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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. Who drives Bathsheba to the Greenhill Fair in Chapter 50?
(a) Henery Fray.
(b) William Smallbury.
(c) Joseph Poorgrass.
(d) Sam Samson.

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

3. When does the narrator say the tower of Weatherbury Church was erected in Chapter 46?
(a) The fourteenth century.
(b) The seventeenth century.
(c) The thirteenth century.
(d) The fifth century.

4. Who sends a wagon to retrieve Fanny's body after learning of her death in Chapter 41?
(a) William Smallbury.
(b) Sergeant Troy.
(c) Mr. Boldwood.
(d) Jan Coggan.

5. Why is Mr. Boldwood's death sentence lessened in Chapter 55?
(a) Because he is deemed mentally unstable.
(b) Because he is innocent.
(c) Because he paid the judge.
(d) Because he is dying.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Troy tell Fanny to meet him on Monday at ten o'clock in Chapter 39?

2. Where does Mr. Boldwood carry Bathsheba after she's fainted in Chapter 48?

3. What word from Chapter 48 refers to uncertainty or fortuitousness?

4. Where does Bathsheba go to visit her aunt for two months in Chapter 49?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Frank Troy reappear in Chapter 50? Who sees him?

2. What promotions does Gabriel Oak receive in Chapter 49?

3. How does Bathsheba respond to Mr. Boldwood’s marriage proposal in Chapter 51?

4. Why has a petition been addressed to the Home Secretary regarding Mr. Boldwood in Chapter 55?

5. Who comes to Everdene farm with word of having sighted Bathsheba in Chapter 33? Where and how was she described?

6. Describe the central conflict that occurs in the climax of the novel in Chapter 53. Who is involved in the conflict?

7. Whom do Bathsheba and Troy encounter on their way home in Chapter 39? How is the encounter described?

8. How does Bathsheba respond when she is confronted by Gabriel in Chapter 32?

9. Why does the lock of hair in Troy’s pocket-watch lead to an argument between him and Bathsheba in Chapter 41?

10. What act of deception does Gabriel commit in Chapter 42? Why?

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