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

2. In Chapter 46, who is Tess referring to when she says "He won't hurt me, he's not in love with me."
(a) Abraham.
(b) Farmer Groby.
(c) Angel.
(d) Alec.

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

4. When Tess tells Angel about her true past, how does she expect he will react?
(a) Say it doesn't matter.
(b) Forgive her.
(c) Be angry.
(d) Divorce her.

5. Tess sends a letter to ____ asking for advice about whether she should tell Angel the truth.
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) The parson.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Angel returns from Brazil, he leaves his parents' home and sets out to look for Tess. Where does he go first to look for her?

2. Who is the owner of the farm at Flintcomb Ash where Tess finds work?

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

4. After their marriage, Angel makes a confession about his own past, and an incident that happened in London. What does he confess?

5. What job does Tess do at the farm, until winter arrives?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Alec returns to Flintcomb Ash and asks Tess a second time to marry him, what does this scene show about his so-called religious conversion?

2. In Chapter 31, Tess asks her mother's advice about what to tell Angel. What does her mother tell her?

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

4. In Chapter 39 what does Angel tell his parents about why Tess is not with him?

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

6. When Angel learns that Tess is at Sandbourne and has taken the name Mrs. D'Urberville, what does he think?

7. Given the difficulties in their marriage, and the fact that Angel is not inclined to forgive Tess for her past, what do they decide to do? What happens after they make the decision?

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

9. In Chapter 44, why does Tess decide to go to Angel's parents, and what happens on her journey?

10. At Flintcomb Ash, Tess encounters a number of people from her past. Who?

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