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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. Why does Bulstrode tell Lydgate he wants to resign from overseeing the hospital?
(a) It is too much work.
(b) His declining health.
(c) He wants more time to pursue his political career.
(d) He thinks Lydgate would do a better job.

2. When Lydgate asks Bulstrode for a loan, what is Bulstrode's response?
(a) He reluctantly agrees to loan Lydgate the thousand pounds he needs.
(b) He suggests that Lydgate consider bankruptcy.
(c) He asks for a day to consider.
(d) He demands that Lydgate offer the deed to his house as collateral.

3. Who tells Rosamond of the suspicions about Lydgate?
(a) Mrs. Vincy.
(b) Mrs. Bulstrode.
(c) Mrs. Cadwallader.
(d) Dorothea.

4. What is becoming a problem for Lydgate in Chapter 47?
(a) Creditors.
(b) A lack of referrals.
(c) His health.
(d) Rosamond's health.

5. What is the disastrous result of Rosamond's rebellious act in Chapter 58?
(a) She contracts a disease.
(b) She is shunned by the community.
(c) She leaves her husband.
(d) She suffers a miscarriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to his will, Dorothea will forfeit her share of Casaubon's estate if she does what?

2. Who is called the grandson of a swindler by the townspeople?

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

4. What does Rosamond want Lydgate to do about their debt?

5. When Ladislaw's messenger arrives at Lowick, Dorothea is not there. Where is she?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Dorothea and Rosamond discuss?

2. What does Dorothea pledge to Lydgate at the beginning of Chapter 76?

3. What happens when Dorothea goes to visit Rosamond?

4. What does the narrator say in describing Dorothea's character?

5. Why is Dorothea upset about Casaubon's will?

6. How does Rosamond lose her baby?

7. What revelation does Mrs. Garth make to Fred Vincy?

8. What is Mrs. Cadwallader's advice to mourning Dorothea?

9. Describe the reunion between Dorothea and Ladislaw.

10. What is the Chettams' response to news of Dorothea's impending marriage?

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