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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is furze cutting?

2. What does Mrs. Yeobright tell Thomasin she will give her?

3. Why does Clym spend many hours reading?

4. What does Venn encourage Eustacia to do?

5. What has Susan Nonsuch done to Eustacia?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Christian lose the money?

2. How does Thomasin end up in Diggory Venn's wagon?

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

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

5. Why does Charley allow Eustacia to take his role in the play?

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

7. What does Damon say to Diggory after reading Eustacia's letter?

8. How does Johnny Nonsuch help Eustacia?

9. Why does Mrs. Yeobright not approve of Clym's relationship with Eustacia?

10. What is Clym's goal?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the beginning of the novel, Damon Wildeve is unsure about his feelings towards both Eustacia and Thomasin.

Part 1) What does this say about his character?

Part 2) What does this foreshadow?

Part 3) What role does he play in the novel? What is his purpose?

Essay Topic 2

The transformation of the odd reddleman into a desirable husband seems a little forced.

Part 1) Why?

Part 2) What is the reason for this change in the character?

Part 3) How does the author feel about the changes? How do you feel about the changes?

Essay Topic 3

The narrator is omniscient throughout most of the novel.

Part 1) What does omniscient mean?

Part 2) How is it helpful that the narrator is omniscient?

Part 3) What is the author's purpose in making the narrator omniscient?

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