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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lydgate's reaction to Rosamond's illness?

2. What ailment is affecting John Raffles while he resides at Stone Court?

3. How many children do Mary and Fred have?

4. What does Casaubon want Dorothea to do in Chapter 48?

5. What has changed for Celia by the time of Casaubon's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Mrs. Bulstrode's reaction to what Mr. Vincy tells her about her husband?

2. What is Lydgate's diagnosis and prescription for Raffles?

3. Summarize the rest of Dorothea and Ladislaw's life together.

4. What are the stipulations of Casaubon's will?

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

6. What happens when Dorothea goes to visit Rosamond?

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

8. What does Mrs. Cadwallader tell Dorothea in Chapter 62? What is Dorothea's reaction?

9. What are Dorothea's plans for the future in Chapter 55?

10. Summarize the rest of Fred and Mary's life together.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the relationship between Bulstrode and Raffles. Why is the information Raffles has so scandalous? Neither are particularly virtuous; who is more despicable, and why? Does Bulstrode deserve the torment that Raffles bestows upon him? Is Bulstrode's revenge justified? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

The Reform Bill played a major role in the political environment of Middlemarch. Why was it so important to these small-town politicians? How would it have changed life for them? What were the reasons for these politicians to endorse or oppose it? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

Featherstone's second will reversed everything that was in the first. Which will do you think came first? Why were they so completely different? Which will do you think he wanted Mary Garth to burn for him, and why? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

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