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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 | Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Susan fear about meeting Michael Henchard?
(a) That he does not help despite financial success.
(b) That he considers his sale binding.
(c) That he's drunken himself to his tomb.
(d) That he does not remember their daughter.

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

3. How does Susan feel about the choreographed courtship?
(a) She revels in the attention.
(b) Awkward.
(c) Dubious of the plan's success.
(d) Dishonest to Elizabeth.

4. How does Susan react when Michael admits his guilt for a bad deed he does years before?
(a) She feels guilty for thinking bad thoughts about him.
(b) She is happy.
(c) She is curious of which bad deed he is speaking of.
(d) She feels guilty for leaving him.

5. How does Henchard almost reveal to Elizabeth she is his daughter?
(a) He asks Susan about Elizabeth's hair color.
(b) When Henchard and Elizabeth are in the garden, he talks about the church in Weydon Priors.
(c) He asks Susan about how Elizabeth handles the voyage to Canada.
(d) He recalls a time of holding her when she is young.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Susan uncomfortable about her relationship with Newson?

2. What do the boys of Casterbridge nickname Susan?

3. What surprises Henchard the most about Farfrae?

4. How do you describe Henchard's disposition towards strangers?

5. What is Elizabeth's manner when she first sees Farfrae in his room?

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