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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 43 - 47.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Gabriel's junior shepherd in Weatherbury?
(a) Cainy Ball.
(b) Henery Fray.
(c) Sam Samson.
(d) Joseph Poorgrass.

2. How much money does Troy toss to Gabriel when he first emerges from the house as Bathsheba's husband?
(a) A shilling.
(b) A pound.
(c) A crown.
(d) A half-crown.

3. Where does Gabriel learn Bathsheba has gone after leaving her aunt's home in Chapter 5?
(a) Weatherbury.
(b) Canterbury.
(c) York.
(d) Norcombe.

4. Where does Gabriel attend a hiring fair in the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Canterbury.
(b) London.
(c) York.
(d) Casterbridge.

5. To whose house does Maryann run to sound the alarm when she sees someone taking a horse from the stables in Chapter 32?
(a) Cainy Ball's house.
(b) Joseph Poorgrass's house.
(c) Sergeant Troy's house.
(d) Jan Coggan's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to the narrator in Chapter 18, "are to a farm what a fireplace is to a room"?

2. What does the word "harbinger" from Chapter 33's title mean?

3. In the conclusion of Chapter 24, the narrator says, "It was a fatal omission of Boldwood's that he had never once told [Bathsheba]" what?

4. Who takes a wagon to retrieve Fanny's body in Chapter 42?

5. Where does Liddy find Bathsheba in the morning in Chapter 44?

(see the answer key)

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