View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Marlott, Angel discovers what?
(a) The burial plot of Tess's baby.
(b) The burial plot of Tess's mother.
(c) The burial plot of Tess's father.
(d) The burial plot of Tess's sister.

2. In Chapter 41, while Tess is looking for work, she receives a letter telling her about a possible job. Where?
(a) Wellbridge.
(b) Flintcomb Ash.
(c) Vale of Froom.
(d) Sandbourne.

3. 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 a letter.
(c) Gives her money and tells her to contact him if she needs more.
(d) Promises he will come back for Tess once he's got his farm.

4. How does Marian react to the marriage?
(a) She refuses to speak to Tess.
(b) She tries to drown herself.
(c) She gets drunk.
(d) Quits her job and leaves the farm.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Angel hit another man in Chapter 33?

2. Alec wants to marry Tess because ____.

3. What 'bad omen' occurs just as Angel and Tess are leaving the farm?

4. In Chapter 49, who does Tess learn has died?

5. Angel has hung ____ over the marriage bed.

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does the last scene, of Angel and Liza Lu walking away hand in hand, echo Mrs. Durbeyfield's advice to Tess when she finds out she is pregnant?

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

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

4. Why does Alec ask Tess to marry him in Chapter 46?

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

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

7. Describe the scene on the day of Tess's death.

8. What surprise does Angel plan for their honeymoon? What does he hope to prove to Tess by this plan?

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

10. Describe the scene of Alec's murder.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,130 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample