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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To make his problems go away, Lydgate has tried what?
(a) Opium.
(b) Gambling.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) All answers are correct.

2. When Lydgate asks Bulstrode for a loan, what is Bulstrode's response?
(a) He asks for a day to consider.
(b) He suggests that Lydgate consider bankruptcy.
(c) He demands that Lydgate offer the deed to his house as collateral.
(d) He reluctantly agrees to loan Lydgate the thousand pounds he needs.

3. In order to be with Ladislaw, Dorothea renounces her need for what?
(a) Her inheritance from Casaubon.
(b) Performing charitable services at the hospital.
(c) Maintaining a friendship with Lydgate.
(d) The need for approval from the residents of Middlemarch.

4. To whom does Rosamond write, asking for money?
(a) Lydgate's relative.
(b) Dorothea.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her brother.

5. Why does Bulstrode tell Lydgate he wants to resign from overseeing the hospital?
(a) He wants more time to pursue his political career.
(b) It is too much work.
(c) He thinks Lydgate would do a better job.
(d) His declining health.

6. Who visits Rosamond as a friend but then upsets her, causing her to stay in bed, claiming illness?
(a) Mrs. Bulstrode.
(b) Dorothea.
(c) Mary Garth.
(d) Ladislaw.

7. What is becoming a problem for Lydgate in Chapter 47?
(a) A lack of referrals.
(b) Creditors.
(c) Rosamond's health.
(d) His health.

8. Who is called the grandson of a swindler by the townspeople?
(a) Lydgate.
(b) Fred Vincy.
(c) Ladislaw.
(d) Bulstrode.

9. Who remains unsure about the extent of Lydgate's involvement in Raffles' death?
(a) Dorothea.
(b) Bulstrode.
(c) Farebrother.
(d) Rosamond.

10. When Dorothea goes out to find Casaubon, he is
(a) In the garden, sleeping.
(b) Out riding.
(c) On a bench, dead.
(d) Visiting Mr. Brooke.

11. Who tells Rosamond of the suspicions about Lydgate?
(a) Mrs. Vincy.
(b) Dorothea.
(c) Mrs. Cadwallader.
(d) Mrs. Bulstrode.

12. What does Lydgate prescribe for Raffles' treatment?
(a) Quinine.
(b) Opium.
(c) Brandy.
(d) Iodine.

13. What does Mrs. Cadwallader want Dorothea to do in the wake of Casaubon's death?
(a) Get remarried soon.
(b) Travel abroad.
(c) Go to work.
(d) Get an education.

14. When Ladislaw's messenger arrives at Lowick, Dorothea is not there. Where is she?
(a) Tipton.
(b) Freshitt.
(c) Stone Court.
(d) In town.

15. Lydgate tells Farebrother that all finances result from what?
(a) Inherited wealth.
(b) Determination.
(c) Luck.
(d) Hard work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rosamond do in Chapter 58 against her husband's advice?

2. Who tells Mrs. Bulstrode some of the details concerning the gossip about her husband?

3. Rosamond raises how many children, alone?

4. To what other character does the author compare Dorothea in Chapter 85?

5. What item is discarded, signaling the end of Dorothea's mourning period?

(see the answer keys)

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