1. The document summarizes 10 chapters from the novel "The Return of the Native" by Thomas Hardy. It includes short answer questions, multiple choice questions, fill in the blank questions, and true/false questions about the chapters. 2. The main characters introduced are Eustacia Vye, Thomasin Yeobright, Damon Wildeve, and Diggory Venn. Eustacia is lonely living on Egdon Heath and desires love and escape. Thomasin's potential marriage to Wildeve causes conflict. 3. Venn is devoted to Thomasin despite a past disappointment, and spies on Eustacia and Wildeve's meetings, hoping to help Thomasin marry

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Assignment Made by Group no. 1.
Group Members:
Leader: Aleena Farooq – Roll no. 07.
Samia Azhar – Roll no. 17.
Hira Asim – Roll no. 22.
Laraib Nadeem – Roll no. 30.
Sadaf Jamal – Roll no. 36.
Zulaikha Hameed – Roll no. 39.
Faiza Gill – Roll no. 46.
Short Answer Questions and Objectives of Novel: The Return Of The Native.
(Book 1: Chapter No. 01 to 10.)
CHAPTER NO. 01.
Short Answer Questions:
1. What time was it when the novel opens?
Answer: The novel starts at the twilight with the lyrical and poetic description of Egdon Heath.
2. How is the beauty of Egdon Heath described in this chapter?
Answer: Egdon Heath does not possess the beauty of a conventional kind, but has a tragic kind of beauty which
can be felt best at the time of twilight when the gloomy beauty is glorified by the darkness of night.
3. Who is the lover and who is the friend of Heath?
Answer: Storm is the lover and wind is the friend of Heath.
4. Who is the enemy of Heath?
Answer: Civilization is the enemy of Heath which has never been able to change Heath or leave any mark on
its face.
5. Why is the description of Egdon Heath remarkable?
Answer: The description of Egdon Heath is remarkable because it is one of the finest passages of poetic prose,
it has a lyrical intensity, Egdon Heath is personified as a giant human being and is almost an over-character in
the novel and its somber beauty harmonize well with the tragic happenings of the novel.
MCQS:
1. The description of Egdon Heath is poetic and _________.
a. lyrical. b. tragic. c. heroic.
2. The beauty of Egdon is not beauty of ________ kind.
a. conventional. b. fake. c. real.
3. Egdon Heath’s beauty is of a _________ kind.
a. heroic. b. poetic. c. tragic.
4. The storm is the lover and the wind is the __________ of Heath
a. enemy. b. friend. c. sister
5. ___________ is the enemy of Heath.
a. wind. b. storm. c. civilization.

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Fill In The Blanks.
1. Heath has a titanic form.
2. The melancholy beauty of Heath shuns everything brilliant and welcomes the dark.
3. Heath has a chastened sublimity.
4. Heath is almost an over-character.
True and False.
1. Heath is personified as a giant bull. (F)
2. Heath possesses a somber and gloomy beauty. (T)
3. Sea is the enemy and civilization is the friend of Heath. (F)
4. Heath has a tragic beauty. (T)
CHAPTER NO. 02.
Short Answer Questions:
1. What was the old man wearing?
Answer: The old man was wearing a glazed hat, old, worn out boots and an old cloak.
2. Describe the physical appearance of the Reddleman.
Answer: The Reddleman is a young man with a handsome face. His eyes were keen and blue as autumn mist
and his lips were thin. His dress suggested that he is a well-to-do person.
3. What did the old man ask the Reddleman and what was his reply?
Answer: The old man asked the Reddleman if anyone was in the van that he needs to look after to which he
replied that a young woman is in the van. She is coming from Anglebury and is uneasy as she is not used to
travelling.
4. Who is the heroin of the novel?
Answer: Eustacia Vye is the heroin of the novel.
5. Who is the young lady carried in the van by Reddleman?
Answer: Thomasin is the young lady carried by Reddleman in the van. She is also his beloved.
MCQS:
1. The mark of _______ on Captain Vye’s brass button indicates that once he was a naval officer.
a. mole. b. anchor. c.pen.
2. The old man overtakes a ________ coloured spring van.
a. brown. b. red. c. white.
3. Reddleman looks through the window of the van for ______ times.
a. two. b. seven. c. five.
4. The woman raddleman carried in his van was ______.
a. Thomasin. b. Eustasia. c. Mrs. Yeobright.
Fill In The Blanks:
1. The old man walks with a silver-headed walking stick.
2. Reddleman supplies reddle to farmers.
3. Eustacia is the heroin of the novel.
True and False:
1. The old man was once a priest. (F)
2. The Reddleman supplies orange paint to farmers. (F)
3. Thomasin was the young lady present in the van. (T)

