2. What types of people linger around the brick bridge?
(a) The bypassers that travel through Casterbridge between work.
(b) The churchgoers.
(c) The destitute.
(d) Gossiping women.

3. How does Elizabeth receive her new home and money?
(a) She abides by the saying, "Take, have, and keep."
(b) She feels out of place in the big house.
(c) She enjoys the freedom.
(d) She uses it to gain status around town.

4. How do Susan and Elizabeth pay for their lodgings, despite their little income?
(a) The nice landlady gives the tired strangers a break.
(b) Susan and her daughter work the kitchen for each night's stay.
(c) Elizabeth works for the landlady to discount the price.
(d) Farfrae lends them a loan.

5. How does Michael feel after Susan's death?
(a) Relief.
(b) Lonely.
(c) Despair.
(d) Free.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the scene of the wagon crash, when Henchard's man says the word of Lucetta and Elizabeth Jane are not to be accounted for because all women swoon for Donald, Henchard __________.

2. What brings Michael over the edge and gets him to start drinking again?

3. What is one of Henchard's motives for his remarriage with Susan?

4. What does Farfrae indirectly offer Henchard?

5. What does Henchard suggest to announce in the paper?

(see the answer key)

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