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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. How does Diggory's change of occupation affect his relationship with Thomasin?

2. How does Eustacia tell Damon she is ready to leave?

3. Who do Eustacia and Wildeve see as they walk back to the heath?

4. Why does Clym not attend the wedding?

5. Who had visited Mrs. Yeobright the night before she died?

Short Essay Questions

1. What takes place at Blooms-End?

2. Why is Thomasin worried about marrying Diggory? How is it resolved?

3. What happens to Clym's letter?

4. What has happened to Mrs. Yeobright?

5. What happens in the water in the dam?

6. Why is Mrs. Yeobright never let in the house?

7. What does Thomasin learn from Rachel?

8. How has Diggory changed upon his return to the heath two years later?

9. Why does Mrs. Yeobright have a difficult time getting to Clym's home?

10. How does Clym feel about his new job?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author's approach to revealing each character is unique.

Part 1) How?

Part 2) Do the characters seem real or contrived? Why?

Part 3) How do these characters compare to other Victorian literary figures?

Essay Topic 2

Mrs. Yeobright dies.

Part 1) How? Why are they unable to save her?

Part 2) Whose fault is it?

Part 3) How does her death affect the other characters?

Essay Topic 3

The presentation of the character of Diggory Venn is full of ambiguity.

Part 1) What does it mean to be ambiguous?

Part 2) How is this character ambiguous?

Part 3) How does this ambiguity affect the reader's view of him? Does he grow less or more ambiguous throughout the novel? Does he stay the same?

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