The Return of the Native - Thomas Hardy Set 1

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This set of Fiction Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on The Return of the Native - Thomas Hardy Set 1

Q1 | The person who is returning from Paris in a few months for Christmas is :-
  • Diggory Venn
  • Johnny Nonsuch
  • Damon Wildeve
  • Clym Yeobright
Q2 | The reddleman in The Return of the Native is :-
  • Diggory Venn
  • Clym Yeobright
  • Johnny Nonsuch
  • Damon WIldeve
Q3 | The untameable nighttime heath is symbolized by:-
  • Susan Nonsuch
  • Thomasin Yeobright
  • Eustacia Vye
  • Mrs Yeobright
Q4 | The Queen of Night is :-
  • Thomasin Yeobright
  • Eustacia Vye
  • Mrs Yeobright
  • Susan Nonsuch
Q5 | Mrs Yeobright is :-
  • Kind and loving
  • Sour and bitter
  • Manipulative and deceitful
  • Greedy and selfish
Q6 | The fateful day on which the novel The Return of the Native started is :-
  • November 5th
  • November 10th
  • November 16th
  • November 20th
Q7 | Clym at the end of the novel becomes :-
  • A teacher
  • A gardener
  • A preacher
  • A reddleman
Q8 | What was Clym Yeobright's occupation in Paris?
  • School teacher
  • Diamond Merchant
  • Banker
  • Priest
Q9 | Eustacia Vye longs to be
  • A big city girl
  • A rich man's wife
  • An actress
  • A witch
Q10 | On the night of the departure of Damon and Eustacia
  • The two end up drowning
  • The two end up fighting
  • The two end up being murdered
  • The two end up getting poisoned
Q11 | What is the name of Mrs Yeobright's House?
  • Howard's end
  • Mistover Knapp
  • Alderworth
  • Bloom's End
Q12 | What title does Hardy give Eustacia Vye?
  • Empress of Despair
  • Duchess of the Heath
  • Queen of Night
  • Lady of Passion
Q13 | Where is the novel The Return of the Native set?
  • Budworth Heath
  • Bodmin
  • The Quite Woman Inn
  • Egdon Heath
Q14 | In Chapter One of The Return of the Native, what does Hardy describe the “enemy” ofthe heath?
  • Industry
  • Civilization
  • The furze cutter
  • Time
Q15 | What does the reddleman have in his cart at the opening of the novel, The Return ofthe Native?
  • A dog
  • Untold Riches
  • A woman
  • A trophy
Q16 | What is described as “Eustacia's great desire” in The Return of the Native?
  • To have a baby
  • To be loved to madness
  • To send men mad
  • To dance until weightless
Q17 | How does Diggory come to overhear Eustacia and Wildeve on the heath?
  • He follows Wildeve
  • He reads their letters
  • He waits each night for their meeting
  • They are outside his van
Q18 | On what day does the story begin in Hardy’s novel The Return of the Native?
  • November 5th
  • Halloween
  • Christmas Day
  • October 13th
Q19 | Egdon Heath is a gloomy wasteland in
  • Southern England
  • Northern England
  • Eastern England
  • Western England
Q20 | Who attempts to commit suicide in The Return of the Native?
  • EustaciaVye
  • ClymYeobright
  • Diggory Venn
  • Damon Wildeve
Q21 | The Clyms live in
  • Mistover-Klap
  • Budmouth
  • Blooms End
  • Alderworth
Q22 | Who is described as a “lady – killer” in The Return of the Native?
  • Diggory Venn
  • Damon Wildeve
  • ClymYeobright
  • Charley
Q23 | Who said this?“O, I could live in a street for a world; Egdon is a ridiculous old place: but I have got used to it and I could not be happy anywhere else at all”.
  • Wildeve
  • ClymYeobright
  • Thomasin
  • EustaciaVye
Q24 | Who wore the appearance of an installment of night which had taken up its placebefore its astronomical hour?
  • The Heath
  • Wildeve
  • ClymYeobright
  • Charley
Q25 | Eustacia marries
  • Clym Yeobright
  • Damon Wildeve
  • Diggory Venn
  • Little Pete