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Tess of the d’Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy

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1. The action of the novel takes place in what area of England?

(A) Essex

(B) Sussex

(D) London

2. Which of the following does John Durbeyfield learn at the beginning of the novel?

(A) That he has lost his job

(B) That he comes from an aristocratic family

(D) That he is a prince

3. Angel and Tess first see each other at:

(A) The market

(B) The May Day dance

(D) Talbothays Dairy

4. Who tells Angel that Tess has gone to Sandbourne?

(A) Mrs. Brooks

(B) Reverend Clare

(D) Mrs. Durbeyfield

5. After Angel picks up Tess while sleepwalking, where does he place her?

(A) In a coffin

(B) In their bed

(D) On a bridge

6. Which of these women is not a milkmaid?

(A) Marian

(B) Izz

(D) Retty

7. Angel plays which musical instrument?

(A) The harpsichord

(B) The accordion

(D) The guitar

8. In what town did Tess grow up?

(A) Kingsbere

(B) Trantridge

(D) Marlott

9. Why can't Mr. Durbeyfield make the trip to the market?

(A) He is too sick

(B) He is too tired

(D) He is too drunk

10. What advice does Mrs. Durbeyfield give Tess?

(A) Not to tell Angel her secret

(B) Not to tell Alec her secret

(D) To marry Alec

11. How much money does Angel give to Tess?

(A) 100 shillin

(B) gs100 poun

(D) ds50 shillings

12. How much of the money does Tess initially give to her family?

(A) 25 shillin

(B) gs25 poun

(D) ds50 shillings

13. What part of the house do the Durbeyfields need to repair?

(A) The floor

(B) The wall

(D) The door

14. Where is the Talbothays Dairy located?

(A) The Valley of the Herons

(B) The Valley of Marlott

(D) The Valley of the Small Dairies

15. Who does Cuthbert Clare marry?

(A) Izz

(B) Mercy Chant

(D) Marian

16. Midway through the novel, Alec becomes a:

(A) Farmer

(B) Preacher

(D) Nice guy

17. Who is primarily responsible for Prince's death?

(A) Mr. Durbeyfield

(B) Parson Tringham

(D) Tess

18. Angel leaves England to farm where?

(A) America

(B) Italy

(D) Argentina

19. What is the stone monument called on which Alec makes Tess swear?

(A) Stonehenge

(B) Poor Man's Pass

(D) The Rosetta Stone

20. Which of these people or animals does Tess not kill?

(A) The pheasants

(B) Alec

(D) Prince, the horse

21. What is the name of the bar to which the Durbeyfield's go?

(A) McSorely's

(B) Rolliver's

(D) Ye Olde Pubbe

22. What does Tess confess to Angel on their wedding night?

(A) That she lied about her age

(B) That she does not love him

(D) That she ran away from home

23. Liza-Lu is Tess's:

(A) Daughter

(B) Sister

(D) Friend

24. How does Alec die?

(A) He commits suicide

(B) Angel kills him

(D) He does not die

25. How does Tess die?

(A) Pneumonia

(B) She is hanged

(D) Heartache

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