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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 3, Tess is left in charge of all the younger children. Where have her parents gone?
2. What objection does Angel make to the woman his parents want him to marry?
3. When Tess is introduced to Mrs. D'Urberville, how is she treated?
4. How does Alec react when Tess tells him how she feels about what has happened between them?
5. Tess proves herself to have a stubborn streak. In Chapter 8, how is her stubbornness shown by the author?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do Tess and Angel manage to spend time together at Talbothays?
2. In Chapter 6, how is Alec portrayed?
3. Angel uses the phrase "Three Leahs to get to one Rachel." What does he mean by this?
4. How does Tess deal with her situation in Chapter 13, when she is living at her parents' home, and is pregnant and shunned by the community?
5. In Chapter 5 Tess is pressured to approach the D'Urbervilles for money. What does this scene, and her response, show about her?
6. Why does Tess feel threatened when she first sees Angel at Talbothays?
7. In Chapter 19, Hardy introduces another of the perceived road blocks to the relationship between Tess and Angel, from her point of view. What?
8. How is Mrs. D'Urberville described?
9. Why is Tess upset when her baby becomes ill and dies, and what does this show about her attitude towards religion?
10. What story does Tess hear at the farm that makes her resolve (again) not to marry Angel?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why does Hardy describe Tess and Angel in terms of Adam and Eve? Discuss what this sort of description implies about their relationship, and the way they regard each other. Is there any hope for a relationship of this kind?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the 'double standard' that Angel embraces with respect to the relationships he and Tess have had in the past. Concentrate on Chapters 34 and 35. What do you think of Angel after this? Has your opinion of him changed. Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
When Tess decides to go to Talbothays Dairy to work as a dairymaid, it is clear that she wants to get away from the past. But Hardy says that she is also partially motivated by "the invincible instinct towards self-delight." Discuss what he means by this, and whether you think it applies to Tess. Make sure you use concrete examples from the text to back up what you say.
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