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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 confirm his belief?

2. How is Thomasin when Diggory comes to visit?

3. What is happening to Eustacia?

4. Which characters reach a happy conclusion?

5. What does Clym give of Eustacia's?

Short Essay Questions

1. What takes place at Blooms-End?

2. How does Clym feel about his new job?

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

4. What takes place during Clym's nap before going back to work?

5. What happens to Clym's letter?

6. What happens in the water in the dam?

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

8. Why does Clym become a preacher?

9. Why does Clym not attend the wedding?

10. How is Clym feeling after he learns of his wife's true feelings?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The novel is first published in 1878, in the Victorian style, but it is unusual in the way it deals with moral and ethical questions.

Part 1) What is usually found in traditional Victorian literature?

Part 2) How is this novel different?

Part 3) How does this affect the types of characters found in the novel? How does it affect the reader?

Essay Topic 2

A theme in this novel is that the object of one's affection is seen as a possession.

Part 1) What does this mean?

Part 2) Give an example of this from the text.

Part 3) How does this view of love affect the relationships between the characters?

Essay Topic 3

The heath is described almost like a character.

Part 1) Describe Egdon Heath.

Part 2) Which characters resemble the heath? How?

Part 3) Which characters are very different from the heath? How?

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