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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 job does Mr. Phillotson have when he is first introduced into the text?
(a) Schoolmaster.
(b) Banker.
(c) Mayor.
(d) Butcher.

2. Where does Sue live when Jude first meets her?
(a) In her father's place.
(b) In a room in her employer's house.
(c) In a nunnery.
(d) At the church.

3. Why does Sue ask Jude to move to Melchester?
(a) So he will have somewhere other than his aunt's house to live.
(b) So he can be nearer to his children.
(c) So he can protect her from Mr. Phillotson.
(d) So he can be nearer to her.

4. What does Jude do in secret while driving his aunt's delivery cart?
(a) Read books.
(b) Steal money.
(c) Eat the baked goods.
(d) Delivery messages for people dating in secret.

5. What advice does Arabella ask he friends for after she first starts hanging out with Jude?
(a) How to find out more about his family.
(b) How to get Jude to marry her.
(c) How to poison him.
(d) How to see if he is dating anyone else.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sue move to Melchester?

2. How does Arabella react to Jude's slaughtering of her pig?

3. What job does Sue take that keeps her close to Jude?

4. During their first outing together, what comment does Arabella make about the beer?

5. When was "Jude the Obscure" first published?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two main things leave Jude feeling unwanted in his youth?

2. Why does Sue think she has to go to London?

3. Why is Jude vulnerable to trouble with the police when he works as a driver for his aunt's bakery delivery cart?

4. What does Jude's aunt warn him about Sue?

5. What specifically does Jude overhear Arabella's friends talking about in regard to her false pregnancy?

6. Why is Jude reluctant to leave his studies to meet Arabella for the first time?

7. How does Jude react when Arabella tells him she is pregnant?

8. Why do Jude and Sue decide to walk to Mr. Phillotson's house during their first meeting?

9. How does the teaching relationship between Sue and Mr. Phillotson come to be?

10. How does Jude first find out about Sue?

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