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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the dance, why does Angel leave without talking to Tess?
(a) He thinks she is busy talking to someone else.
(b) He wants to see if Tess is watching him.
(c) He is too shy.
(d) He has to go catch up with his brother.

2. On the trip to Tantridge, Tess considers returning home. Why?
(a) Alec forces her to kiss him.
(b) She doesn't want to work in a strange place.
(c) She is afraid of meeting the D'Urbervilles.
(d) She misses her family.

3. How much time has elapsed between the time Tess came home from Tantridge and the time she starts working at Talbothays?
(a) Five years.
(b) Almost four years.
(c) Between two and three years.
(d) Eighteen months.

4. Why does the character who picks on Tess do so?
(a) She doesn't like strangers and wants Tess to leave.
(b) She thinks Tess is going to hit her.
(c) She is one of Alec's former conquests and is jealous of Tess.
(d) She wants Alec to stick up for her.

5. Who eventually baptizes the child?
(a) No one.
(b) Tess.
(c) The pastor.
(d) The kind-hearted bishop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Crick think made the butter taste unpleasant?

2. Angel tries to help Tess out with her chores. What does he do?

3. What objection does Angel make to the woman his parents want him to marry?

4. When Tess is introduced to Mrs. D'Urberville, how is she treated?

5. What do Angel and Tess find they have in common, that surprises them both?

Short Essay Questions

1. What story does Tess hear at the farm that makes her resolve (again) not to marry Angel?

2. In Chapter 19, Hardy introduces another of the perceived road blocks to the relationship between Tess and Angel, from her point of view. What?

3. Angel receives different treatment from the Cricks than the other farm help does. How? Why does Hardy mention this in some detail?

4. In Chapter 10, one of the characters says "Out of the frying pan into the fire!" What is meant by this, and why does Hardy include this scene?

5. What happens on the drive to Mrs. D'Uberville's home?

6. How does Tess's mother react when she returns home after her sexual encounter with Alec? What does Mrs. Durbeyfield's reaction tell us about her as a mother?

7. Why does Tess go to work at Talbothays, and what does she hope will happen once she is away from home?

8. In Chapter 15, how does Hardy show that Tess is still suffering from depression and hopelessness?

9. How is Mr. Durbeyfield portrayed in in the first chapter?

10. How does Tess deal with her situation in Chapter 13, when she is living at her parents' home, and is pregnant and shunned by the community?

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