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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has the beautiful maid come to look for by Gabriel's hut in Chapter 3?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Her hat.
(c) Her mirror.
(d) Her kitten.

2. How many sheep has Gabriel Oak stocked his farm with in the past year, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?
(a) 300.
(b) 50.
(c) 150.
(d) 200.

3. What is Jacob's last name said to be in Chapter 8?
(a) Binion.
(b) Smallbury.
(c) Marble.
(d) Wellington.

4. 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?
(a) "He wanted to marry her."
(b) "She was beautiful."
(c) "He loved her."
(d) "He was married."

5. Whom does Gabriel allow to read the letter he's received in Chapter 15?
(a) Teddy Coggan.
(b) Sergeant Troy.
(c) Sam Samson.
(d) Mr. Boldwood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 7?

2. What is the name of the church that Sergeant Troy arrives at to marry Fanny in Chapter 16?

3. Whom does Bathsheba send away to the lower mead so that she can speak to Gabriel alone in Chapter 20?

4. How much money does Gabriel give to the woman he encounters on his way into Weatherbury in Chapter 7?

5. What tormented figure from Greek mythology is alluded to by the author in Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Gabriel Oak’s social station and class when his character is first introduced? What is Gabriel’s occupation?

2. How does Mr. Boldwood derive the anonymous sender of the Valentine in Chapter 15?

3. What incident prevents the wedding of Fanny and Troy in Chapter 16?

4. What leads Mr. Boldwood to follow Gabriel Oak in Chapter 14?

5. How does Bathsheba respond when Gabriel Oak proposes to her in Chapter 4?

6. What tragedy befalls Gabriel Oak in Chapter 5? What are Gabriel’s circumstances after the tragedy?

7. Why does Bathsheba leave Norcombe in Chapter 5? Where does she go?

8. Where is Fanny Robin when her character appears in Chapter 11? What is she doing?

9. Why has Bathsheba fired her bailiff in Chapter 10? Why is this a significant act?

10. What are Gabriel Oak’s first impressions of Bathsheba Everdene? Where does he first see Bathsheba?

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