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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dagley react to inquiries about his son?
(a) He gives Mr. Brooke a piece of his mind.
(b) He hires Mr. Brooke for a job.
(c) He offers to work for Mr. Brooke.
(d) He thanks Mr. Brooke for his interest.

2. Who discerns the reason for Lydgate's avoidance of Rosamond?
(a) Farebrother.
(b) Rosamond.
(c) Mr. Vincy.
(d) Featherstone.

3. What event is upcoming in Middlemarch at the beginning of Chapter 37?
(a) Independence Day.
(b) County fair.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Elections.

4. Dorothea is awed and intimidated by what characteristic of Casaubon?
(a) His intellect.
(b) His heritage.
(c) His wealth.
(d) His size.

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

6. Regarding Dorothea, Sir Chettam seeks whose counsel?
(a) Mr. Brooke's.
(b) Casaubon's.
(c) Celia's.
(d) Mr. Cadwallader's.

7. Who asks Bulstrode to try to convince Lydgate not to marry Rosamond?
(a) Mrs. Bulstrode.
(b) Casaubon.
(c) Mary Garth.
(d) Fred.

8. Who is the sole inheritor of Stone Court?
(a) Joshua Rigg.
(b) Will Ladislaw.
(c) Fred Vincy.
(d) Lydgate.

9. Lydgate compares himself to physicians of old who did what?
(a) Dissected animals.
(b) Used unsterilized instruments.
(c) Refused to treat poor patients.
(d) Exhumed corpses to study anatomy.

10. What does Will Ladislaw bring to the funeral?
(a) His fiancee.
(b) His friend from Rome.
(c) The portrait of the Casaubons in Rome.
(d) Flowers for the family of the deceased.

11. Who is the cosigner for one of Fred's debts?
(a) Mr. Garth.
(b) Bulstrode.
(c) Mr. Vincy.
(d) Featherstone.

12. What does Sir Chettam offer to Dorothea as a gift?
(a) A silk scarf.
(b) A diamond ring.
(c) A Maltese puppy.
(d) A box of chocolates.

13. Where does Mrs. Garth get the money to cover Fred's debt?
(a) Her own wages.
(b) Her husband's desk drawer.
(c) Her son's school fund.
(d) The sale of her artwork.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Mr. Brooke stop to talk while touring his estate?

2. The men on the board of the hospital meet to vote on the new chaplain. The vote is a tie between which characters?

3. By the end of Chapter 21, what is Edward's primary emotion regarding Will?

4. Lydgate and Rosamond agree that one of the drawbacks of living in a rural area is that there are so few good:

5. Rosamond is jealous of the time Lydgate spends with whom?

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