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This question is based on Zaynab Alkali's The Stillborn.
What is the most striking feature of the setting in the novel?

  • A. The simple but effective description of the landscape
  • B. The reliance on straight forward presentations
  • C. The effective employment of contrasts
  • D. The use of difficult and mystifying language.
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This question is based on Zaynab Alkali's The Stillborn.
What is the author's final message in the novel?

  • A. Human beings are born evil
  • B. Lovers should never separate
  • C. man must confront his fate
  • D. The city is a wicked place
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This question is based on Zaynab Alkali's The Stillborn.
Habu Adams ends up in the novel as a

  • A. married man
  • B. repentant husband
  • C. successful businessman
  • D. lame lover
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This question is based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge.
Susan concealed the true parentage of Elizabeth Jane in order to

  • A. safeguard her daughter's dignity
  • B. avenge Henchard for offending her
  • C. escape Henchard's curse
  • D. Prevent Newson from claiming his daughter.
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This question is based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge.
The novel is about growth because

  • A. Farfrae replaces Henchard as the Mayor of Casterbridge
  • B. of socio-economic changes in Casterbridge society
  • C. Henchard finally permits Farfrae to woo Elizabeth-Jane
  • D. Henchard gradually attains self-awareness
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