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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. When Tess catches up with Angel and tells him she has killed Alec, the pair decide to _______.
(a) Return to Sandbourne.
(b) Run away to Brazil.
(c) Hide in the woods until the search for Tess is called off.
(d) Go to Tantridge so Tess can turn herself in.

2. 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.

3. What advice does Tess receive in response to the letter she has sent asking for advice about whether to tell Angel the truth?
(a) That she should forget about marriage and concentrate on earning a living.
(b) That she should tell Angel the whole truth.
(c) That she should return to her parents' home.
(d) That she should not tell Angel the whole truth.

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

5. Tess discovers that the Queen of Spades also works at the farm. What other name is she known by?
(a) Car Dench.
(b) Car Darch.
(c) Cari Darch.
(d) Carlette Dutch.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Marlott, Angel discovers what?

3. When Tess tells Angel about her true past, how does she expect he will react?

4. What does Tess find out from Marian?

5. In Chapter 41, while Tess is looking for work, she receives a letter telling her about a possible job. Where?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the scene in which Angel is sleepwalking. What significance does this scene have?

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

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

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

5. What new disaster befalls the Durbeyfields in Chapter 49?

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

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

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

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

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

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