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Thomas Hardy – One Liner

About the Author: Abirlal Mukherjee

Assistant Professor (Amity University), Digital Humanist
Ph.D in English (GITAM, India), M.A. and B.A. in English (B.C.C., B.K.U, India), P.G.D.E. -I by Research (B.C.U, UK), TESOL Prof. Certification (Arizona State University, USA)

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  1. Hardy is called the novelist of: The Wessex Region
  2. Hardy was honored with: Order of Merit.
  3. What is meant by Wessex? The region in which hardy’s novels are set 
  4. It is said that the most important character in Hardy’s novels is not a person but a place. What is that place? Egdon Heath.
  5. What are Hardy’s Dynasts? An epic drama written by Hardy
  6. How many parts are there in Hardy’s Dynasts? Three.
  7. What is the central theme of Hardy’s Dynasts? The Napoleonic wars.
  8. Hardy believed in the philosophy of: Immanent Will
  9. Hardy was essentially: An agnostic.
  10. According to Hardy, God is essentially: Merciless.
  11. “As  flies to the wanton boys are we to the god, / They kill us for their sport.” These lines of Shakespeare have been quoted by Hardy in one of his novels: Tess
  12. In which of Hardy’s novels the scene of a wife’s auction takes place? The Mayor of Casterbridge.
  13. Hardy gives to one of his novels the title “Far From the Madding Crowd.” From where has he borrowed this title? Gray’s Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.
  14. Whom does Tess kill in an emotional fury? Alec D’Urberville.
  15. Clym Yeobright is a character in: The Return of the Native.
  16. What is the name of the hero of a novel of Hardy, who rises from the position of a haycutter to the position of a Mayor? Michael Henchard.
  17. In one of the novels Hardy says, “Happiness is but an occasional episode in the general drama of pain.” The novel is: The Mayor of Casterbridge.
  18. In which novel does Sue Bridehead appear as a character? Jude the Obscure
  19. In which novel does Giles Winterbourne appear as the hero? The Woodlanders
  20. Which hero of Hardy writes his will before his death? Henchard.
  21. One of the heroines of Hardy is hanged to death by the order of the court. Who is she? Tess
  22. Eustacia Vye appears in: The Return of the Native.
  23. Gabriel Oak is a character in: Far From the Madding Crowd
  24. Which is a poetical collection of Hardy? Poems of the Past and the Present.
  25. Which is a drama written by Hardy? the famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall.
  26. Hardy’s characters are types, though not without individuality. Whose view is this? Jean Brooks.
  27. Who is the rival of Michael Henchard in The Mayor of Casterbridge? Donald Farfrae.
  28. From where did Hardy take the hint for the title Under the Greenwood Tree? Shakespeare’s As You Like It.
  29. Which is a novel by Hardy? A Laodicean.
  30. Novel by Hardy: A ALodicean, The Trumpet major, the hand of Ethelberta.
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