Jude the Obscure Quizzes

Jude the Obscure Quiz 1

1 What item does Mr. Phillotson have trouble moving to Christminster?
A piano

An antique vase

A dining table

A large portrait of his father
2 Which of these best describes the village of Marygreen?
It looks exactly as it did 200 years ago

The working class lives in the old corner of the village, while the wealthier citizens live on the modernized east side

It is part of Christminster's 'urban sprawl' and was founded fairly recently

Many of its older buildings have been torn down and replaced
3 Why does Jude live with Aunt Drusilla?
His parents felt that Marygreen was a better place to raise a child than their home in the London slums

His mother was insane

His parents died

His mother was an unwed teenager and gave him to her older sister to raise
4 Why does Farmer Troutham fire Jude?
He dawdled on the way to work and was late

He allowed the birds to eat some of the corn

He tried to prevent Troutham from slaughtering a lamb

He fell asleep on the job
5 Which famous city does young Jude compare Christminster to when talking to the workmen?
Athens

Paris

Jerusalem

Oxford
6 What does Physician Vilbert ask Jude to do in exchange for the Latin and Greek grammars?
Scare the birds away from his corn field

Help carry his wares from Marygreen to the surrounding villages

Help Vilbert evade investigation by the authorities

Sell medicines
7 Who eventually gets Jude his first Latin and Greek grammars?
Physician Vilbert

Mr. Phillotson

Jude buys them himself

Aunt Drusilla
8 What does Arabella throw at Jude when they first meet?
A fish

A wet rag

A book

A piece of pig meat
9 What does Jude drink with Arabella at the pub?
Tea

Coffee

Beer

Wine
10 Who suggests that Arabella get pregnant out of wedlock?
Her father

Her stepmother

Her friends

Jude
11 What does Arabella carry between her breasts?
A lock of Jude's hair

A cross

An egg

A strip of pork
12 What accessory is Jude upset to find Arabella wearing?
False eyelashes

Rouge

Earrings

Hair extensions
13 Who informs Jude that Arabella purposely coerced him into marriage?
Arabella's father

Aunt Drusilla

One of Arabella's friends

Arabella herself
14 What animal does Jude have trouble slaughtering?
A pig

A lamb

A cow

A chicken
15 What does Arabella do that finally provokes Jude to be physically violent with her?
She insults Aunt Drusilla

She refuses to move to Christminster with him

She throws his books on the floor

She admits that she lied about her pregnancy
16 What does Arabella reveal to Jude about his family history?
That one of Jude's ancestors was executed for murdering his wife

That Aunt Drusilla is really Jude's mother

That Jude's parents did not die but were exiled for criminal activity

That marriages in Jude's family tend to disintegrate
17 Where does Arabella move with her parents?
London

America

Australia

Ireland
18 Who is Jude most excited to visit when he gets to Christminster?
Arabella

The dean of the university

Sue Bridehead

Mr. Phillotson
19 How would Jude's stonemasonry abilities be different if he had been trained in London?
They would be more general

They would be stronger overall

They would be weaker overall

They would be more specialized
20 Why does Aunt Drusilla object to Sue's job?
She believes it's idolatrous

It requires more education than Aunt Drusilla thinks women should have

She thinks that it will lead Sue to associate with immoral people

She believes women should not work
21 Sue designs objects for what kind of institution?
Libraries

University classrooms

Churches

Banks
22 Which of these is NOT one of the places where Jude encounters Sue before they officially meet?
Her shop

Church

The workyard

The greengrocer's
23 Which Roman goddess does Sue buy a sculpture of?
Diana

Minerva

Juno

Venus
24 How does Sue get the Roman statues past her landlady?
She hides them under her skirts

She claims they are blocks of plaster that she will be sculpting for her job

She breaks them in half and brings them in her bag, to be put back together later

She claims they are statues of saints
25 Which of these is one of the reasons Jude is reluctant to pursue a relationship with Sue?
She is poor and will probably want to marry him

She is less attractive than he expected

He is hoping to salvage his relationship with Arabella

People in his family have a history of bad romances

what is the point vue of tom hardy on the mariage in the victorian era?

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jude has lived on his dreams and has sustained his illusions into beguilement explain ?

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How come that Jude is a victim of society ?

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Jude the Obscure

by Thomas Hardy

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