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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brooke tell Ladislaw at the end of Chapter 51?
(a) He wants Ladislaw to be his running mate.
(b) He is giving Ladislaw five hundred pounds.
(c) He has sold the paper and is laying off Ladislaw.
(d) He wants Ladislaw to marry Dorothea.

2. Who rebukes Fred's gambling habit and implores him to behave in a manner that makes him worthy of Mary Garth?
(a) Mr. Garth.
(b) Farebrother.
(c) Rosamond.
(d) Lydgate.

3. What event is attended by most of Middlemarch?
(a) A hanging.
(b) The county fair.
(c) The Larcher auction.
(d) The election.

4. When she visits Rosamond, Dorothea implores her to have the courage to do what?
(a) Defend her husband against the rumors that are circulating about him.
(b) Try to have another child.
(c) Live a less extravagant lifestyle for her husband's sake.
(d) Stay in Middlemarch.

5. What ailment is affecting John Raffles while he resides at Stone Court?
(a) Dysentery.
(b) Tumors.
(c) Cholera.
(d) Alcohol poisoning.

6. Rosamond interferes with Lydgate's plans to do what?
(a) Sell their house.
(b) Go into politics.
(c) Move back to Paris.
(d) Start a new practice.

7. How soon do Fred and Mary want to be married?
(a) They agree that the wedding should take place as soon as possible.
(b) Mary wants to wait two years, but Fred wants it to be sooner.
(c) They agree that two years is a good time to wait.
(d) Fred wants to wait two years, but Mary wants it to be sooner.

8. Rosamond insisted on having what items, putting Lydgate in debt as a result?
(a) Horses.
(b) Household items.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) Clothing.

9. Dover, the man to whom Lydgate owes many of his debts, has come to repossess what item(s) belonging to Lydgate?
(a) Practice.
(b) Horses.
(c) Furniture.
(d) Home.

10. What is the cause for controversy in town, as of Chapter 56?
(a) A railroad.
(b) New bylaws.
(c) Proposed taxes.
(d) A political scandal.

11. According to his will, Dorothea will forfeit her share of Casaubon's estate if she does what?
(a) Moves out of the country.
(b) Marries Will Ladislaw.
(c) Leaves Lowick.
(d) Does not continue Casaubon's research.

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

13. What does Casaubon want Dorothea to do in Chapter 48?
(a) Respect his wishes after his death.
(b) Move to Rome with him.
(c) Have a child.
(d) Leave him and marry someone else.

14. Who is no longer welcome at Freshitt in Chapter 51 because of political differences?
(a) Lydgate.
(b) Mr. Brooke.
(c) Farebrother.
(d) Ladislaw.

15. When Raffles dies, who is watching him?
(a) Bulstrode.
(b) Lydgate.
(c) Rosamond.
(d) A maid.

Short Answer Questions

1. Celia insists that Dorothea not wear what?

2. To celebrate briefly being out of debt, Rosamond does what?

3. Who inherits Tipton Grange?

4. Who breaks the news of Dorothea and Ladislaw's impending marriage to the Chettams?

5. Bulstrode asks his wife's opinion on what issue?

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