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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 news does Michael hear at the stone bridge?
(a) Farfrae is mayor.
(b) Jopp knows about the Jersey affair.
(c) Farfrae is hiring corn-trussers.
(d) Farfrae buys his personal belongings.

2. What does Henchard do with his gift for Elizabeth?
(a) He leaves it outside her home.
(b) He secretly places it in her room.
(c) He returns it.
(d) He sends it via a messenger.

3. What misunderstood rumor reaches Henchard that makes him angry?
(a) Farfrae persuades the councilmen not to elect Henchard.
(b) Farfrae vows to leave town if Henchard becomes mayor.
(c) Farfrae mistreats Lucetta.
(d) Farfrae puts a stop to opening a seed store for Henchard.

4. What does Elizabeth think she sees in the loft?
(a) Lucetta and Henchard secretly meeting.
(b) Susan's ghost.
(c) A mysterious package of letters.
(d) Henchard ponders the thought of pushing Farfrae through the trap door.

5. Who is the first to aid Lucetta?
(a) Henchard.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Her cook.
(d) Her neighbor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Michael do with his last possessions?

2. What does Michael do to further exemplify his selfishness?

3. What is the people's reaction to the skiff between Michael and Donald?

4. How does Lucetta discover the scandal concerns her?

5. How does Michael act toward Lucetta when they meet on Donald's farm?

Short Essay Questions

1. Any drama in Elizabeth's life is not from her own doing. She lives to see how others bear good and bad circumstances. As Elizabeth lives her life, what overall lesson does she learn?

2. After Lucetta's death, Donald and Elizabeth are seen in courtship. Compare and contrast this courtship to their first one before Lucetta came to Casterbridge.

3. Describe the events that inhibit the law enforcers to promptly find the perpetrators of the skimmity ride.

4. Michael shows changes for the better. But there are still times that Michael cannot empathize and understand another person's position. How does he show this lack of understanding that people behave differently than he?

5. Henchard promises Lucetta that he returns her letters and not be the one to tell her secret. However, he gives Jopp the letters to send back to Lucetta. Jopp uses this opportunity to retaliate. Even without trying, Michael acts in a way that condemns Lucetta. How much is this in his nature? Does Henchard ever change fully to make sound decisions that do not befall him or the people he cares for?

6. Lucetta has a brief encounter with Henchard on the farm. In her anger, she is unable to speak her mind right away and leaves. Angry at Henchard's approach, she writes him a letter to stop being so cruel. How does this show Lucetta's inability to think ahead and learn her mistakes?

7. When Henchard goes bankrupt and feels shame, he turns to Jopp. Despite his harsh behavior towards Jopp, why does Henchard turn to him?

8. In Lucetta's illness and death, how does Lucetta manage to manipulate the people around her? How does her reaction to the effigy, intentional or not, play her "practicable weapon"?

9. Michael sees his effigy in the river and begins to lose any composure he has left. What is Michael thinking when he realizes what the image is?

10. During Henchard's bankruptcy hearing, Michael shows appreciation towards the creditors. Summarize Henchard's last act that evokes sympathy from his creditors.

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