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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 does Mrs. Yeobright give Christian?

2. For what is Christian gambling?

3. Why does Eustacia temporarily lose interest in Wildeve?

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

5. Why is Damon irritated?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Christian lose the money?

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

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

4. What is Clym's goal?

5. Describe furze-cutting.

6. How does Diggory Venn feel about Thomasin?

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

8. Are these two still lovers?

9. What are the locals building?

10. How does Johnny Nonsuch help Eustacia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The presentation of the character of Diggory Venn is full of ambiguity.

Part 1) What does it mean to be ambiguous?

Part 2) How is this character ambiguous?

Part 3) How does this ambiguity affect the reader's view of him? Does he grow less or more ambiguous throughout the novel? Does he stay the same?

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

A theme in this novel is that the object of one's affection is seen as a possession.

Part 1) What does this mean?

Part 2) Give an example of this from the text.

Part 3) How does this view of love affect the relationships between the characters?

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