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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Charley hide Captain Vye's pistols?
(a) He is afraid Captain Vye will commit suicide.
(b) He wants the pistols for himself.
(c) He is afraid Eustacia will commit suicide.
(d) The pistols are dangerous.

2. Why is Clym singing?
(a) He loves to sing.
(b) He is content with working as a furze-cutter.
(c) He has found a job as a singing telegram.
(d) It is Eustacia's favorite song.

3. To what is Eustacia referring when she says Damon is not a "great" enough man?
(a) He is not wealthy enough for her.
(b) As Thomasin's husband.
(c) He is unkind and untrustworthy.
(d) For whom to break her vows.

4. What does Mrs. Yeobright decide to do the next day?
(a) Go to Clym.
(b) Go to Thomasin.
(c) Go to Paris.
(d) Go to Diggory.

5. How is Thomasin when Diggory comes to visit?
(a) Angry.
(b) Still depressed.
(c) More cheerful.
(d) Anxious.

6. Why does Clym ask Thomasin to marry him?
(a) He is in love with her.
(b) It is what Eustacia would have wanted.
(c) Out of a sense of duty.
(d) Thomasin loves him.

7. How does Diggory's change of occupation affect his relationship with Thomasin?
(a) She finds him less attractive.
(b) She is nervous around him.
(c) He is like a stranger to her.
(d) He is now a suitable match.

8. Why is Clym hesitant about Thomasin's question?
(a) He is in love with Thomasin.
(b) His mother did not approve of Diggory as a match.
(c) He does not want to see Thomasin leave the heath.
(d) He is not sure Diggory loves Thomasin.

9. Meanwhile, what is Susan Nunsuch doing?
(a) Creating a voo doo doll of Eustacia.
(b) Spying the Vye household.
(c) Taking care of her sick son, Johnny.
(d) Flying on her broomstick.

10. What does Thomasin tell Clym?
(a) She is in love with him.
(b) What passed between his mother and his wife.
(c) She is having difficulties with her husband.
(d) She is keeping his portion of the inheritance.

11. What does Clym do with his new career?
(a) Manage the town.
(b) Lecture about moral matters.
(c) Educate young children.
(d) Move to Rome.

12. In what is Thomasin intrigued?
(a) The purpose of the maypole.
(b) Whether he likes her or not.
(c) The identity of the girl that captured Diggory's heart.
(d) Why Diggory is in town.

13. What does Diggory deduce?
(a) Eustacia is unhappy.
(b) The man he sees with Eustacia is Wildeve.
(c) Eustacia is still in love with Clym.
(d) Thomasin misses her husband.

14. What happens when Thomasin visits Clym?
(a) She says how much she detests Eustacia.
(b) She tells him she loves him.
(c) She finds out Eustacia is leaving him.
(d) She gives him his portion of the inheritance.

15. What does Clym do when he stops studying?
(a) He moves back to Paris.
(b) He becomes a furze-cutter.
(c) He works as a reddleman.
(d) He leaves Eustacia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who feels responsible for the entire tragedy?

2. What career change has Diggory made?

3. Where do the newlyweds go?

4. About what does Diggory do when he talks to Mrs. Yeobright?

5. What does Thomasin see Diggory tenderly pick up?

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