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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 57.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 23, what do Tess and the other dairymaids encounter on the way to church?
(a) A beautiful meadow.
(b) A storm.
(c) A flood.
(d) A sick cow.

2. Which character, introduced in Chapter 10, picks on Tess?
(a) The police officer.
(b) Angel's brother.
(c) The Queen of Spades.
(d) The dark-haired milkmaid.

3. What does Tess find out from Marian?
(a) That Angel asked Car Darch to go away with him.
(b) That Angel asked Izz to go away with him.
(c) That Angel asked Rhetty to go away with him.
(d) That Angel asked Liza Lu to go away with him.

4. What does Alec tell Tess in Chapter 47, when she refuses him yet again?
(a) That he is her master, and always will be.
(b) That he thinks she is being foolish.
(c) That she is his slave and always will be.
(d) That he is going to Africa to forget her.

5. On the first night of their marriage, Tess and Angel _____.
(a) Sleep in separate rooms.
(b) Have a romantic dinner.
(c) Dance in the D'Urberville manor house.
(d) Go to church.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tess proves herself to have a stubborn streak. In Chapter 8, how is her stubbornness shown by the author?

2. While Tess is traveling through the woods on the journey she takes after learning that Angel asked someone else to go to Brazil with him, what does she find lying on the ground?

3. While Tess is at Talbothays, she is quite happy. What causes her happiness?

4. Alec tells Tess of a bad omen. What?

5. How does Angel react when Tess tells him about her past?

(see the answer key)

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