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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 do people do on this day, according to local folklore?
(a) Create a Maypole.
(b) Perform plays.
(c) Sacrifice animals to the gods.
(d) Build large bonfires.

2. Why does the marriage not take place?
(a) Thomasin decides she does not want to marry Damon.
(b) Mrs. Yeobright does not allow Thomasin to marry.
(c) There is a difficulty with the marriage license.
(d) They get lost on the way to the chapel.

3. What is Wildeve's supposed oversight?
(a) The lack of Mrs. Yeobright's approval.
(b) The different location of the marriage license.
(c) The loss of the rings for the marriage.
(d) The new priest performing the ceremony.

4. What is furze cutting?
(a) Cutting a rough, grassy shrub.
(b) Cutting sheep's wool.
(c) Trimming the tops of fir trees.
(d) Skipping school or class.

5. What does Mrs. Yeobright reveal to Thomasin?
(a) She has mentioned to Wildeve that there is another suitor.
(b) Wildeve wants to marry her for her money.
(c) Diggory Venn wants to marry her.
(d) Wildeve is in love with Eustacia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Clym spend many hours reading?

2. Why is Clym deeply resolved to do something significant on his own terms?

3. Why is Damon irritated?

4. What has Susan Nonsuch done to Eustacia?

5. Why is little Johnny afraid of Diggory Venn?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Johnny Nonsuch help Eustacia?

2. What does Clym want to do after he and Esutacia marry?

3. What is the lovers' signal? Who are the lovers?

4. Why does Mrs. Yeobright not give Damon Thomasin's inheritance?

5. Who is Clym Yeobright?

6. What is Venn doing at the beginning of Chapter Two?

7. How does Christian lose the money?

8. What is Clym's goal?

9. Why is Mrs. Yeobright stunned by Clym's news?

10. Why does Thomasin want the wedding to go ahead under any circumstances?

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