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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Lydgate's reaction to Rosamond's illness?
(a) He thinks that Rosamond is feigning illness so that he will not be angry with her anymore.
(b) He thinks that Rosamond is feigning illness to get attention.
(c) He thinks Rosamond may be ill but neglects her out of anger.
(d) He fears that Rosamond is really sick, and tends to her.

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

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

4. Where is Dorothea living at the beginning of Chapter 49?
(a) Stone Court.
(b) Tipton.
(c) Lowick.
(d) Freshitt.

5. What does Lydgate think is the real reason for Bulstrode's resignation?
(a) Bulstrode thinks Lydgate would do a better job.
(b) It is too much work.
(c) Bulstrode's declining health.
(d) The operational cost of the hospital.

6. What condition affects Rosamond in Chapter 47?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Leukemia.
(c) Obesity.
(d) Pregnancy.

7. Who faints at the town meeting?
(a) Mr. Vincy.
(b) Rosamond.
(c) Bulstrode.
(d) Lydgate.

8. Celia insists that Dorothea not wear what?
(a) A pin that Casaubon gave her.
(b) A scarf that Ladislaw gave her.
(c) Her favorite dress.
(d) Her mourning cap.

9. Raffles tells Ladislaw that his mother left her family to become what?
(a) An actress.
(b) A writer.
(c) An artist.
(d) A student.

10. Who is implicated in Raffles' death?
(a) Lydgate and Rosamond.
(b) Bulstrode and Mr. Garth.
(c) No one.
(d) Lydgate and Bulstrode.

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

12. What business made Bulstrode rich?
(a) Horse racing.
(b) Being a pawnbroker.
(c) Being an art dealer.
(d) Real estate.

13. How many children do Mary and Fred have?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) None.
(d) Four.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To make his problems go away, Lydgate has tried what?

2. Who tells Mary about Fred's appointment as overseer of Stone Court?

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

4. In order to be with Ladislaw, Dorothea renounces her need for what?

5. Whom does Mrs. Garth want Mary to marry?

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