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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 31 - 36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Bathsheba write a letter in Chapter 30?
(a) Gabriel Oak.
(b) Mr. Boldwood.
(c) Joseph Poorgrass.
(d) Teddy Coggan.

2. What, according to the narrator in Chapter 18, "are to a farm what a fireplace is to a room"?
(a) "Crops."
(b) "Farmhands."
(c) "Stables."
(d) "Pigs."

3. How many years older is Gabriel than Bathsheba?
(a) 10 years older.
(b) 20 years older.
(c) 6 years older.
(d) 2 years older.

4. Why does Bathsheba fire Gabriel in Chapter 20?
(a) For arriving at work drunk.
(b) For killing a sheep.
(c) For lighting the barn on fire.
(d) For criticizing her conduct.

5. The narrator says in Chapter 25, "Idiosyncrasy and vicissitude had combined to stamp Sergeant Troy as" what?
(a) "An exceptional being."
(b) "A redeemer of women."
(c) "A jester of the court."
(d) "A swine among men."

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Boldwood give to Troy to take with him, in addition to more promised in the future, if he will marry Fanny in Chapter 34?

2. When does Sergeant Troy tell Bathsheba he will be sent back "to the miserable monotony of drill" in Chapter 26?

3. From whom has Bathsheba inherited a farm in Weatherbury in Chapter 8?

4. Who is Gabriel's junior shepherd in Weatherbury?

5. Who is the farrier that recently shoed the horse that's been stolen in Chapter 32?

(see the answer key)

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