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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. In Chapter 41, while walking in the woods, Tess comes across _____.
(a) A flock of dying pheasants.
(b) Ravens.
(c) A flock of injured geese.
(d) A flock of blackbirds.

2. In Chapter 52, Angel returns to ____.
(a) Kingsbere.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Tantridge.
(d) Emminister.

3. Who does Tess see working the fields for her parents in Chapter 49?
(a) Abraham.
(b) Alec.
(c) The parson.
(d) Angel.

4. In Marlott, Angel discovers what?
(a) The burial plot of Tess's father.
(b) The burial plot of Tess's mother.
(c) The burial plot of Tess's baby.
(d) The burial plot of Tess's sister.

5. After the murder of Alec, Tess and Angel take shelter where?
(a) A vacant church.
(b) Under a bridge.
(c) A vacant manor.
(d) A vacant cabin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Tess about the farm at Flintcomb Ash, and that she might find work there?

2. Alec wants to marry Tess because ____.

3. As the family is moving, they encounter ____ and ____.

4. After Tess and Angel part, and Angel returns home, his parents are curious because Tess is not with him. Angel tells his parents that he doesn't want them to meet Tess yet because she is _____.

5. Angel's parents give him a letter from Tess. In the letter she ____.

Short Essay Questions

1. When Alec sees Tess while he is preaching, what does he ask her to do?

2. At Flintcomb Ash, Tess encounters a number of people from her past. Who?

3. In Chapter 40, how is Mercy Chant described?

4. Describe the scene on the day of Tess's death.

5. In Chapter 38 when Tess arrives at her parents' house after having left Angel, what lie does she tell? Why?

6. When Angel learns that Tess is at Sandbourne and has taken the name Mrs. D'Urberville, what does he think?

7. Describe the scene in which Angel is sleepwalking. What significance does this scene have?

8. Given the difficulties in their marriage, and the fact that Angel is not inclined to forgive Tess for her past, what do they decide to do? What happens after they make the decision?

9. When Tess tells Angel that she has killed Alec, what justification does she give?

10. What is the significance of the scene at Stonehenge?

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