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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. In Chapter 51 Tess arrives at the new lodgings to find that ___.
(a) They are rat-infested.
(b) They are not large enough for everyone.
(c) They have been rented to another family.
(d) They are more expensive than she thought.

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

3. When Alec appears again, in Chapter 47, he blames Tess for ____.
(a) Causing a rift between him and his family.
(b) Causing him to become lazy.
(c) Driving him into missionary work.
(d) Causing him to lose his faith.

4. How does Tess feel when she finds herself taken into captivity?
(a) Relieved, and glad, because she thinks she is unworthy of Angel's love.
(b) Anxious because she is not sure what will happen next.
(c) Rebellious, she thinks she should fight.
(d) Terrified, she does not want to be punished.

5. Angel has hung ____ over the marriage bed.
(a) Roses.
(b) Mistletoe.
(c) Gauze curtains.
(d) The wedding certificate.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the post office Angel learns something about Tess that pleases him. What?

2. Alec tells Tess of a bad omen. What?

3. Tess's parents ask Tess for money. What is the reason they give for needing the money?

4. Tess asks Angel if he thinks they will be together again after death. How does he respond?

5. When Angel and Liza Lu leave the prison, they go up on a hill above _____.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. In Chapter 40, how is Mercy Chant described?

7. 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?

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

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

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

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