Tess of the D’Urbervilles MCQs
1. In what year was Thomas Hardy’s novel Tess of the D’Urbervilles first published?
A. 1885
B. 1891
C. 1897
D. 1901
2. What is the novel’s famous and controversial subtitle?
A. A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented
B. The Maiden No More
C. A Story of Wessex
D. The Life and Death of Tess
3. The novel is famously set in Hardy’s semi-fictional version of Dorset, which he calls by what name?
A. Mercia
B. South-umbria
C. Wessex
D. Glamorganshire
4. From which town was John Durbeyfield walking when he met the parson?
A. Marlott to Shaston
B. Shaston to Marlott
C. Marlott to Blackmoor
D. Blackmoor to Shaston
5. What was John Durbeyfield’s name before he learned of his noble ancestry?
A. Sir John Durbeyfield
B. Jack Durbeyfield
C. Parson Tringham
D. Fred Durbeyfield
6. What was John Durbeyfield’s occupation?
A. Miller
B. Parson
C. Haggler
D. Dairyman
7. Who informed Jack Durbeyfield of his noble lineage?
A. A middle-aged man
B. Parson Tringham
C. The Lord of Estremavilla
D. Angel Clare
8. Durbeyfield’s ancestor was one of twelve knights who helped conquer which region?
A. Wessex
B. Normandy
C. South-Wessex
D. Glamorganshire
9. What physical trait did the parson note in Durbeyfield that confirmed his ancestry?
A. His rickety legs
B. The d’Urberville nose and chin
C. His empty egg-basket
D. His bias in gait
10. In which King’s reign did a D’Urberville forefather give a manor to the Knights Hospitallers?
A. King Stephen
B. King John
C. King Edward II
D. King Charles II
11. What title were Durbeyfield’s ancestors made in Charles the Second’s reign?
A. Baronets
B. Knights Hospitallers
C. Knights of the Royal Oak
D. Sir Johns
12. What two old family items did Durbeyfield mention having at home?
A. A gold brooch and a shield
B. A wooden cradle and a gun
C. A silver spoon and a graven seal
D. A velvet jacket and a hat
13. What advice did Parson Tringham give Durbeyfield about his new lineage?
A. To go to London immediately
B. To do nothing, except chasten himself
C. To reclaim his manors
D. To visit the local historian
14. What errand did Durbeyfield send the youth, Fred, on?
A. To fetch food and drink
B. To find Parson Tringham
C. To order a horse, carriage, and rum
D. To attend the women’s club-walking
15. Where does Durbeyfield claim his ancestors lie?
A. Under the church of that parish
B. In the Vale of Blakemore
C. At Marlott Inn
D. Near Shaston
16. What event was the brass band playing for in the village?
A. A market-day celebration
B. The parson’s arrival
C. The women’s club-walking
D. A knighting ceremony
17. How did Tess initially react to her father riding home in the carriage?
A. She laughed joyously
B. She was proud of his status
C. She felt a slow heat rise at his foolishness
D. She joined him in the carriage
18. What excuse did Tess give for her father riding in a carriage?
A. He was celebrating his new title.
B. He was tired and got a lift as their horse was resting.
C. He was inspecting the club-walking.
D. He had been drinking.
19. What profession was the eldest of the three brothers training for?
A. Undergraduate
B. Solicitor
C. Curate
D. Farmer
20. What was the name of the youngest brother who joined the dance?
A. Felix
B. Cuthbert
C. Jack
D. Angel
21. Why did the elder brothers refuse to dance with the country girls?
A. They were too tired.
B. They feared being seen dancing with “country hoydens.”
C. They had to get to Stourcastle.
D. All of the above.
22. Why did Tess not attract Angel Clare as a dancing partner?
A. She was too shy.
B. He preferred the boldest girl.
C. Her pedigree didn’t help her stand out.
D. She was late to the dance.
23. What was Tess’s mother doing when Tess returned home?
A. Tending the garden.
B. Cooking supper.
C. Hanging over the washing-tub and rocking the baby.
