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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 makes a request of Angel, in case something happens to her. What does she ask?
2. Angel reconsiders his attitude towards Tess and his rejection of her, when ___.
3. Alec offers Tess and her family lodgings at ____.
4. Angel decides to go to _______.
5. After someone close to her dies, Tess decides to move the family to ____.
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Flintcomb Ash described in Chapter 42? Why does the description also fit in with Tess's attitude at this point?
2. 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?
3. Who turns up in Flintcomb Ash with a message for Tess? What is the message?
4. In Chapter 44, why does Tess decide to go to Angel's parents, and what happens on her journey?
5. Given the difficulties in their marriage, and the fact that Angel is not inclined to forgive Tess for her past, what do they decide to do? What happens after they make the decision?
6. In Chapter 40, how is Mercy Chant described?
7. In Chapter 41, Tess encounters some dying pheasants on her way to Flintcomb Ash. What is the significance of the pheasants?
8. Why does Alec ask Tess to marry him in Chapter 46?
9. In Chapter 50, how does Tess's attitude towards Alec start to change, and why?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter 46 Tess says, "How can I pray for you, when I am forbidden to believe that the great Power who moves the world would alter his plans on my account?" How is this to be interpreted, in light of all that has happened to her? Is she becoming cynical? Bitter? Or is she simply being realistic?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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