Thomas Hardy Geography

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1. What name did Hardy use for the area in the South England where most of his novels take place? He got from the name of an old Saxon kingdom. Sussex Texas Essex Wessex

2. What is the name of the town, which has the tallest cathedral spire in England, that Hardy called Melchester? Winchester Westchester Dorchester Salisbury

3. Hardy's novel "The Well Beloved" takes place on the "Isle of Slingers". This "isle" is not really an island, but a stony peninsula that juts into the English channel, where much of the stone to build most of London's best beloved buildings came from. What is the real name of this "isle" that Hardy calls the "Isle of Slingers?" Isle of Wight Portsmouth Isle of Prufrock Isle of Portland

4. Casterbridge is a fictional town that appears in "The Mayor of Casterbridge" and also in "Far From the Madding Crowd". It is very close to Maiden Castle and is the county seat of Dorset. What is the real name of this town? Winterbourne Abbas Dorchester Poole Weymouth

5. The hill town "Shaston" is one of the settings in "Jude the Obscure". This town features the famously quaint street, Gold Hill Street. The Third Earl of this town was an English philosopher. The Seventh Earl of the town, Lord Ashley, has a statue in his honour in Picadilly Circus. What is the real name of this town? Shaftesbury Sherborne Stourton Stapleton

6. In Hardy's "Jude the Obscure", Jude travels to "Christminster", a university town, where he attempts to be a scholar. What is the real name of the town that Hardy calls "Christminster? Cambridge Oxford Bristol Exonbury

7. Most editions of the Hardy novels have maps of Wessex. On these maps is a fictional seaside town called "Sandbourne". This town is a major Channel resort in Hampshire, where the Avon empties into the Channel, next to Christchurch. What is the real name of this town? Weymouth Brighton Swanage Bournemouth

8. Also on Hardy's map of Wessex is "Budmouth". This is also an actual place that became a popular seaside resort in Dorset after King George III convalesced there. What is the real name for what Hardy calls Budmouth? Bournemouth Weymouth Lyme Regis Portsmouth

9. This town was once England's "second capital". There is another famous cathedral there. A pop song was written about the cathedral. What is the real name of the town Hardy calls "Wintonchester"? Wellbridge Wells Christminster Winchester

10. What is the name of the town where Thomas Hardy was born and also called home when he wrote "Far From the Madding Crowd"? Milton Abbas Higher Bockhampton Weatherbury Puddletown