Question 28
Other Set Texts: Non-African ProseFrom The Mayor of Casterbridge (Thomas Hardy)
The oath above is taken when
- A.Henchard gets married to Susan
- B.Henchard collects five guineas as the prize for Susan
- C.Henchard swears to stop taking strong liquors
- D.Newson returns Susan to Henchard.
Show the answer and explanation
Answer: C (Henchard swears to stop taking strong liquors)
Explanation
After selling his wife while drunk, Henchard swears in a church not to drink for twenty-one years.