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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the way back to Flintcomb Ash after her journey, what does Tess overhear from a nearby church?
(a) Alec preaching.
(b) Alec giving a political speech.
(c) Pheasants gasping as they die.
(d) Nothing out of the ordinary.

2. In Chapter 41, while walking in the woods, Tess comes across _____.
(a) A flock of blackbirds.
(b) Ravens.
(c) A flock of dying pheasants.
(d) A flock of injured geese.

3. While Tess is working in the fields at Flintcomb Ash, Alec appears and asks Tess to ____.
(a) Divorce Angel.
(b) Forgive him and forget what happened between them.
(c) Go to Africa with him as missionaries.
(d) Repent.

4. In Chapter 40, who says "nobody could love 'ee more than Tess did! . . . She would have laid down her life for 'ee."
(a) Rhetty.
(b) Mr. Crick.
(c) Izz.
(d) Mrs. Durbeyfield.

5. In Chapter 47, Tess tries once more to get Alec to leave her alone. What does she do?
(a) Tells him she has rejected religion.
(b) Slaps him in the face with a horse whip.
(c) Tells him she will tell her father that he is bothering her.
(d) Slaps him on the face with her leather glove.

6. After Tess and Angel part, and Angel returns home, his parents are curious because Tess is not with him. Angel tells his parents that he doesn't want them to meet Tess yet because she is _____.
(a) Pregnant.
(b) Unchaste.
(c) Not educated enough yet.
(d) A liar.

7. Angel wakes one morning to find that he and Tess are surrounded by ____ men.
(a) Twelve.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Twenty three.
(d) Eleven.

8. In Chapter 37, what happens during the night?
(a) Angel wakes Tess and tells her he forgives her.
(b) Angel wakes Tess, wraps her in a shroud, and puts her in a coffin.
(c) Tess wakes Angel and begs once more for forgiveness.
(d) Tess leaves the manor and Angel, and starts the journey to her parents' house.

9. In Chapter 48 who arrives with news for Tess?
(a) Angel's father.
(b) Liza Lu.
(c) Abraham.
(d) Alec.

10. Who discovers the murder?
(a) Mr. Brooks, the workman.
(b) Tess's brother.
(c) Mrs. Brooms, the landlady.
(d) Mrs. Brooks, the landlady.

11. 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?
(a) A blood-stained cloth.
(b) A pair of boots.
(c) A key.
(d) A blood-stained piece of butcher paper.

12. Who does Tess see working the fields for her parents in Chapter 49?
(a) Abraham.
(b) Angel.
(c) The parson.
(d) Alec.

13. At the post office Angel learns something about Tess that pleases him. What?
(a) That she is going under the name Mrs. D'Urberville.
(b) That she is going under the name Mrs. Clare.
(c) That she is waiting for him at The Herons.
(d) That she has left him a message with the post mistress.

14. Who is the owner of the farm at Flintcomb Ash where Tess finds work?
(a) Farmer Grimsby.
(b) Farmer Groby.
(c) Farmer Flint.
(d) Farmer Grodie.

15. Seeing Angel's reaction to her confession, Tess offers to ____.
(a) Leave.
(b) Drown herself.
(c) Never speak of the matter again.
(d) Have the marriage annulled.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Alec appears again, in Chapter 47, he blames Tess for ____.

2. What does Tess learn about the significance of the monument?

3. What does Tess decide to do as a result of what she learns from the visitor to the farm?

4. How does Tess kill Alec?

5. Alec wants to marry Tess because ____.

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