Thomas Hardy's "Jude the Obscure"

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1. Jude Fawley, the novel's protagonist, longs to become a __________. Circumstances force him instead to become a __________. painter; gravedigger doctor; butcher scholar; stonemason lawyer; merchant

2. How does Arabella trap Jude into marrying her the first time? she steals his money she feigns pregnancy she threatens his life she gets him drunk

3. On their wedding night, what physical attribute of Arabella does Jude discover to be false? her teeth her hair her dimples her pregnancy

4. Where does Jude first see Sue? in a portrait owned by his aunt Drusilla in church during a sermon in a shop at Christminster in the stonemason's yard

5. What statues does Sue buy from the street vendor? Christ and the Virgin Mary Mars and Cupid Venus and Apollo St. Peter and St. Mary Magdalen

6. How are Jude and Sue related? they are cousins he is her uncle they are siblings she is his aunt

7. Who introduces Sue to Phillotson? Jude Drusilla Arabella Phillotson

8. Where does Jude encounter Arabella for the first time since she has left him? at Drusilla's funeral at a bar in Christminster at Sue's wedding at an inn in Melchester

9. What event causes Phillotson to consent to Sue’s desire to leave him for Jude? Sue threatens to kill Phillotson if he will not allow her to leave Sue asks Phillotson if he will allow her to go to Jude Sue jumps out of a window to escape Phillotson Phillotson discovers Sue is pregnant by Jude

10. Why does Arabella grant Jude a divorce? she wants to marry another man she discovers that Jude has been unfaithful she feels sorry for Jude and Sue she wants to cut all ties in England and move to Australia

11. According to the legend told by the Widow Edlin, what happened to Jude’s and Sue’s common ancestor? he never married and died alone he divorced three times he was hanged he killed his wife

12. Why doesn’t Sue want to marry Jude, even after they are already living together? she feels it will destroy their happiness she is really in love with phillotson she is worried about societal opinion of her marrying a relative she thinks that Jude is in love with Arabella

13. Why is Drusilla opposed to Jude marrying? because she wants him to stay in Marygreen and work for her because she feels no woman is good enough for Jude because she wants Jude to be a scholar because their family has bad luck with marriage

14. Little Father Time is the son of which couple? Jude and Arabella Phillotson and Sue Jude and Sue no one knows who his parents are

15. What event precipitates the marriage of Jude and Sue? the arrival of Little Father Time they never marry the divorce of Sue and Phillotson the divorce of Jude and Arabella

16. Choose the correct order of marriages and divorces as they occur in the novel. Sue and Phillotson marry, Sue and Phillotson divorce, Sue and Phillotson marry, Jude and Arabella marry, Sue and Phillotson divorce, Jude and Arabella divorce Jude and Arabella marry, Jude and Arabella divorce, Jude and Sue marry, Jude and Sue divorce, Jude and Arabella marry, Sue and Phillotson marry Jude and Arabella marry, Sue and Phillotson marry, Jude and Arabella divorce, Sue and Phillotson divorce, Sue and Phillotson marry, Jude and Arabella marry Jude and Arabella marry, Sue and Phillotson marry, Sue and Phillotson divorce, Jude and Arabella divorce, Phillotson and Arabella marry, Jude and Sue marry

17. On what special day do Jude, Sue, and their family return to Christminster? Christmas Day St. George's Feast Day Easter Sunday Remembrance Day

18. What happens to Jude’s three oldest children? they run away they are sent to an orphanage they commit suicide they die of the plague

19. How does Sue react to the fates of her children? she prays for God to send her more children she decides to leave the country she joins a convent she renounces her ties to Jude

20. According to Jude, what are his two greatest weaknesses? women and alcohol naivete and stupidity ambition and pride impatience and laziness

21. On the eve of her second marriage to Phillotson, what does the Widow Edlin advise Sue? to go back to Jude to pray for God's forgiveness not to marry Phillotson to show up for the wedding

22. How does Arabella get Jude to marry her the second time? she gets him drunk she threatens Sue's life she feigns pregnancy she steals his money

23. What is Sue’s fate? she commits suicide she goes insane she is rejected by Phillotson and Jude she consummates her marriage with Phillotson

24. When Arabella discovers that Jude is dead, which of these does she do first? she summons the coroner she goes to see the boat races she writes a letter to Sue she covers Jude's body with a sheet

25. Which character utters the last lines of the novel? Jude Arabella Sue Phillotson