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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. How long do Tess and Angel spend at the first place they take shelter?

2. In Chapter 48 who arrives with news for Tess?

3. While the family is camping out of doors after they've left Marlott, Alec notices that Tess is not there. He goes in search of her and finds her where?

4. In Chapter 38 Tess tells her mother that ______.

5. How does Marian react to the marriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does the last scene, of Angel and Liza Lu walking away hand in hand, echo Mrs. Durbeyfield's advice to Tess when she finds out she is pregnant?

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

3. What action do Marian and Izz take in Chapter 51 to protect the relationship between Tess and Alec, and why?

4. At Flintcomb Ash, Tess encounters a number of people from her past. Who?

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

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

7. Several individuals are instrumental in changing Angel's attitude towards Tess during their estrangement. Describe what they do, and Angel's reaction to this.

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 35, Angel accuses Tess of lacking morals. He blames this on her upbringing and heritage. From what you know of her parents, would you say he is right or wrong? Use concrete examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Tess names her baby Sorrow. What is the significance of this name? And what is implied by the scene in which Tess buries Sorrow in a corner of the churchyard reserved for the 'ungodly.' Is this the point at which Tess loses her religious faith?

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