D. Reading the Pipe Rolls.
24. What did Mrs. Durbeyfield’s rocking motion suggest?
A. A weaver’s shuttle
B. A pendulum
C. A ship in a storm
D. A nodding head
25. What two languages or dialects did Tess speak?
A. Latin and English
B. English and French
C. Dialect and ordinary English
D. Victorian and Jacobean
26. What was Joan Durbeyfield’s reaction to the news of their noble ancestry?
A. She was skeptical.
B. She immediately planned how it could benefit Tess.
C. She declared they were related to the Pagan Turks.
D. She regretted not knowing sooner.
27. What prognosis did the doctor give Tess’s father?
A. Consumption
B. Fat round his heart
C. Delirium tremens
D. Fever
28. What estimate of life expectancy did the doctor give Durbeyfield?
A. Ten years or more.
B. Ten months, ten days, or ten years.
C. He would go off like a shadow.
D. He would live to be an old man.
29. Where did Durbeyfield go to “get up his strength”?
A. The Pure Drop
B. The Vicarage
C. Rolliver’s
D. Shaston market
30. What book did Mrs. Durbeyfield use to consult for fortunes?
A. The Holy Scriptures
B. A Counterblast to Agnosticism
C. The Compleat Fortune-Teller
D. The Pipe Rolls
31. The generational gap between Joan and Tess is compared to which two ages?
A. Classical antiquity and modern philosophy.
B. The Jacobean and the Victorian ages.
C. The time of King Stephen and King Charles II.
D. The age of faith and the age of reason.
32. How many younger siblings did Tess have?
A. Four
B. Five
C. Six
D. Seven
33. Why did Mrs. Durbeyfield send Tess to claim kin?
A. To find work for her father.
B. The Fortune-Teller said it would lead to marriage with a gentleman.
C. They needed help with the washing.
D. Angel Clare had suggested it.
34. Why did Tess have to take the beehives to Casterbridge after midnight?
A. The horse was restless.
B. To arrive before the Saturday market began.
C. Durbeyfield insisted on starting early.
D. They had to avoid daylight roads.
35. Who took Durbeyfield’s place on the journey with the beehives?
A. Mrs Durbeyfield
B. Angel Clare
C. Abraham and Tess
D. Marian
36. What question did Abraham ask Tess that revealed the family’s hopes?
A. If she was going to be a teacher.
B. If she was glad they were being evicted.
C. If she was glad she was going to marry a gentleman.
D. If their new relation would buy them a horse.
37. What philosophical statement did Tess make to Abraham about the earth?
A. It is a splendid star.
B. It is a star where God is.
C. It is a blighted one.
D. It is far away from Nettlecombe-Tout.
38. What caused the accident that killed the horse, Prince?
A. Tess’s lack of skill in managing the horse.
B. The rickety waggon collapsed.
C. The morning mail-cart drove into their unlighted waggon.
D. The horse stumbled on the high ground.
39. How did Tess feel immediately after the death of Prince?
A. Guilty, like a murderess.
B. Relieved she had an excuse to go home.
C. Determined to find Alec d’Urberville.
D. Indifferent to the event.
40. Why did the Durbeyfields’ “haggling business” become disorganized?
A. Durbeyfield was ill.
B. Tess was too depressed to help.
C. It mainly depended on having a horse.
D. They were found to be too noble for trade.
41. Where did the rich Mrs. d’Urberville live?
A. Marlott
B. Shaston
C. The outskirts of The Chase (Trantridge)
D. Kingsbere
42. How did John Durbeyfield feel about his children seeking help from strange kin?
A. He was eager for it.
B. He disliked it, as he was the head of the noblest branch.
C. He insisted on accompanying Tess.
D. He thought it a fine idea.
43. How did Tess initially travel toward Trantridge?
A. The Durbeyfield waggon.
B. A cart driven by Angel Clare.
C. A van from Shaston to Chaseborough.
D. She walked the whole way.
