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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13 | Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tess name her baby?
(a) Sparrow.
(b) Sorrow.
(c) Raymond.
(d) Alec.

2. What does Mr. Durbeyfield do after he talks to the parson?
(a) He hires a carriage to drive him home.
(b) He tells his family he's rich.
(c) He goes back to the pub.
(d) He decides to take a walk by the river.

3. Tess believes she is related to the D'Urbervilles at Tantridge by family ties. What kind of family ties exist between them?
(a) She and the D'Urbervilles are third cousins by marriage.
(b) She and Alec share the same great-grandmother.
(c) None, they have changed their name to hide how they became rich.
(d) Her father's brother married Alec's cousin.

4. What conditions does Tess place on her agreement to go live with the D'Urbervilles in Tantridge?
(a) She will go if she can have new clothes so she will fit in.
(b) She will go if she can take Abraham with her.
(c) She will ask if she can work for them, but she won't ask them for money.
(d) She agrees to go if her mother forgives her for her role in the horse's death.

5. How does Tess feel about Alec in Chapter 9?
(a) She likes him but he makes her nervous.
(b) She is attracted to him.
(c) She thinks he is too snobbish.
(d) Tess distrusts him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tess react to what Alec tells her?

2. On the trip to Tantridge, Tess considers returning home. Why?

3. What does Tess's mother hope will happen once Tess arrives at Tantridge?

4. When Tess's baby becomes ill, she is upset because ______.

5. In Chapter 1, Mr. Durbeyfield meets the parson on the road. How does the parson greet him?

(see the answer key)

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