A QUIZ ON THE TESS OF DIBERVILLE
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?
Durberfield
Durberville
Durbeyfield
Durbeyville
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 hopes to find Angel there
She is forced by her parents who threaten to disinherit her
She feels responsible for the death of the family's only horse
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
Sorrow
Misery
Alec
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?
Mighty
Old Pretty
Young Pretty
Dumpling
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?
Retty Priddle
Marian
Tess
Izz Huett
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 not talented enough to study
Because Angel was too bent on farming
Because the family could not afford it
Because of his heretical ideas
11. How many siblings does Tess have?
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 large farm owner
He has still no occupation
He is a preacher
He is a doctor
13. After having managed to make Tess live with him, Alec does not live long. How does he die?
He dies from a heart attack
Tess shoots him
Tess stabs him with a knife
Angel shoots him
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
In prison
In a forest
On a stone altar
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 is hanged
She is beheaded
She commits suicide
She drowns
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