The Mayor of Casterbridge (Ch. 13-16)

Read the page 72 in chapter 13. How does NOT Elizabeth-Jane feel at this moment?

• painful and patient

• indifferent and unfriendly

• isolated and rejected

• empty and lonely

• awful and receptive

Which is NOT connected properly? (Ch. 13)

• to be fond of : to have liked for a long time

• a complicated situation : a situation that is difficult to understand

• the difficulty of managing to see her : it's not easy to see her

• to call on : to visit

• to miss the clue to one's behavior : to know why he/she behaves like that

Which is best fit for the blank? (p. 73, Ch. 14)

Ever since the day that his job had been given to Farfrae, he had had his own reasons for hating the Scot.

This made him the right partner for revenge,

but a very ( ) partner in business.

• unsuitable

• adequate

• successful

• reasonable

• unforgettable

Which is true in chapter 14?

• Henchard hired Jopp as a manager and treated him fairly.

• Henchard and Jopp conspired against Lucetta.

• Henchard blessed the relationship between Farfrae and Lucetta.

• Henchard forced Lucetta to agree to marry him.

• Lucetta happily accepted Henchard's proposal.

How did Henchard feel when he found out that Lucetta had married Farfrae secretly?

• interested and curious

• sympathetic and concerned

• terrified and petrified

• furious and infuriated

• bored and tired

What happened in the courtroom? (ch. 15)

• Henchard regained his dignity finally.

• Henchard's ugly secret had revealed.

• The old woman judged Henchard innocent.

• Everyone in the courtroom already knew Henchard's past.

• Henchard's assistant dragged the old woman out of the courtroom.

Fill in the gaps according to chapter 15.

"It was the end of Henchard as an honest, respected man, and the beginning of Henchard as a ( ) man."

(a)  

What is Henchard's last important weapon against Lucetta? (ch. 15)

• His social position as a mayor

• His wife and child sold to a sailor

• His fortune such as his house and furniture

• All those memories shared with Lucetta

• The letters given from Lucetta

What can you expect of what's happening next after chapter 16?

• They all lived happily ever after.

• Henchard would become a new person with warmth.

• Henchard would devise a scheme against Farfrae.

• Henchard might have the fondness for the villagers.

• Henchard would try to leave Casterbridge to find work.