44. What was the name of the young man Tess met who called himself “Mr. d’Urberville”?
A. Angel
B. Alec
C. John
D. Fred
45. Why could Tess not see Mrs. d’Urberville upon her arrival?
A. She was away on a journey.
B. She was blind and an invalid.
C. She was unaware of Tess’s visit.
D. She refused to see Tess.
46. What lineage proof did Tess present to Alec d’Urberville?
A. A copy of the Pipe Rolls.
B. A family Bible.
C. An old seal and a silver spoon.
D. The d’Urberville nose.
47. What did Alec d’Urberville offer Tess in the fruit garden?
A. An apple
B. A cherry
C. A British Queen strawberry
D. A glass of wine
48. What aspect of Tess was noted as her potential disadvantage?
A. Her exceptional height.
B. Her luxuriance of aspect and fullness of growth.
C. Her rough field clothing.
D. Her quick temper.
49. What job did Mrs. d’Urberville offer Tess?
A. Helping with general house duties.
B. Tending a little fowl-farm.
C. Being a lady’s companion.
D. Teaching the younger children.
50. What did Angel Clare’s parents sacrifice to give him a University education?
A. Their family name.
B. Their belief in God.
C. They economized and stinted themselves.
D. Their hopes for his brothers.
51. Why did Tess’s mother believe Alec d’Urberville was interested in Tess?
A. He was interested in her intellect.
B. He wished to marry her and make her a lady.
C. He wanted a good manager for the fowl-farm.
D. He respected her d’Urberville lineage.
52. What was the fate of the old Durbeyfield horse, Prince?
A. He was sold to a new farm.
B. He was buried near the gooseberry-bushes.
C. He recovered from his wound.
D. He was given to Alec d’Urberville.
53. What did Tess agree to do in exchange for going to Trantridge?
A. Ask for money to buy a new horse.
B. Go only for a chance to earn money, not for marriage.
C. Stay for one year.
D. Reveal her ancestry immediately.
54. What vehicle did Mrs. Durbeyfield expect versus the one that arrived?
A. A wagon; a donkey cart.
B. A carriage; a spring-cart.
C. A carriage; a gig.
D. A spring-cart; a landau.
55. What did Tess’s father offer to sell Alec d’Urberville?
A. The silver spoon.
B. The family title/pedigree.
C. The family vault.
D. The d’Urberville nose.
56. What did Mrs. Durbeyfield believe was Tess’s “trump card”?
A. Her d’Urberville blood.
B. Her education.
C. Her face.
D. Her knowledge of fowl-farming.
57. When Angel Clare declined ordination, what did he state was his education’s purpose?
A. Honour and glory of God
B. Honour and glory of man
C. Spreading the Gospel
D. Classical scholarship
58. How did Tess react when Alec demanded a kiss while driving the gig?
A. She happily complied.
B. She slid farther back on the seat.
C. She jumped off the gig.
D. She turned the horse around.
59. How did Alec force Tess off the carriage?
A. He drove too fast.
B. He purposely blew her hat off.
C. He stopped the horse abruptly.
D. She threatened to jump.
60. What structure at Trantridge was converted into a fowl-house?
A. The manor-house.
B. An old thatched cottage.
C. The church.
D. The tent where Alec met Tess.
61. What physical ailment did Mrs. d’Urberville suffer from?
A. Deafness
B. Frailty
C. Blindness
D. Mute paralysis
62. What task did Mrs. d’Urberville require Tess to perform?
A. Reading scripture.
B. Singing songs.
C. Whistling to her bullfinches.
D. Identifying fowls by touch.
63. Which inn did Alec suggest stopping at in Chaseborough?
A. The Pure Drop
B. Rolliver’s
C. The Flower-de-Luce
D. The Vicarage Inn
64. What spilled from Car Darch’s basket onto her back?
A. Milk
B. Treacle
C. Ale
D. Paint
65. Tess’s laughter at Car Darch’s appearance inflamed a long smouldering sense of what?
A. Injustice
B. Fear
C. Jealousy
D. Rivalry
66. What was the nickname of the dark virago, Car Darch?
A. Queen of Hearts
B. Queen of Diamonds
C. Queen of Spades
D. Queen of Clubs
