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Jude the Obscure

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Part II: At Christminster

Part III: At Melchester

Part IV: At Shaston

Part V: At Aldbrickham and Elsewhere

Part VI: At Christminster Again

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Jude the Obscure

Thomas Hardy

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Who raises Jude?

(A) His aunt Drusilla

(B) His mother

(D) Dr. Vilbert

What does Jude do for a living?

(A) He is a teacher.

(B) He is a stonemason.

(D) He sells medicines.

What is Christminster?

(A) A large church

(B) A university town

(D) The name of Drusilla's bakery

What is Sue's relation to Jude?

(A) His sister-in-law

(B) His school friend

(D) His cousin

What do Jude and Arabella butcher together?

(A) A flock of sheep

(B) A rabbit

(D) A young man

Where is Jude from?

(A) London

(B) Marygreen

(D) Cardiff

What does Jude recite in a pub in Christminster?

(A) "God Save the Queen."

(B) His manifesto

(D) A Latin oration

Who is Little Father Time?

(A) Phillotson's son

(B) Sue's child by a former lover

(D) Jude's younger brother

What does the university dean tell Jude?

(A) He should study at the university, but they cannot give him a scholarship.

(B) He speaks excellent Latin.

(D) He should stay at his current job.

What business do Jude and Sue take up?

(A) Smelting

(B) Farming

(D) Teaching Latin

Where does Arabella go after leaving Jude?

(A) Australia

(B) America

(D) Armenia

Why does Sue jump out of Phillotson's window?

(A) She stole his silver.

(B) She was meeting Jude.

(D) She was worried Phillotson was about to enter her bed.

When do Sue and Jude get married?

(A) Right after they meet

(B) Right after Arabella leaves for Australia

(D) After Jude's son arrives

What are Christminster cakes?

(A) Baked goods invented by Jude and Sue

(B) A traditional Christminster dessert

(D) A slang term for books

What is Sue's last name before she marries?

(A) Fawley

(B) Phillotson

(D) Bridehead

What is Jude warned against by Highridge?

(A) Suicide

(B) Alcoholism

(D) Illness

How does Jude die?

(A) He kills himself.

(B) Illness

(D) Phillotson kills him.

What does Little Father Time's note say?

(A) "Thy will be done."

(B) "Because we are too menny."

(D) "Now in peace."

Where does Sue go after the children die?

(A) To live with Drusilla

(B) Australia

(D) Phillotson's house

How does Jude know Phillotson?

(A) He was his student.

(B) He worked for him.

(D) Sue introduced them.

What does Sue tell Little Father Time the night before he kills himself?

(A) That she wants him to die

(B) She is not his real mother.

(D) She is pregnant.

How does Little Father Time kill himself?

(A) Hanging

(B) Jumping out the window

(D) Drinking lye

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