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CHAPTER NO. 03.
Short Answer Questions:
1. What was the purpose for which the bonfires were lit up?
Answer: It was a custom of lighting up bonfires to commemorate the gunpowder plot, but perhaps these fires
were also connected with Druidical rites and Saxon ceremonies.
2. What were the different opinions of the crowd about Thomasin’s marriage?
Answer: There were two opinions about Thomasin’s marriage. In the opinion of one of the members of the
crowd, a pretty girl like Thomasin was a fool to desire to marry a man like Wildeve, but in the opinion of
another, a hundred maidens would agree to marry that man.
3. Describe the character of Wildeve.
Answer: Wildeve, a good looking, clever and learned fellow, who was brought up to do better things than
running the Quiet Woman inn. He was a kind of engineer before he adopted his present profession.
4. Who is Eustacia Vye?
Answer: Eustacia is the granddaughter of Captain Vye. She is an attractive girl who wears showy gowns. She
was very strange in her ways, and kept aloof from people.
5. What do you know about Mrs. Yeobright?
Answer: Mrs. Yeobright was a woman of middle age, with well-formed features of the type usually found
where intelligence is the chief quality crowned within. Although her husband had been a small farmer, she
herself was a curate's daughter. She was a matron who carried a certain atmosphere with her and who brought
her own tone into a company. Her normal manner among the rustic folk was somewhat restrained, the result of
her consciousness of a superior communicative power.
6. Why did the crowd on the barrow decide to go to the inn?
Answer: The crowd decided to go to the inn to sing a song to congratulate Wildeve on his marriage which was
believed to have taken place.
MCQS:
1. What could be seen burning at various places in the whole region?
a. bonfires. b. matchsticks. c. houses.
2. How many bonfires could be counted within the bounds of the entire district?
a. 40. b. 30. c. 50.
3. Who was in a gay mood?
a. Grandfer Cantle. b. Wildeve. c. Clym.
4. Whom did Mrs. Yeobright’s niece want to marry?
a. Wildeve. b. Clym. c. Timothy.
Fill In The Blanks:
1. Mrs. Yeobright had forbidden the marriage of Thomasin with Wildeve.
2. Those who lived in these parts could recognize the locality of each fire by its angle and direction.
3. Quiet Woman inn belonged to Wildeve.
4. Eustacia was the granddaughter of Captain Vye.
True And False:
1. Reddleman wanted to know the way to the house of Mrs. Yeobright. (T)
2. Mrs. Yeobright was treated, by the people on the barrow, with rudeness. (F)
3. Olly accompanied Mrs. Yeobright on her way. (T)
4. Grandfer Cantle was singing and dancing. (T)

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CHAPTER NO. 04.
Short Answer Questions:
1. How did Mrs. Yeobright change her decision about Thomasin’s marriage?
Answer: Mrs. Yeobright changed her decision because she realized that, on the whole, it would be better for
Thomasin to marry the man of her own choice.
2. What was Olly’s opinion about Wildeve?
Answer: Olly’s opinion about Wildeve was that he was a man of ample means and had the manners of a
gentleman, no matter what one said against him.
3. What did Reddleman tell Mrs. Yeobright about her niece?
Answer: Reddleman told Mrs. Yeobright that he had some bad news for her. He said that her niece, Thomasin,
had met him on the roadside about a mile out of Anglebury and had sought his help. She seemed to be in trouble
and fainted. He lifted her up and put her in his wagon.
MCQS:
1. Mrs. Yeobright goes towards the Quiet Woman Inn where she supposed her niece to have returned with
Wildeve after their wedding at ___________.
a. Egdon Heath. b. Anglebury. c. Barrow.
2. Mrs. Yeobright said that it would be better for _________ to marry the man of her choice.
a. Thomasin. b. Eustacia. c. Both a & b.
Fill In The Blanks:
1. Olly made a reference to Thomasin’s reported marriage with Wildeve.
2. Mrs. Yeobright walks towards the Quiet Woman Inn.
True And False:
1. Olly expressed her surprise about Mrs. Yeobright change of decision. (T)
2. Mrs. Yeobright was concerned about her niece’s welfare. (T)
CHAPTER NO. 05:
Short Answer Questions:
1. What did Thomasin reply to Mrs. Yeobright about the marriage that had not taken place?
Answer: Thomasin replied to Mrs. Yeobright that something was wrong with marriage license and Wildeve had
not found it to be possible to get another license the same day.
2. What kind of a signal the bonfire was?
Answer: The bonfire was kind of signal to Wildeve that the woman, Eustacia, who had lighted it up was still
waiting for him.
MCQS:
1. For Wildeve’s explanation, Mrs. Yeobright and _________ went to meet Wildeve at his Inn.
a. Thomasin. b. Clym. c. Eustacia.
2. Wildeve suddenly remembered that he had promised a bottle of wine to _________.
a. Eustacia. b. Olly’s husband. c. Clym.
Fill In The Blanks:
1. The bonfire was a kind of signal for Wildeve.
2. The singers were the rustic characters led by Timothy Fairway and Grandfer Cantle.