67. Why did Tess finally accept Alec’s offer to ride away with him?
A. She was afraid of Car Darch.
B. She was tired of walking.
C. Fear and indignation made it a triumph over her adversaries.
D. She realized she loved him.
68. What comment was made by Car Darch’s mother as Tess rode away?
A. “She’ll be married by morning!”
B. “Out of the frying-pan into the fire!”
C. “That’s her trump card!”
D. “Poor simple maid!”
69. What location, “the oldest wood in England,” did Alec take Tess to?
A. Marlott Vale
B. Kingsbere
C. The Chase
D. Stourcastle
70. How long after Tess’s arrival at Trantridge did the ride in The Chase take place?
A. A few days
B. Near a month
C. About four months
D. Several weeks
71. What theological text greeted Tess on her way home from Trantridge?
A. THY, DAMNATION, SLUMBERETH, NOT.
B. THOU, SHALT, NOT, COMMIT—
C. COME, OUT, FROM, AMONG, THEM.
D. THE, WAGES, OF, SIN.
72. What was the painter’s occupation and goal?
A. An artist painting landscapes.
B. A clergyman decorating the church.
C. An artisan painting texts to save souls.
D. A sign painter advertising a sermon.
73. Why did Tess’s mother believe Tess failed to get Alec to marry her?
A. Tess was too plain.
B. Tess lacked the common sense of other women.
C. Alec was already married.
D. Alec was a villain.
74. Tess accused her mother of failing to warn her, suggesting ladies learned of “these tricks” from where?
A. From scripture
B. From novels
C. From other women
D. From history books
75. What name did Tess choose for her baby during the impromptu baptism?
A. Angel
B. Durbey
C. Sorrow
D. Prince
76. Who assisted Tess in baptizing her baby?
A. Her mother and father
B. Angel Clare
C. Her young sisters and brothers
D. Parson Tringham
77. What did the Vicar tell Tess about the efficacy of her baptism?
A. It was invalid.
B. It was doctrinally sufficient.
C. It was too late.
D. It would be just the same.
78. Where was Sorrow the Undesired buried?
A. In the D’Urberville vault.
B. In a shabby corner with unbaptized infants.
C. Under the church porch.
D. Near Prince’s grave.
79. Which authority did Tess recall who stated, “Thou hast counselled a better course than Thou hast permitted”?
A. Roger Ascham
B. Robert South
C. Jeremy Taylor
D. Saint Augustine
80. Where did Tess find work as a skilled milkmaid for the summer?
A. Marlott
B. Trantridge
C. A dairy-house far to the southward (Talbothays)
D. Shaston
81. What locale did Tess visit where her ancestors’ bones lay entombed?
A. Trantridge
B. Casterbridge
C. Kingsbere
D. Emminster
82. What was the name of the dairy where Tess went to work?
A. Blackmoor Vale Dairy
B. Kingsbere Dairy
C. Talbothays Dairy
D. Emminster Dairy
83. What was the master-dairyman’s name?
A. Jonathan Kail
B. Farmer Groby
C. William Dewy
D. Dairyman Crick
84. Why did Angel Clare avoid being a parson like his brothers?
A. He felt the University was only for ordination.
B. He refused to enter the Church due to its tenets.
C. He disliked St. John.
D. He preferred farming.
85. What was the central theological characteristic of Angel Clare’s father?
A. A High Church ritualist
B. An uncompromising Calvinist and Evangelical
C. A mystical Gnostic
D. A skeptical humanist
86. What did Angel Clare realize about the generalized “Hodge” figure?
A. They were all uniformly dull.
B. They differentiated themselves into beings of many minds.
C. They lacked moral ideals.
D. They were only capable of manual labour.
87. What musical instrument did Angel Clare play?
A. Fiddle
B. Piano
C. Harp
D. Lute
88. When Tess noted the trees had “inquisitive eyes,” what did Angel say she had realized?
A. That she needed more education.
B. That life in general is serious.
C. That she was a d’Urberville.
D. That she was unappreciated.
89. What analogy did Tess use for the future?
