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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. Tess receives an offer of work at Tantridge taking care of the _____.
2. What does Angel tell Tess about Alec?
3. In Chapter 29 who tells a story that influences Tess greatly?
4. Tess appears to lose hope in Chapter 13. Why?
5. Who comes along just as a fight is about to break out between Tess and another woman?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 19, Hardy introduces another of the perceived road blocks to the relationship between Tess and Angel, from her point of view. What?
2. How does Tess's mother react when she returns home after her sexual encounter with Alec? What does Mrs. Durbeyfield's reaction tell us about her as a mother?
3. In Chapter 5 Tess is pressured to approach the D'Urbervilles for money. What does this scene, and her response, show about her?
4. What is the local superstition about butter with a funny taste?
5. How is Mr. Durbeyfield portrayed in in the first chapter?
6. Why does Tess go to work at Talbothays, and what does she hope will happen once she is away from home?
7. Angel receives different treatment from the Cricks than the other farm help does. How? Why does Hardy mention this in some detail?
8. What prompts Tess to leave the dance early, and what does this scene tell readers about her character?
9. Why does Tess tell Angel she will explain everything to him the next Sunday?
10. In Chapter 11, what happens between Alec and Tess?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
It is often said that a "punishment should fit the crime." Discuss this statement in connection with either Tess or Alec. Does this saying hold true in their cases? Why or why not? Make sure that you clearly describe both the crime and the punishment.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Tess has been portrayed throughout as a good and moral person with a great deal of integrity who is consistently trying to do the right thing. However, when she arrives at her parents' house and finds that they are angry at her for leaving Angel, she leaves them half her money and goes away, telling them she is joining Angel at a new farm. In other words, she lies. Is this consistent with her earlier behavior? Or, does this suggest that there are other things motivating her, as well as moral 'right'? If so, what?
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