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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. Who does Tess learn is responsible for the change in Alec?
(a) Her own father.
(b) The parson from Marlott.
(c) Mercy Chant.
(d) No one, Alec has not changed.

2. What does Angel expect Tess to do when she sees him?
(a) Welcome him back with open arms.
(b) Tell him it is too late.
(c) Ask him for a second chance.
(d) Beg forgiveness.

3. With what quote does Hardy end the tale?
(a) "[T]he President of the Immortals, . . . had ended his sport with Tess. And the D'Urberville knights and dames slumbered on in their tombs unknowing."
(b) "[T]he President of the Immortals, . . . had ended his sport with Tess. And the D'Urberville knights and dames slept on in their tombs unknowing."
(c) "[T]he King of the Immortals, . . . had ended his sport with Tess. And the D'Urberville knights and dames slept on in their tombs unknowing."
(d) "[T]he President of the Immortals, . . . had ended his sport with Tess. And the D'Urberville lords and ladies slept on in their tombs unknowing."

4. How does Tess kill Alec?
(a) Stabs him in the heart with a carving knife.
(b) Drowns him.
(c) Hits him on the head with a heavy carving.
(d) Stabs him in the back with a carving knife.

5. Angel accompanies Tess part of the way home to Marlott. When they are parting at the crossroads near Marlott, what does Angel do?
(a) Gives Tess money and tells her to contact his parents if she needs more.
(b) Gives her money and tells her to contact him if she needs more.
(c) Promises he will come back for Tess once he's got his farm.
(d) Gives her a letter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tess find out from Marian?

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

3. Alec insists Tess swear by a stone monument that she will not tempt him again. What is the monument?

4. In Chapter 47, Tess tries once more to get Alec to leave her alone. What does she do?

5. As Angel is preparing to leave on the train, he gets a telegram telling him what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Angel react to Tess's confession about her past?

2. What does Angel find when he goes to Marlott? What action does he take and why?

3. In Chapter 33, Tess assumes Angel knows about her past and forgives her. Why?

4. What happens when Tess and Angel are at Stongehenge?

5. In Chapter 50, how does Tess's attitude towards Alec start to change, and why?

6. When Alec sees Tess while he is preaching, what does he ask her to do?

7. Who turns up in Flintcomb Ash with a message for Tess? What is the message?

8. In Chapter 38 when Tess arrives at her parents' house after having left Angel, what lie does she tell? Why?

9. In Chapter 41, Tess encounters some dying pheasants on her way to Flintcomb Ash. What is the significance of the pheasants?

10. What is the significance of the scene at Stonehenge?

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