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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. Whom does Mr. Lydgate admire?
(a) Rosamond Vincy.
(b) Celia.
(c) Dorothea.
(d) Mary Garth.

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

3. Why does Mr. Brooke disapprove of Dorothea's engagement to Casaubon?
(a) He wants Dorothea to remain unmarried.
(b) He wants Celia to marry before Dorothea.
(c) He thinks Casaubon is too old.
(d) He thinks Dorothea is too young to marry.

4. Where is Lydgate at the beginning of Chapter 42?
(a) Stone Court.
(b) Tipton.
(c) Lowick.
(d) Freshitt.

5. What rumor actually helps Lydgate's reputation, no matter how much he denies its veracity?
(a) He has a magical scalpel.
(b) He cured a tumor.
(c) He treated the Pope.
(d) He studied medicine in Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. Will and Adolf convince Dorothea and Casaubon to do what?

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

3. What does Will want to do in the future?

4. What does Mr. Brooke show Dorothea upon her return to Tipton?

5. What position does Farebrother hold in town?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the objections that the men of Middlemarch express about the way Lydgate practices medicine?

3. What reasons does Ladislaw give Naumann for being tired of art lessons?

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

5. What causes Rosamond to wonder if she should be jealous of Lydgate's meeting with Dorothea?

6. Why is Dorothea saddened while on her honeymoon?

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

8. Compare and contrast the Brooke sisters.

9. What is the purpose of Dorothea's first visit to Lowick? What happens there?

10. How does the situation of the Garth family change in Chapter 40?

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