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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 Thomasin see Diggory tenderly pick up?

2. How does Clym feel about his mother's death?

3. Why does Clym never thank his mother for the inheritance money?

4. When are Eustacia and Wildeve's feeling rekindled?

5. What does Clym give of Eustacia's?

Short Essay Questions

1. What intrigues Thomasin about Diggory?

2. How is Clym feeling after he learns of his wife's true feelings?

3. What takes place during Clym's nap before going back to work?

4. What conversations lead to Clym learning about the day of his mother's death?

5. How has Diggory changed upon his return to the heath two years later?

6. How are Clym and Thomasin's suspicions similar?

7. Why does Clym become a preacher?

8. How does Clym feel about his new job?

9. Why is Thomasin worried about marrying Diggory? How is it resolved?

10. Why is Clym concerned that Thomasin is falling in love with him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Eustacia is a very beautiful woman.

Part 1) Describe the relationship Eustacia has with men.

Part 2) What do the women think of Eustacia?

Part 3) How does her beauty affect her as a person and have a hand in her demise?

Essay Topic 3

The ending for the protagonist is bittersweet.

Part 1) How?

Part 2) Why does the author end the book in this way?

Part 3) How do you feel about the ending? Would you rather see it end another way? Why or why not?

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