Tess - Hardy's Favorite Heroine

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1. The title of the book is “Tess of the d’Urbervilles”, followed by which words? A Victim of Circumstance A Woman of Substance A Pure Woman An Innocent Woman

2. Tess is often compared to an animal that in general is chased by hunters. What is this animal? A deer A rabbit A fox A gazelle

3. After the death of the family horse – Prince – who was the only source of family income, Tess blames herself, and “regards herself in the light of a murderess”. Hardy makes use of a writing technique, which describes Nature as reflecting the emotions of the antagonist. What is this literary method called? Environment manifestation Pathetic fallacy Humanization of Nature Despairing Harmonization

4. At their first meeting, what action taken by Alec d’Urberville precedes his future violation of Tess? Luring her into a room, and then pretending to lock it from outside Insisting that Tess sit on his knee Feeding her strawberries Kissing her finger when she accidentally pricks it on a rose thorn

5. After her rape, Tess makes a decision. What does she do? Runs home the next day Tries to kill herself Enlists the help of the d'Urberville housekeeper in approaching the local constable Stays as Alec's lover

6. At Dairyman Crick’s farm, a funny anecdote is recited to the farm workers, which casts a shadow on Tess’s past life (her rape, the death of her new-born son, public humiliation), and makes her extremely depressed and withdrawn, while the others laugh. What was the joke about? The woman who had many lovers and then told her new husband that she was a virgin The boy who spied on a young dairymaid, and hurt his head in his attempt to watch her undress. The girl who had a miscarriage and her husband who doubted it was his child. The man who got a young girl pregnant and then ran away to avoid marrying her

7. Angel professes his love for Tess, and believes his commitment to her is 100% true. However, this is later contradicted by what? His inherent conservatism, which he never acknowledges, preferring to be thought of as more tolerant and forgiving than his stoically-religious family. His hypocrisy in denying her forgiveness for her past trouble, despite having begged and received her forgiveness for a sexual encounter he had had with an older woman All of the above His practicality, which claims reign over his emotions for Tess

8. Tess’s time at Flintcomb Ash is completely the opposite of her cheerful and comfortable life at Dairyman Crick’s. Here, the onset of new inventions in the farming business to make work easier is thriving. What is the machine used, which Hardy compares to Tess, in that she is an element of Nature completely bullied and overpowered by the onset of the Industrial Revolution? The Motorized Plough The Thresher The Shredder The Automatic Bundler

9. Alec d’Urberville makes a reappearance in Tess’s life, after her separation from Angel. He is now a religious preacher, but on meeting Tess again he renounces his new faith. To what does Hardy credit this turn-around of Alec’s? His wish to be Master of her again His physical attraction to Tess All of the above His shallow faith in a newly-introduced form of Christianity

10. On Jack Durbyfield’s death, the Durbyfield family is evicted from their home. They are without shelter, but find refuge from the storm in a place that, ironically, belongs to the ancient d’Urberville family, from whom Tess inherited her family name. What was this place? A family cemetery A family mansion A family tomb A family farm

11. In the meantime, Angel has gone to Brazil to forget Tess. What is it that brings him back to England two years later? The death of his fellow-traveler in Brazil, with whom he had found great companionship The death of his mother The letter from the two milkmaids warning him that Tess was in grave danger His fever and subsequent ill health

12. Tess becomes Alec’s “kept woman” again. Why did she agree to his requests? She wants to spite Angel and his rejection of her She plants to exact revenge on Alec after lulling him into a false state of complacency She is pregnant again Alec promises her a better life for her family

13. Angel tracks Tess down with great difficulty, to a “fashionable watering place”. What real place is this supposed to be? Liverpool Torquay Brighton Dorset

14. Once Tess and Angel are reunited, where do they go? An abandoned house A church to reconfirm their marriage vows Tess's family Angel's parents

15. Tess’s capture at Stonehenge is compared by Hardy to what? A sacrificial victim at the altar Christ's crucifixion A mad crowd surrounding the guillotine A trapped bird who is shot to release it of its misery