- Hardy is called the novelist of: The Wessex Region
- Hardy was honored with: Order of Merit.
- What is meant by Wessex? The region in which hardy’s novels are set
- 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.
- What are Hardy’s Dynasts? An epic drama written by Hardy
- How many parts are there in Hardy’s Dynasts? Three.
- What is the central theme of Hardy’s Dynasts? The Napoleonic wars.
- Hardy believed in the philosophy of: Immanent Will
- Hardy was essentially: An agnostic.
- According to Hardy, God is essentially: Merciless.
- “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
- In which of Hardy’s novels the scene of a wife’s auction takes place? The Mayor of Casterbridge.
- 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.
- Whom does Tess kill in an emotional fury? Alec D’Urberville.
- Clym Yeobright is a character in: The Return of the Native.
- 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.
- 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.
- In which novel does Sue Bridehead appear as a character? Jude the Obscure
- In which novel does Giles Winterbourne appear as the hero? The Woodlanders
- Which hero of Hardy writes his will before his death? Henchard.
- One of the heroines of Hardy is hanged to death by the order of the court. Who is she? Tess
- Eustacia Vye appears in: The Return of the Native.
- Gabriel Oak is a character in: Far From the Madding Crowd
- Which is a poetical collection of Hardy? Poems of the Past and the Present.
- Which is a drama written by Hardy? the famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall.
- Hardy’s characters are types, though not without individuality. Whose view is this? Jean Brooks.
- Who is the rival of Michael Henchard in The Mayor of Casterbridge? Donald Farfrae.
- From where did Hardy take the hint for the title Under the Greenwood Tree? Shakespeare’s As You Like It.
- Which is a novel by Hardy? A Laodicean.
- Novel by Hardy: A ALodicean, The Trumpet major, the hand of Ethelberta.