A. A winding stream.
B. A path into a wood.
C. A set of fierce and cruel beings.
D. A line of apples on a tree.
90. Which flowers did Tess and Angel study, which Tess claimed had “more ladies than lords”?
A. Roses
B. Bluebells
C. Lords and ladies
D. Daisies
91. Why did Tess decide against telling Angel about her d’Urberville ancestry?
A. She feared he might think she was trying to trap him.
B. She found out he hated the notion of old families.
C. The dairyman advised against it.
D. She preferred her Durbeyfield name.
92. What term describes the period of mutual regard between Tess and Clare?
A. The Valley of Humiliation
B. The long holiday
C. The leafy time of arborescence
D. The golden age
93. What time of the morning did Tess often wake the others for milking?
A. Three o’clock
B. Four o’clock
C. Half-past four
D. Sunrise
94. What traditional belief explains why butter won’t come in the churn?
A. The milk is too cold.
B. Somebody in the house is in love.
C. The churn is damaged.
D. The cow is sick.
95. What humorous story did Dairyman Crick tell about Jack Dollop and a churn?
A. Jack Dollop hid in the churn to avoid a bailiff.
B. Jack Dollop hid in the churn to escape a pregnant woman’s mother.
C. Jack Dollop was accidentally churned into a pummy.
D. Jack Dollop used the churn as a bed.
96. Who were the three dairymaids, besides Tess, in love with Angel Clare?
A. Car Darch, Nancy, Deborah Fyander
B. Marian, Izz Huett, Retty Priddle
C. Christianner, Beck Knibbs, Frances
D. Elizabeth, ’Liza-Lu, Hope
97. What did Retty Priddle accuse Izz Huett of doing?
A. Kissing his hand.
B. Kissing the shade of his mouth on the wall.
C. Stealing his harp.
D. Writing him love letters.
98. Which dairymaid was noted for her light weight and hystericál reaction?
A. Marian
B. Izz Huett
C. Retty Priddle
D. Tess
99. When Angel carried Tess across the flooded road, what classical analogy did he use?
A. Three Fates to get one Muse
B. Three Leahs to get one Rachel
C. Three Nymphs to get one Goddess
D. Three Graces to get one Venus
100. What news confirmed Angel was only flirting with Tess temporarily?
A. He was engaged to a lady of his own rank.
B. He was leaving for Brazil immediately.
C. He had denounced their love to the Dairyman.
D. He intended to marry Retty.
101. What tiny organism did the dairy workers hunt for in the field?
A. Dock leaves
B. Nettles
C. Garlic
D. Cow-droppings
102. What did Angel confess he did with the black-puddings from Mrs. Crick?
A. He ate them immediately.
B. He threw them away.
C. He gave them to the children of a man with delirium tremens.
D. He forgot them at the inn.
103. What was the name of the woman Angel’s parents hoped he would marry?
A. Izz Huett
B. Mercy Chant
C. Retty Priddle
D. Joan Durbeyfield
104. When arguing for Tess to his mother, what quality did Angel stress?
A. Her knowledge of Antinomianism.
B. Her being an unimpeachable Christian.
C. Her family lineage.
D. Her accomplishments.
105. What insult did Alec d’Urberville previously subject Mr. Clare the elder to?
A. He stole his sermon notes.
B. He publicly insulted him.
C. He physically assaulted him.
D. He sent him an atheist book.
106. During which dairy task did Angel kiss Tess’s arm?
A. Milking
B. Churning
C. Skimming the milk
D. Storing the butter
107. When Angel first proposed, what was Tess’s inevitable answer?
A. Yes, soon.
B. I cannot be your wife.
C. I must consult my mother.
D. I am already engaged.
108. Angel’s mention of his father’s confrontation near Trantridge reawakened what memory for Tess?
A. The death of Prince.
B. Her acquaintance with Alec d’Urberville.
C. The club-walking.
D. The fact that Alec had insulted his father.
109. How did Angel finally break his resolve not to kiss Tess?
A. She consented by saying “Angel dearest.”
