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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 Charley try to lift Eustacia's spirits?

2. Who does Eustacia encounter?

3. Why must Mrs. Yeobright cross the heath?

4. What does Thomasin wistfully ask Diggory?

5. What does Eustacia ask her grandfather?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Thomasin learn from Rachel?

3. Why does Clym become a preacher?

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

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

6. What takes place at Blooms-End?

7. Why is Mrs. Yeobright never let in the house?

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

9. Why do Thomasin and Clym live in the same home but lead separate lives?

10. Why does Clym never thank his mother for the inheritance money she sent him on his wedding day?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mrs. Yeobright dies.

Part 1) How? Why are they unable to save her?

Part 2) Whose fault is it?

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

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

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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