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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) Mercy Chant.
(b) Her own father.
(c) The parson from Marlott.
(d) No one, Alec has not changed.

2. What does Tess learn about the significance of the monument?
(a) It is a symbol of Christianity.
(b) It is a pagan symbol.
(c) It is a symbol of chastity.
(d) It is a commemoration to someone who sold his soul to the devil.

3. When Angel and Liza Lu leave the prison, they go up on a hill above _____.
(a) Winston.
(b) Wiltonchester.
(c) Wintoncester.
(d) Tantridge.

4. Alec insists Tess swear by a stone monument that she will not tempt him again. What is the monument?
(a) A crucifix.
(b) A Cross.
(c) A tombstone.
(d) A stone chapel.

5. Who does Angel meet at the D'Uberville manor house?
(a) Izz.
(b) Rhetty.
(c) Marian.
(d) Mercy Chant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Marian react to the marriage?

2. When Tess leaves her parents house to go look for work elsewhere, what does she leave for her parents?

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

4. What does Tess find out from Marian?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. When Tess tells Angel that she has killed Alec, what justification does she give?

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