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

2. Newson confesses he fakes his death. Why does Newson fake it?
(a) Newson has an affair and feels too ashamed to return home.
(b) To teach Susan to be more independent.
(c) In order to let Susan leave honorably.
(d) Newson feels too trapped with a wife and daughter.

3. Where does Farfrae often court Elizabeth?
(a) On Budmouth Road.
(b) The marketplace.
(c) In the loft.
(d) At the ring.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Henchard meets Lucetta, she reminds him of _________.

2. What does Henchard's will request?

3. What is Michael's solution to the upcoming disclosure of his lie to Newson?

4. What does Michael do with his last possessions?

5. What types of people linger around the brick bridge?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Lucetta's death, Donald and Elizabeth are seen in courtship. Compare and contrast this courtship to their first one before Lucetta came to Casterbridge.

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

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 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"?

5. When Michael pins Donald and is in a position to throw him down the trap door, Donald yells, "... take it, take it! Ye've wished to long enough!" What effect do these words have on Michael? If Donald does not said them, what happens?

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. After Henchard's bankruptcy, Henchard becomes an associate of the lower class. He now works beside them, dresses in shabby clothing, and lives in the same vicinity. But how is Henchard different from the lower class? What large difference do he and Jopp have despite their similar circumstances?

8. When Henchard arrives at Farfrae's home, he has every intention to read Lucetta's letters to Donald and reveal the author. However, he does not. He reads the letters, but stops himself from telling anymore. Why doesn't Henchard go through with his plan?

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

10. Describe the relationship between the classes. How are they related to one another? Does one depend on the other? Are they co-dependent? Do they interact with one another? If so, how? What is different between the two classes? Can one move between the classes? How so? Who is an example?

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