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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. How does Clym perceive her?

2. What does Eustacia notice about Clym?

3. Why does Clym spend many hours reading?

4. What does Eustacia convince a local boy to do?

5. Why is Eustacia at the wedding?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Eustacia's performance in the play?

3. How does Diggory Venn feel about Thomasin?

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

5. Why does Susan Nonsuch stab Eustacia?

6. What is Clym's goal?

7. How does Eustacia feel after her contact with Clym?

8. Who is Clym Yeobright?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Thomasin has many virtues.

Part 1) What is a virtue?

Part 2) Give examples of her virtues.

Part 3) Does Thomasin impress as a heroine? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The novel's protagonist is Clym.

Part 1) Describe Clym.

Part 2) Why is he considered the protagonist?

Part 3) How does he change and develop as a character as the novel progresses?

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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