Reading Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy.

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Reading I: Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

Reading Comprehension

A. Classify the following adjectives into positive or negative traits of a person:

B. Write a short description of the following characters using the previous adjectives and explain why you match the adjectives to the characters. Use your own words. Do not enumerate adjectives (4-5 lines):

• Gabriel Oak: He is a humble shepherd does not care about money, good worker. Bathsheba confides his feelings to him.
• Bathsheba Everdene: is a very strong and independent woman, its beauty causes three men want to be with her.
• William Boldwood: It is mature man, he is alone and is very rich, is patient to wait for the response of Bathsheba. He It may be selfish because just want to Bathsheba for him  and he ask to gabriel that not courting to bathsheba.
• Soldier Francis Troy: this character is two-sided because at first he is a cheerful man but strange his life former and  he starts to be proud, has a bad temper and mistreats his wife.
• Fanny Robin: She is a young woman who has dreams of starting a family with her future husband, but confusion when going to marry brings you a poor and sad life.

C. Answer the following questions:

1. Why does Bathsheba reject Gabriel’s proposal?

1. She is in love with someone else.
2. She wants to marry without having a husband, she is too independent and she does not love Gabriel. True.
3. She is too young to get marry.

2. Why does Gabriel help Bathsheba with the sheep after leaving?

1. She asked him not ordered him. True.
2. Because Boldwood asked him to return in order to help the sheep.
3. Because he forgot to take the sheep with him.

3. Why does Bathsheba marry Sergeant Troy secretly?

1. She wants a private ceremony.
2. She was jealous and she did not think twice.
3. She was afraid of her reputation in the town.  True.

4. How does Bathsheba discover that Fanny was Troy’s previous lover?

1. Golden lock in his watch.
2. She follows Troy to his encounter with Fanny.
3. People in the town told her. True.

5. What does Boldwood make Bathsheba promise?

1. To think about marrying him by Christmas.
2. To marry him during Christmas.
3. To marry him in six years from today if her husband does not return. True

D. Order the following sentences as they take place in the book.

2. Gabriel finds a woman’s hat on his farm.

6. Gabriel is at Casterbridge looking for a job at the hiring fair.

10. Liddy, Bathsheba’s maid, suggests sending a Valentine Card to Boldwood.

4. Gabriel Oak receives a letter and gives it to Boldwood.

7. Bathsheba’s farmers and Troy celebrates the harvest with lots of food and drinks.

1. Troy meets Fanny and gives her some money.

8. Boldwood attacks Troy for courting Fanny and not marrying her.

9. Gabriel is promoted to farm manager of Boldwood’s farms.

3. Troy is rescued by sailors and decides to go with them in the boat

5. Boldwood thanks Gabriel for not stopping him courting Bathsheba.

E. True or False? Decide whether the following statements are true or false, according to the book.

1. The first time Gabriel Oaks sees Bathsheba he pays for her to pass through the tollgate.

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