiveness.
(c) He sells his last possessions to pay his new landlord rent.
(d) He sets them in front of his old house, unable to leave.

12. What causes Michael to see Elizabeth in a new light?
(a) Elizabeth insists on visiting him daily.
(b) He sees Elizabeth's genuine affection for all that is good and pure.
(c) On her deathbed, Lucetta makes Henchard see Elizabeth's pure heart.
(d) Farfrae and Henchard reconcile and discuss Elizabeth's pure nature.

13. Who is the first to aid Lucetta?
(a) Henchard.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Her cook.
(d) Her neighbor.

14. What becomes of Newson?
(a) He dies.
(b) He returns to the open seas.
(c) He sets up a business in Casterbridge.
(d) He moves to Budmouth.

15. What does Henchard ponder while at Ten Hatches Hole?
(a) How to keep Elizabeth's love.
(b) How to regain Farfrae's trust.
(c) How to revenge the plotters of the skimmity ride.
(d) Committing suicide.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Michael prepare for his fight with Donald?

2. Who warms Donald about the happenings at the Three Mariners?

3. In chapter 42, what seems to worry Michael the most?

4. What new information keeps Donald from leaving town?

5. When Henchard leaves Casterbridge, what employment does he find?

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