B. He was overwhelmed by her beauty and she murmured his name.
C. He didn’t break his resolve.
D. She demanded a kiss.
110. What did Angel and Tess use to cover themselves on their drive with the milk?
A. A thick blanket.
B. Angel’s overcoat.
C. A large piece of sail-cloth.
D. Tess’s shawl.
111. When Angel learned Tess was a d’Urberville, what was his reaction?
A. He was appalled by the faded nobility.
B. He was pleased, believing society would accept her.
C. He rejected her immediately.
D. He remembered his father’s story about Alec.
112. How did Tess prepare to confess her past on her wedding eve?
A. She spoke to Angel’s mother.
B. She wrote a narrative and slipped it under his door.
C. She sent a telegram to Alec.
D. She spoke to the other dairymaids.
113. What happened to Tess’s written confession?
A. Angel read it and forgave her.
B. Angel read it and rejected her.
C. She found it, sealed up, and destroyed it.
D. It was delivered to Dairyman Crick.
114. How did Angel’s family primarily react to the marriage news?
A. With joy and congratulations.
B. With coolness, deploring his precipitancy.
C. They refused to attend.
D. B and C.
115. What name did Tess’s mother use in her letter warning Tess?
A. J. Durbeyfield
B. Mrs Angel Clare
C. Joan D’Urberville
D. Lady Durbeyfield
116. What gift had Angel’s godmother left for his future wife?
A. A house.
B. A set of diamonds.
C. A silver spoon and seal.
D. A pedigree chart.
117. What superstition did the old carriage remind Tess of?
A. The d’Urberville Coach, a bad omen.
B. The carriage of King Charles II.
C. The White Lady of the Chase.
D. The coachman being dead drunk.
118. What ill-omen occurred as Angel and Tess departed the dairy?
A. The carriage wheel broke.
B. Marian fell down.
C. The white cock crowed.
D. They forgot the luggage.
119. What did Angel find hanging in their lodgings?
A. Holly
B. A love note
C. Mistletoe
D. Roses
120. After Tess’s confession, what was Angel’s first irrelevant act?
A. He wept bitterly.
B. He threw her jewels into the fire.
C. He poured out wine.
D. He stirred the fire.
121. What mistaken belief did Tess have about the law and her marriage?
A. That he was a clergyman’s son.
B. That her pre-marital fault was grounds for divorce.
C. That his family’s disapproval could end it.
D. That they could pretend they were never married.
122. Where did Tess confess she contemplated suicide on her wedding night?
A. Under the Froom Bridge.
B. In the well.
C. Under the mistletoe.
D. On Prince’s grave.
123. When Angel walked in his sleep, where did he carry and lay Tess?
A. On the riverbank.
B. In the empty stone coffin of an abbot.
C. On the cold stone bridge.
D. Back in her bed.
124. What did Angel believe was the reason for separating from Tess when he woke?
A. His discovery that Tess was a d’Urberville.
B. The resolve to separate from her.
C. His fear of Alec d’Urberville.
D. His need to travel to Brazil.
125. What decree did Angel give Tess regarding contact?
A. She could write only if ill; she must not come to him.
B. They were to communicate only through his father.
C. They were divorced and must never speak again.
D. They would meet again in six months in London.
126. What was Joan Durbeyfield’s reaction when Tess confessed she told Angel?
A. Sympathy.
B. Accusations of being a “little fool” for blabbing.
C. Joy that he had gone.
D. Indignation at Angel’s cruelty.
127. What country did Angel Clare travel to for a new start?
A. Australia
B. Canada
C. Texas
D. Brazil
128. What biblical chapter did Mr. Clare read in praise of a virtuous wife?
A. Genesis, on Eve.
B. St Paul’s letter to the Galatians.
C. Proverbs 31.
D. The Sermon on the Mount.
129. How did Angel respond when his mother asked if Tess’s history would bear investigation?
A. He was silent.
B. He broke down weeping.
