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'Tess of the d'Urbervilles'

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Hardy, Thomas : 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles'

Introduction:
"How much do you know about this strangely beautiful novel by Thomas Hardy?"


1. The ancient name of Tess's family is, as the title stipulates, d'Urberville. However, the family uses a different form of the name. What is it?
    Durberville
    Durbeyfield
    Durbeyville
    Durberfield


2. As a result of a very unlucky decision Tess agrees to go to her supposed relatives to seek help for the family. What is the main reason that makes her go?
    She secretely hopes she will find a husband there
    She feels responsible for the death of the family's only horse
    She is forced by her parents who threaten to disinherit her
    She hopes to find Angel there


3. Consequently Tess's fate is bound with unscrupulous Alec d'Urberville. At first she manages to escape his interest but then she's obliged to accept his offer of an occupation. All the time she has to guard herself against Alec's attempts at her innocence and finally she fails. Where does Tess become a 'Maiden No More'?
    In The Chase
    In Emminster
    In Marlott
    In Talbothays


4. Her sin does not pass without a dire consequence and not long after that we see Tess as a young mother of a child. Worse still, the baby is so weak that very soon is on the verge of death. Terrified Tess baptizes the child. What name does she choose?
    Faith
    Alec
    Misery
    Sorrow


5. After the death of her child Tess leaves her village to find a job as a dairymaid. She begins to work for a mild couple of Mr. and Mrs. Crick. Not only does she work but also lodges with them. How many other people apart from Tess and the Cricks live in the house?
    Two
    Five
    Three
    Four


6. Each dairy worker has their favorite cows that it is easiest for them to milk. Which of these names is not a name of one of Tess's favorites?
    Young Pretty
    Dumpling
    Old Pretty
    Mighty


7. Tess is not the only one to fall in love with Angel. In fact, all the other milkmaids feel similar affection. Obviously, each expresses it somehow differently. Which of them is told to have been caught kissing Angel's shadow?
    Izz Huett
    Tess
    Retty Priddle
    Marian


8. The novel is full of ill omens and particularly many appear on Tess's wedding day. One of them is connected with Tess's family lineage. What precisely does it concern?
    The d'Urberville Coach
    A d'Urberville's wedding day
    The d'Urberville Castle
    A d'Urberville's death


9. Is it true that Hardy's own name appears in the book?
    Yes
    No


10. Angel has two brothers both of whom studied at Cambridge. However, Mr. Clare decided not to pay for Angel's education there. Why?
    Because Angel was too bent on farming
    Because Angel was not talented enough to study
    Because of his heretical ideas
    Because the family could not afford it


11. How many siblings does Tess have?
    Answer: (A number)


12. When she is left by Angel, Tess returns home but she finds out that she is a burden for her family so she leaves to seek employment. Thanks to Marian she is employed by Mr. Groby but the work is very hard and finally she decides to go to Mr. Clare for help. However, she does not dare to enter and not having achieved anything she returns home. On this way she meets Alec d'Urberville. What is his present occupation?
    He is a preacher
    He is a doctor
    He has still no occupation
    He is a large farm owner


13. After having managed to make Tess live with him, Alec does not live long. How does he die?
    Tess shoots him
    He dies from a heart attack
    Angel shoots him
    Tess stabs him with a knife


14. After Alec's death Angel and Tess spend a few happy days together moving to the interior part of the country. Where does Tess spend her last night with her husband?
    In a desolated house
    On a stone altar
    In a forest
    In prison


15. The history of Tess, as in a folk ballad to which it is sometimes compared, is brought to a tragical end. Angel and 'Liza-Lu, whom he is to marry according to Tess's wish, watch her die. How does Tess d'Urberville die?
    She commits suicide
    She drowns
    She is beheaded
    She is hanged


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