Tess of the d'Urbervilles Test | Final Test - Hard

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Tess of the d'Urbervilles Test | Final Test - Hard

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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. Angel decides to go to _______.

2. What does Tess decide to do as a result of what she learns from the visitor to the farm?

3. Angel reconsiders his attitude towards Tess and his rejection of her, when ___.

4. Alec offers Tess and her family lodgings at ____.

5. What do Angel's parents read to him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the scene of Alec's murder.

2. How is Flintcomb Ash described in Chapter 42? Why does the description also fit in with Tess's attitude at this point?

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

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

5. In what way does the last scene, of Angel and Liza Lu walking away hand in hand, echo Mrs. Durbeyfield's advice to Tess when she finds out she is pregnant?

6. Several individuals are instrumental in changing Angel's attitude towards Tess during their estrangement. Describe what they do, and Angel's reaction to this.

7. What happens when Tess and Angel are at Stongehenge?

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

9. When Alec returns to Flintcomb Ash and asks Tess a second time to marry him, what does this scene show about his so-called religious conversion?

10. Who turns up in Flintcomb Ash with a message for Tess? What is the message?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Thomas Hardy's subtitle refers to a 'pure' woman. Discuss this idea of 'purity' with respect to the main character. Is Tess a 'pure woman' - why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the novel, Tess is constantly pursued (by Angel, by Alec, by poverty, by bad luck, and perhaps by fate). Hardy makes this theme clear using a number of symbolic references, such as the scene with the dying pheasants, and reference to the place where Alec seduced her as "The Chase". Discuss at least three such symbols and say how they add to the overall atmosphere of oppression that surrounds Tess as 'the hunted' character.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 47, Alec tells Tess that because she is the cause of his religious backsliding, she is obligated to marry him and share in his fate. What does he mean by this, and does his reasoning make any sense?

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