C. He lied, saying, “She is spotless!”
D. He confessed the whole truth.
130. What did Angel do with the mistletoe upon returning to their lodgings?
A. He kept it as a memento.
B. He crushed it into the grate.
C. He gave it to his mother.
D. He threw it in the Froom.
131. Whom did Angel encounter who confessed her love and willingness to go to Brazil?
A. Marian
B. Mercy Chant
C. Izz Huett
D. ‘Liza-Lu
132. Why did Izz Huett ultimately refuse Angel’s proposal to go to Brazil?
A. She didn’t want to leave England.
B. She admitted nobody could love him more than Tess.
C. Angel changed his mind abruptly.
D. She feared Western civilization’s judgment.
133. What did Tess do to mar her appearance after being harassed?
A. She cut her hair short.
B. She put on an old gown and nipped her eyebrows off.
C. She wore a veil constantly.
D. She refused to wash her face.
134. Where did Tess find temporary shelter one night?
A. In a barn with sleeping cattle.
B. Under a bridge.
C. In a heap of dead leaves in a plantation.
D. At a comfortable inn.
135. Which former dairymaid did Tess reunite with at Flintcomb-Ash?
A. Retty Priddle.
B. Izz Huett.
C. Marian.
D. Both B and C.
136. What was Tess’s job at Flintcomb-Ash?
A. Haymaking
B. Swede-grubbing/trimming
C. Milking
D. Reed-drawing
137. Who was the churlish farmer who employed Tess at Flintcomb-Ash?
A. Mr Crick
B. Farmer Groby
C. Alec d’Urberville
D. Amby Seedling
138. Who were the two Amazonian sisters Tess worked with?
A. Hope and Modesty
B. Dark Car and the Queen of Diamonds
C. Deborah and Frances
D. Marian and Izz
139. What was Tess’s job on the steam threshing-machine?
A. Feeding the drum.
B. Untying every sheaf of corn.
C. Driving the engine.
D. Catching rats.
140. Why did Marian and Izz believe Tess’s separation might not be permanent?
A. Angel sent money often.
B. Tess was too beautiful to lose him.
C. Angel had been obliged to go, and she could find him.
D. They saw Angel in the area.
141. How had Alec d’Urberville altered his appearance when he returned?
A. He wore a mask.
B. He wore a clerical costume and cut off his whiskers.
C. He wore rough farm clothes.
D. He grew a thick beard.
142. What document did Alec show Tess from his mother?
A. A will.
B. A marriage licence.
C. A title deed to Trantridge.
D. A bible verse.
143. What physical action did Tess perform, striking Alec on the mouth?
A. She hit him with a bill-hook.
B. She slapped him with her leather glove.
C. She kicked him.
D. She pushed him off the rick.
144. What news brought ’Liza-Lu to Tess at Flintcomb-Ash?
A. Her mother was dying.
B. Their house was sold.
C. Their father, Sir John, was dead.
D. Angel Clare had returned.
145. Why was the Durbeyfield family evicted from their cottage?
A. They couldn’t afford the rent.
B. John Durbeyfield’s life had been the last on the property.
C. Tess’s presence brought shame upon the village.
D. All of the above.
146. Where did the Durbeyfield family set up temporary camp in Kingsbere?
A. At the local inn.
B. In the d’Urberville Aisle of the church.
C. On the uplands of Egdon Heath.
D. In the ruined manor-house.
147. Who had secretly written to Angel Clare, advising him to “Look to your Wife”?
A. Mrs Durbeyfield.
B. Alec d’Urberville.
C. Marian and Izz Huett.
D. Mercy Chant.
148. Where did Angel Clare finally track Tess down after returning from Brazil?
A. Marlott.
B. A stylish lodging-house called The Herons.
C. Flintcomb-Ash.
D. Kingsbere.
149. Where did Tess and Angel spend five days in “absolute seclusion”?
A. In a barn on the Plain.
B. In an empty mansion in the New Forest.
C. On a boat heading to London.
D. In the Vicarage.
150. Upon what massive stone structure did Tess fall asleep before her capture?
A. The Kingsbere vault.
B. Melchester Cathedral.
C. Stonehenge.
D. Bulbarrow.