MCQs- life and works of Thomas Hardy
1. Thomas Hardy was born in which year?
A. 1830
B. 1840
C. 1850
D. 1860
Answer: B. 1840
2. Which of the following is a recurring setting in Hardy's works?
A. London
B. Paris
C. Wessex
D. New York
Answer: C. Wessex
3. In which county of England was Thomas Hardy born?
A. Dorset
B. Sussex
C. Devon
D. Cornwall
Answer: A. Dorset
4. What was Hardy's occupation before he became a full-time
writer?
A. Lawyer
B. Doctor
C. Teacher
D. Architect
Answer: D. Architect
5. What caused Hardy to stop writing novels and turn to poetry
exclusively?
A. A personal loss
B. Ill health
C. Harsh criticism of Jude the Obscure
D. Lack of public interest
Answer: C. Harsh criticism of Jude the Obscure
6. In which year did Hardy publish his first novel?
A. 1871
B. 1886
C. 1891
D. 1902
Answer: A. 1871, Desperate Remedies 1871 is the second novel by
Thomas Hardy, albeit the first to be published (anonymously).
7. Hardy's second wife, who was also his secretary?
A. Emma Lavinia Gifford
B. Florence Emily Dugdale
C. Mary Anne Evans
D. Virginia Woolf
Answer: B. Florence Emily Dugdale
8. Which character sells
his wife and daughter in a moment of drunken impulsiveness in The Mayor of
Casterbridge?
A. Gabriel Oak
B. Angel Clare
C. Michael Henchard
D. Clym Yeobright
Answer: C. Michael Henchard
9. Which of the following novels by Hardy was adapted into an
award-winning film in 1967?
A. Far from the Madding Crowd
B. The Return of the Native
C. Jude the Obscure
D. Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Answer: A. Far from the Madding Crowd
10. Which of the following
works by Hardy was adapted into a film directed by Roman Polanski in 1979?
A. Tess of the d'Urbervilles
B. Jude the Obscure
C. Far from the Madding Crowd
D. The Mayor of Casterbridge
Answer: A. Tess of the d'Urbervilles
11. Which of the following is a collection of short stories by
Hardy?
A. Wessex Tales
B. The Woodlanders
C. Two on a Tower
D. A Laodicean
Answer: A. Wessex Tales
12. Which Hardy novel features the character Eustacia Vye?
A. The Woodlanders
B. The Return of the Native
C. Two on a Tower
D. A Laodicean
Answer: B. The Return of the Native
13. What profession does Jude aspire to in Jude the Obscure?
A. Farmer
B. Priest
C. Lawyer
D. Scholar
Answer: D. Scholar
14. In Hardy’s Far from the Madding Crowd, which of the following
is not one of Bathsheba Everdene’s suitors?
A. Gabriel Oak
B. Sergeant Troy
C. Boldwood
D. Jude Fawley
Answer: D. Jude Fawley
15. In which year did Hardy
publish his final novel, Jude the Obscure?
A. 1895
B. 1902
C. 1915
D. 1928
Answer: A. 1895
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24. The Mayor of Casterbridge begins with:
A. A murder
B. A drunken man auctioning his wife
C. A shipwreck
D. A courtroom trial
Answer: B
25. Hardy’s only
historical novel is:
A. A Pair of Blue Eyes
B. The Trumpet-Major
C. A Laodicean
D. The Well-Beloved
Answer: B
26. Which novel ends with the line: "Happiness was but the
occasional episode in a general drama of pain"?
A. Tess of the d’Urbervilles
B. The Mayor of Casterbridge
C. Jude the Obscure
D. The Return of the Native
Answer: A
27. How many poems did Hardy write approximately?
A. 500
B. 900
C. 200
D. 1,200
Answer: B
28. Poems of 1912–13 were written in memory of:
A. His mother
B. His first wife, Emma
C. His father
D. A close friend
Answer: B
29. In which year did Thomas Hardy pass away?
A. 1905
B. 1928
C. 1942
D. 1961
Answer: B. 1928
30. Where are Hardy’s ashes buried?
A. Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey
B. Stinsford Churchyard
C. Dorchester Cemetery
D. His family estate
Answer: A
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