d’Urbervilles Thomas Hardy

Tess of the d’Urbervilles Thomas Hardy

Setting
Choose the best answer.
1 A _____ tells John Durbeyfield that he is a descendant of a noble family.
a [ ] policeman b [ ] parson c [ ] teacher d [ ] doctor
2 The Durbeyfield’s cottage is _____.
a [ ] quiet b [ ] large c [ ] bright d [ ] small
3 Joan Durbeyfield likes spending time with her husband _____.a [ ] in the woods b [ ] at the public house c [ ] in London d [ ] at the market
4 When John Durbeyfield hears about his noble family, he is _____.
a [ ] excited b [ ] sad c [ ] angry d [ ] not interested
5 Angel Clare first sees Tess at a dance _____.
a [ ] at Christmas b [ ] in November c [ ] in May d [ ] on New Year’s Day
6 Alecd’Urberville’s family is _____.
a [ ] from Scotland b [ ] from northern England
c [ ] related to Tess’s family d [ ] very poor
7 _____ is blind.
a [ ] Joan Durbeyfield b [ ] Tess’s brother
c [ ] Angel Clare’s father d [ ] Mrs d’Urberville
8 The father of Tess’s baby is _____.
a [ ] Angel Clare b [ ] Parson Tringham
c [ ] Richard Crick d [ ] Alecd’Urberville
9 Tess calls her baby _____.
a [ ] Sorrow b [ ] Happiness c [ ] Hope d [ ] Peace
10 Before the baby dies, _____ baptizes her.
a [ ] the parson b [ ] Alec d’Urberville c [ ] Tess d [ ] John Durbeyfield







Characters
Choose the best answer.
11 The _____ family has an old silver spoon.
a [ ] Durbeyfield b [ ] Clare c [] d’Urberville d [ ] Crick
12 In the past, Alec d’Urberville’s family had the name _____.
a [ ] Clare b [ ] Durbeyfield c [ ] Chant d [ ] Stoke
13 _____ never works hard or regularly.
a [ ] Tess b [ ] John Durbeyfield c [ ] Angel Clare d [ ] Joan Durbeyfield
14 _____ gives Tess strawberries and roses when they first meet.
a [ ] Richard Crickb [ ] Angel Clare
c [ ] Parson Tringham d [ ] Alec d’Urberville
15 Tess gives a shilling and a pint of beer to the _____.
a [ ] gravedigger b [ ] doctor c [ ] dairyman d [ ] parson
16 After Angel Clare’s marriage, _____ starts drinking too much.
a [ ] Izzy b [ ] Mercy Chant c [ ] Marian d [ ] Tess
17 Just before Angel Clare goes to Brazil, heasks _____ to go with him.
a [ ] Marian b [ ] Mercy Chant c [ ] Izzy d [ ] Tess
18 After his mother’s death, Alec d’Urberville _____.
a [ ] starts drinking too much b [ ] becomes a preacher
c [ ] marries a rich girl d [ ] kills himself
19 Richard Crick is a _____.
a [ ] teacher b [ ] farmer c [ ] parson d [ ] dairyman
20 _____ brothersplan to work for the church.
a [ ] Tess’s b [ ] John Durbeyfield’s c [ ] Angel Clare’s d [ ] Alec d’Urberville’s












Dialogue

Who said or wrote this?
21 ‘Boy! Take this basket! I want you to go and do something for me.’
a [ ] Mrs d’Urberville b [ ] John Durbeyfield
c [ ] Angel Clare d [ ] Alec d’Urberville
22 ‘Well, my beauty, what canI do for you?’
a [ ] Richard Crick b [ ] Parson Tringham
c [ ] Angel Clare d [ ] Alec d’Urberville
23 ‘I want you to practise and whistle to my birds every day.’
a [ ] John Durbeyfield b [ ] Mrs d’Urberville
c [ ] Angel Clare d [ ] Richard Crick
24 ‘By the way, your father has a new horse today.’
a [ ] Alec d’Urberville b [ ] Richard Crick
c [] Angel Clare d [ ] Mercy Chant
25 ‘Oh, I sometimes wish I had never been born!’
a [ ] Tess b [ ] Alec d’Urberville c [ ] John Durbeyfield d [ ] Angel Clare
26 ‘Being alive is rather serious, don’t you think so?’
a [ ] John Durbeyfield b [ ] Richard Crick
c [ ] Angel Clare d [ ] Alec d’Urberville
27 ‘Jack Dollop, one of our milkers, got a girl...