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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sue do with the statues that she buys?

2. Where does Sue go after she leaver her school in Melchester?

3. Where do Jude and Arabella first meet alone?

4. How does Arabella first get Jude's attention?

5. What person do Jude and Sue realize they both know?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sue have to say about the model of Jerusalem that she, Mr. Phillotson, and the schoolchildren go to see?

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

3. What happens when Jude takes Arabella to Alfredston for the first time?

4. What are Sue's statues so controversial?

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

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

7. How does Jude first find out about Sue?

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

9. Why does Mr. Phillotson decide to leave Marygreen?

10. How does Sue react to Jude when he suggests the scandal at the school might blow over?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how Hardy portrays wealthy characters in "Jude the Obscure," making sure to use at least three specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss at least two things that the death of Jude's children contributes to the text, and at least two things that the death of Jude's children takes away from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss at least three literary devices that Hardy uses to help the reader understand at least one character of your choosing. Use direct quotations and/or examples from the text to support your position.

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