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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Bulstrode think Lydgate should not marry Rosamond?
(a) There is something sinister about Lydgate that Rosamond does not know.
(b) He/she admires Rosamond.
(c) He/she admires Lydgate.
(d) Lydgate's social standing is not high enough.

2. What does Mr. Garth receive in the mail?
(a) An overdue tax notice.
(b) A threat from a former customer.
(c) A letter from his long-lost son.
(d) Invitations to manage the Tipton and Freshitt estates.

3. Who is concerned for Dorothea's health?
(a) Casaubon.
(b) Celia and Mr. Brooke.
(c) Lydgate.
(d) Will Ladislaw.

4. In the end, who is appointed chaplain?
(a) None of the above.
(b) Cadwallader.
(c) Tyke.
(d) Farebrother.

5. Who delivers the letter to Featherstone?
(a) Bulstrode.
(b) Fred.
(c) Mary.
(d) Dorothea.

6. What is the subject of Chapter 40?
(a) The changing season.
(b) The Garth family.
(c) Politics in Middlemarch.
(d) Lydgate's proposal.

7. Why do the gossiping women visit Rosamond?
(a) To urge her not to marry Lydgate.
(b) To ask her advice.
(c) To tell her Fred is in jail.
(d) To urge her to marry Lydgate.

8. Casaubon spends most of his honeymoon doing what?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Researching.
(d) Teaching.

9. Dorothea chooses a room at Lowick that used to belong to which relative of Casaubon?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His sister.
(c) His mother.
(d) His wife.

10. Who arrives at Tipton Grange just as Casaubon is leaving?
(a) Sir Chettam.
(b) Mr. Brooke.
(c) Celia.
(d) Mrs. Cadwallader.

11. What endeavor is the banker sponsoring?
(a) A community theatre.
(b) A new hospital.
(c) The mayor's campaign.
(d) A school.

12. What will make Dorothea feel better?
(a) Being home.
(b) Talking to a clergyman.
(c) Going to a spa.
(d) Spending a week in the hospital.

13. Whom does Mr. Lydgate admire?
(a) Dorothea.
(b) Celia.
(c) Mary Garth.
(d) Rosamond Vincy.

14. How many wills are read after Featherstone's funeral?
(a) Three.
(b) None.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

15. What position does Farebrother hold in town?
(a) Banker.
(b) Vicar.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Mayor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks Bulstrode to try to convince Lydgate not to marry Rosamond?

2. Who is the cosigner for one of Fred's debts?

3. What was Casaubon and Dorothea's first argument about?

4. Dorothea is awed and intimidated by what characteristic of Casaubon?

5. The author compares the deceased's relatives to what animals?

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