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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. About what is Mrs. Yeobright concerned?

2. Where is Mrs. Yeobright when she hears the news about Clym and Eustacia?

3. Describe Damon and Thomasin's wedding.

4. What is a reddleman?

5. What is the object of Eustacia's obsession?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are the locals building?

4. Why does Susan Nonsuch stab Eustacia?

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

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

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

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

9. Describe furze-cutting.

10. Who is Clym Yeobright?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Towards the end of the novel the action picks up speed.

Part 1) How does it pick up speed?

Part 2) Why does it pick up speed?

Part 3) Is it an effective storytelling tool and way of keeping readers engaged? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Eustacia drowns.

Part 1) What are possible reasons for her fall into the water.

Part 2) Which reason do you find to be most likely? Why?

Part 3) How does her death affect the other characters?

Essay Topic 3

The author's approach to revealing each character is unique.

Part 1) How?

Part 2) Do the characters seem real or contrived? Why?

Part 3) How do these characters compare to other Victorian literary figures?

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