Tess

Phases 1 and 2

100

What are the names of Tess' parents?

Who are John and John Durbeyfield?

200

What is an adjective to describe Tess' parents? (Consider their treatment towards her)

What is manipulative?

300

Give an example of Tess' passivity in Phase 1.

What is falling asleep in the wagon with Prince.

400

What does the title of Phase 2 suggest?

What is Tess' loss of purity/virginity.

500

What is the name of Alec's estate?

What is Trantridge.

Phases 3 and 4

100

What is the name of Phase 3?

What is "The Rally."

200

What are Angel's weaknesses? Name 2.

What are impulsivity/impracticality or idealistic love.

300

Who are Izzy, Retty, and Marion?

Who are milkmaids who are in love with Angel.

400

What is an example of a superstition in Phase 3?

What is the butter will not churn because someone is in love.

500

Why can't Angel forgive Tess in Phase 4?

What is he is in love with an idealistic version of her.

Phases 5, 6, and 7

100

Compare Flintcomb-Ash Farm to Talbothays

What is the best and worst of farm life for Tess.

200

This is a literary term for the attributing of human emotion and conduct to all aspects within nature. It is a kind of personification that is found in poetic writing when, for example, clouds seem sullen, when leaves dance, when dogs laugh, or when rocks seem indifferent.

What is Pathetic Fallacy?

300

Why is the title of Phase 6 ironic?

What is Alec's conversion to Christianity is superficial.

400

What does Stonehedge represent in the novel?

What is a place of sacrifice.

500

How is the title of the Phase 7 ironic?

What is there is no fulfillment. Tess is hanged to death.