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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jopp feels _______ about Lucetta's condition.
(a) successful.
(b) anxious.
(c) satsified.
(d) indifferent.

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

3. What makes Elizabeth wary of Henchard's hatred toward Farfrae?
(a) She believes he does something dangerous to Farfrae.
(b) Elizabeth would rather have Henchard focus his hate on Lucetta.
(c) She is dubious of Michael's courage to revenge Farfrae.
(d) Elizabeth is afraid he hurts Lucetta to revenge Farfrae.

4. What is Farfrae's reaction when Elizabeth warns him of Henchard's hatred?
(a) Donald already knows from Solomon Longways.
(b) Donald rudely dismisses her as trivial.
(c) Donald feels his suspicions are confirmed.
(d) Donald is disbelieving.

5. Where does Farfrae leave to after his fight?
(a) Budmouth.
(b) Durnover Hill.
(c) Weatherbury.
(d) Mellstock.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Henchard show that he now thinks of Elizabeth above himself?

2. What surprising news do we hear about Lucetta?

3. What does Henchard warn Lucetta?

4. How does Lucetta react to Michael in Donald's farm?

5. How does Lucetta discover the scandal concerns her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Michael decides to buy a wedding present for Elizabeth. Without much money, he settles on a caged goldfinch. What is the significance of the goldfinch? What does it symbolize?

2. Donald's singing affects Henchard before he is able to challenge the Scotchman. Why does a song affect him? What is the importance of the particular song?

3. When Henchard and Lucetta meet at the Ring, Henchard is agreeable. Lucetta plans for that night to get what she wants. How does this meeting show Lucetta's power of persuasion?

4. In chapter 42, Michael disagrees about some of Elizabeth's decisions. How does Michael show that he is actively changing for the better?

5. Of all the places that Lucetta chooses to meet Michael, why at the Ring? Hardy sets it there in the novel, but Lucetta is unaware that Susan and Michael meet there before. What is the importance of the Ring in this chapter?

6. Lucetta has a brief encounter with Henchard on the farm. In her anger, she is unable to speak her mind right away and leaves. Angry at Henchard's approach, she writes him a letter to stop being so cruel. How does this show Lucetta's inability to think ahead and learn her mistakes?

7. Henchard reads Lucetta's letters aloud to Farfrae. Although the author is unknown to Farfrae, what do the letters say about the woman who writes them?

8. Any drama in Elizabeth's life is not from her own doing. She lives to see how others bear good and bad circumstances. As Elizabeth lives her life, what overall lesson does she learn?

9. Describe the events that inhibit the law enforcers to promptly find the perpetrators of the skimmity ride.

10. In Lucetta's illness and death, how does Lucetta manage to manipulate the people around her? How does her reaction to the effigy, intentional or not, play her "practicable weapon"?

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