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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 | Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Elizabeth's manner when she first sees Farfrae in his room?
(a) Observant and silent.
(b) Earnest and talkative.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Coquettish.

3. How does Susan know Michael Henchard is in Casterbridge?
(a) She asks the furmity woman.
(b) Michael contacts Susan first.
(c) From a friend.
(d) Through hearsay on the street.

4. What surprises Elizabeth when she goes to see Henchard?
(a) She meets Farfrae unexpectedly.
(b) She finds out Henchard and Susan are once married.
(c) Henchard's estate is too large to find him.
(d) She discovers she is Henchard's daughter.

5. What does the Scotchman do to get the mayor's attention?
(a) He sends a note via the waiter.
(b) He never gets the mayor's attenion.
(c) He writes a note and throws it through the window.
(d) He waits for the mayor to leave the party and approaches him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Farfrae's plans when he arrives in Casterbridge?

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

3. What stages does Michael go through when drunk?

4. What does Michael do for a living?

5. Where is the first place Michael heads to when he wakes up in the morning in the furmity tent?

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