Thomas Hardy Quiz

Thomas Hardy Quiz Questions

Thomas Hardy (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

1) Which was Thomas Hardy’s first novel?
a) The poor man and the lady
b) Rich Dad Poor Dad
c) Think and grow rich
d) Think and grow poor

2) Which novel of Thomas Hardy has a chapter in which a man sells his wife?
a) Two on a Tower
b) The Return of the Native
c) The Mayor of Casterbridge
d) Desperate Remedies

3) What happens to Tess in Tess of the d’Urbervilles?
a) She becomes queen
b) She goes to USA
c) She becomes grandmother
d) She is hanged

4) In which year Thomas Hardy announced that he would not write fiction again?
a) 1940
b) 1928
c) 1912
d) 1896

5) Which county is depicted in the novels of Thomas Hardy?
a) Essex
b) Wessex
c) Sussex
d) Surrey

original title page of Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

6) Who is Jude Fawley’s cousin in Jude the Obscure?
a) Mary Chant
b) Tess Durbeyfield
c) Arabella
d) Sue Bridehead

7) Which novel of Thomas Hardy first gained notice?
a) Vestiges of an Old Flame
b) Far from the madding crowd
c) Under the Greenwood Tree
d) A Pair of Blue Eyes

8) Who conferred the Order of Merit on Thomas Hardy?
a) Victoria
b) Edward VII
c) George V
d) Edward VIII

9) Which poem of Thomas Hardy deals with Napoleonic Wars?
a) The Grave by the Handpost
b) A Changed Man
c) The Dynasts
d) Enter a Dragoon

10) When was Wessex Tales published?
a) 1912
b) 1914
c) 1916
d) 1928

Thomas Hardy Quiz Questions with Answers

Caricature of Mr T Hardy. Caption read “Tess”. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

1) Which was Thomas Hardy’s first novel?
a) The poor man and the lady

2) Which novel of Thomas Hardy has a chapter in which a man sells his wife?
c) The Mayor of Casterbridge

3) What happens to Tess in Tess of the d’Urbervilles?
d) She is hanged

4) In which year Thomas Hardy announced that he would not write fiction again?
d) 1896

5) Which county is depicted in the novels of Thomas Hardy?
b) Wessex

6) Who is Jude Fawley’s cousin in Jude the Obscure?
d) Sue Bridehead

7) Which novel of Thomas Hardy first gained notice?
b) Far from the madding crowd

8) Who conferred the Order of Merit on Thomas Hardy?
c) George V

9) Which poem of Thomas Hardy deals with Napoleonic Wars?
c) The Dynasts

10) When was Wessex Tales published?
a) 1912

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