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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. How does Dagley react to inquiries about his son?
(a) He gives Mr. Brooke a piece of his mind.
(b) He hires Mr. Brooke for a job.
(c) He offers to work for Mr. Brooke.
(d) He thanks Mr. Brooke for his interest.

2. Lydgate compares himself to physicians of old who did what?
(a) Exhumed corpses to study anatomy.
(b) Refused to treat poor patients.
(c) Dissected animals.
(d) Used unsterilized instruments.

3. What does Mrs. Vincy hope Fred will do?
(a) Go into politics.
(b) Travel abroad.
(c) Inherit Stone Court.
(d) Become a doctor.

4. What will make Dorothea feel better?
(a) Spending a week in the hospital.
(b) Talking to a clergyman.
(c) Going to a spa.
(d) Being home.

5. What is the relationship between Edward Casaubon and Dorothea Brooke?
(a) Husband and wife.
(b) Father and daughter.
(c) Uncle and niece.
(d) Cousins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the subject of Chapter 40?

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

3. Why does Mrs. Bulstrode think Lydgate should not marry Rosamond?

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

5. Though he does not pursue a career in it, Will admires which subject?

Short Essay Questions

1. Casaubon admits to himself that he chose to marry Dorothea for what reasons?

2. What do Dorothea and Will talk about during Will's visit?

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

4. Describe how Dorothea, Mr. Brooke, and Celia, respectively, feel about Dorothea's engagement to Casaubon.

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

6. Why does Lydgate visit Lowick in Chapter 42?

7. Why do the Vincys get a new family doctor?

8. What do Fred and Peter Stonehouse fight about?

9. Why is Dorothea saddened while on her honeymoon?

10. What are the reasons Mary Garth gives Fred for refusing to marry him? What is Fred's response?

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