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True And False:
1. Mrs. Yeobright asked Eustacia why the marriage had not taken place. (F)
2. The marriage license of Wildeve was made out for the city of Budmouth. (T)
CHAPTER NO. 06:
Short Answer Questions:
1. Who is the woman wrapped in a shawl?
Answer: The woman wrapped in a shawl was the same woman whom the Reddleman had seen from the road,
and who, at the approach of the strangers, had suddenly vanished.
2. Why did Eustacia give 6 pence to Johnny?
Answer: On Eustacia’s orders, Johnny came to inform her that a frog had jumped into the pond. At this, she
hastily dismisses the boy by giving him 6 pence.
3. Why did Wildeve get irritated?
Answer: Eustacia talked about Thomasin in an insulting manner on which Wildeve got irritated.
MCQS:
1. Eustacia gave 6 pence to Johnny.
a. Thomasin. b. Clym. c. Johnny.
2. Eustacia talked about Thomasin in an insulting manner.
a. insulting. b. happy. c. tragic.
Fill In The Blanks:
1. Eustacia was the woman wrapped in shawl.
2. Johnny came to inform her that a frog had jumped into the pond.
True And False:
1. Eustacia was a queen in her home. (T)
2. Eustacia returns twice after short intervals. (F)
3. Wildeve came to inform Eustacia that a frog had jumped into the pond. (F)
CHAPTER NO. 07:
Short Answer Questions:
1. Why was Eustacia forced to live in Egdon?
Answer: After the death of her parents, she was forced to live in Egdon with her Grandfather.
2. What was the greatest desire of Eustacia?
Answer: Eustacia’s greatest desire was to be loved.
MCQS:
1. The sketch of Eustacia’s character is in _______ prose.
a. poetic. b. poignant. c. lyrical.

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2. Though Eustacia knows that her lover, Wildeve, is not worthy of her, she loves him for want of a _______.
a. better man. b. rich man. c. toy.
Fill In The Blanks:
1. Eustacia is full limbed and somewhat heavy.
2. In the isolation of Egdon, Eustacia, longs for love.
True And False:
1. Eustacia is full limbed and somewhat heavy. (T)
2. Eustacia had no passion and insticts. (F)
3. Eustacia greatest desire is to be hated. (F)
4. The poetic prose used to sketch the character of Eustacia has been admired. (T)
CHAPTER NO. 08:
Short Answer Questions:
1. What did Johnny find when he went nearer to the light?
Answer: When Johnny went nearer to the light he found a figure, red from head to feet, seated in a van.
2. What did Johnny tell the Reddleman?
Answer: Johnny told the Reddleman everything about his adventures that evening; the six pence given to him
by Eustacia for keeping the bonfire burning, the frog jumping into the pond, the gentleman he saw talking to
Eustacia, and the same gentleman telling Eustacia that he will not be marrying another woman because he liked
his old sweetheart best.
MCQS:
1. Johnny’s cottage was at a _________ from Eustacia’s house.
a. small distance. b. great distance. c. haphazard land
2. The child is startled to see a _____ from a pit under the hills.
a. light b. horse. c. fox.
Fill in the Blanks :
1. Venn is much pleased at learning the secrets Johnny shared.
2. Johnny is afraid of Eustacia.
True And False:
1. Johnny is afraid of Clym. (F)
2. Wildeve gave Johnny ten pence for keeping the bonfire burning. (F)
CHAPTER NO. 09:
Short Answer Questions:
1. Describe Diggory’s devotion to Thomasin and how did he become a Reddleman?
Answer: Diggory Venn became a reddleman as a result of disappointment of his love for Thomasin, but he still
was devoted to Thomasin and would serve her in any possible manner. Accordingly, the information given to
him by the boy spurs him to activity.
MCQS:
1. ________hid himself near the spot where he expected Eustacia & Wildieve to meet.
a. Clym. b. Reddleman. c. Small Boy.

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2. Wildeve asked Eustacia if she would go with him to _________.
a. Paris. b. London. c. America.
Fill In The Blanks:
1. Wildeve said that Thomasin was a confoundedly good woman.
2. The Reddleman resolved to help Thomasin in her desire to marry Wildeve.
True And False:
1. The reason for which the marriage did not take place at appointed time was invalid licence. (T)
2. The license obtained by Wildeve was valid not for Budmouth, but for Anglebury. (F)
CHAPTER NO. 10:
Short Answer Questions:
1. What was the offer given by Reddleman to Eustacia?
Answer: The offer given by reddleman to Eustacia was an appointment for her as a companion to a rich widow
at Budmouth where she would not feel so lonely and isolated as she felt at Egdon Heath.
2. How did Eustacia respond after hearing the offer?
Answer: Eustacia did not show much interest in the offer made by Reddleman of the job which required her to
keep her employer amused and pleased.
MCQS:
1. Eustacia becomes almost _________ to reddleman.
a. Arrogant. b. Obedient. c. Hopeful
2. Eustacia considered Thomasin as an ________ woman.
a. Intelligent. b. Inferior. c. Ignorant.
Fill In The Blanks:
1. Reddleman makes an offer to Eustacia.
True And False:
1. Reddleman was a selfish lover. (F)
2. Eustacia said to herself that she would never give up on Wildeve. (T)