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The Return of the Native

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Thomas Hardy Biography

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Book 1: The Three Women: Chapters 1–2
Book 1: The Three Women: Chapter 3
Book 1: The Three Women: Chapters 4–5
Book 1: The Three Women: Chapters 6–7
Book 1: The Three Women: Chapters 8–9
Book 1: The Three Women: Chapters 10–11
Book 2: The Arrival: Chapters 1–3
Book 2: The Arrival: Chapters 4–6
Book 2: The Arrival: Chapters 7–8
Book 3: The Fascination: Chapters 1–2
Book 3: The Fascination: Chapters 3–4
Book 3: The Fascination: Chapters 5–6
Book 3: The Fascination: Chapters 7–8
Book 4: The Closed Door: Chapters 1–2
Book 4: The Closed Door: Chapters 3–4
Book 4: The Closed Door: Chapters 5–6
Book 4: The Closed Door: Chapters 7–8
Book 5: The Discovery: Chapter 1
Book 5: The Discovery: Chapters 2–3
Book 5: The Discovery: Chapters 4–5
Book 5: The Discovery: Chapter 6
Book 5: The Discovery: Chapters 7–8
Book 5: The Discovery: Chapter 9
Book 6: Aftercourses: Chapters 1–4

Character List

Character Analysis

Clym (Clement) Yeobright
Eustacia Vye
Mrs. Yeobright
Thomasin (Tamsin) Yeobright
Damon Wildeve
Diggory Venn

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Setting
Plot
Structure
Symbolism
Irony
Style

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1:  Who is the man first seen walking along Egdon Heath?

a. Captain Vye

b. Clym Yeobright

c. Damon Wildeve

d. Diggory Venn
2:  Who is the woman hiding in the horse carriage?

a. Susan Nunsuch

b. Eustacia Vye

c. Thomasin Yeobright

d. The widow Yeobright
3:  Who is the character first seen on Rainbarrow?

a. Diggory Venn

b. Old Fred

c. Eustacia Vye

d. Damon Wildeve
4:  When Eustacia lures Wildeve to Rainbarrow, she tries to get him to do what?

a. To run away to Paris with her

b. To admit he loves her more than he loves Thomasin

c. To introduce her to Clym

d. To teach her to read French novels
5:  The heath dwellers think Clym is special because

a. of his musical ability

b. he is good looking

c. he has led a successful life in France

d. he knows how to manipulate spirit forces
6:  What happens when Mrs. Yeobright sets out to visit her son in Alderworth?

a. She sees a man come to the house before she can get there.

b. She is followed by Venn.

c. She is insulted by villagers.

d. She changes her mind and returns home.
7:  Why does Eustacia object when Clym starts to go after his mother?

a. She is tired of Mrs. Yeobright’s meddling.

b. She is concerned that Clym is tired from furze cutting all day.

c. She fears Clym will get into an argument with Venn.

d. She doesn’t want Clym to find out about her meeting with Wildeve.
8:  What news does Captain Vye bring Eustacia?

a. Thomasin has delivered her baby.

b. Wildeve has inherited eleven thousand pounds.

c. Susan Nunsuch is planning to harm Eustacia.

d. Clym has had a heat stroke.
9:  How does Clym respond to his mother’s death?

a. By trying to get back to his studies

b. By vowing to leave the heath

c. By blaming himself for the death

d. By returning to Paris
10:  What does Clym learn from Johnny?

a. Eustacia did not admit Mrs. Yeobright to her and Clym’s cottage.

b. Christian lost money gambling with Wildeve.

c. Venn is trying to buy a farm.

d. Thomasin has decided to name her baby Eustacia Clementine.
11:  When Eustacia returns to her grandfather’s house, she is looked after by

a. Venn

b. Thomasin

c. Charley

d. Wildeve
12:  Who says the following: “You give me no peace. Why do you not leave me alone?”

a. Humphrey

b. Clym

c. Wildeve

d. Mrs. Yeobright
13:  Who says the following: “the eclipsed moonlight shines upon your face with a strange foreign color, and shows its shape as if it were cut out in gold. That means that you should be doing better than this.”

a. Clym

b. Wildeve

c. Thomasin

d. Eustacia



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