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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Casaubon and Dorothea's first argument about?
(a) Wedding plans.
(b) Dorothea's education.
(c) Having children.
(d) Their honeymoon.

2. Lydgate and Rosamond agree that one of the drawbacks of living in a rural area is that there are so few good:
(a) Doctors.
(b) Musicians.
(c) Writers.
(d) Cooks.

3. Why does Sir James Chettam come to the dinner party at Tipton Grange?
(a) To discuss business with Mr. Brooke.
(b) To court Dorothea.
(c) To court Celia.
(d) To steal from the Brookes.

4. The dinner party guests question Mr. Brooke about his endorsement of which new professional in town?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) The mayor.
(c) A banker.
(d) A doctor.

5. Why do the Vincys change their family doctor?
(a) A move.
(b) A lawsuit.
(c) A misdiagnosis.
(d) A recommendation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the subject of Chapter 40?

2. In the end, who is appointed chaplain?

3. Will Ladislaw is what relation of Casaubon?

4. What relation is Celia to Dorothea?

5. Whom does Mr. Brooke hire to write his speeches?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize Lydgate's background.

2. What happens to Fred Vincy in Chapter 23?

3. What are the gossiping women of Middlemarch saying about Rosamond in Chapter 31?

4. Describe Lydgate's role in the appointment of the new chaplain.

5. What happens on the night of Featherstone's death?

6. Why does Lydgate visit Lowick in Chapter 42?

7. What do Featherstone's two wills state?

8. Why does the author choose to write this novel?

9. How is Dorothea when she returns from her honeymoon?

10. Compare and contrast the Brooke sisters.

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