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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 6: Chapter 6 | Book 6: Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What action makes Maggie and Stephen particularly conscious of their attraction to each other?
(a) They happen to look each other in the eyes.
(b) They walk around the garden one evening while Lucy is out.
(c) They have a long talk about books and art.
(d) They discover that they agree about politics.

2. Which of the following character traits does the narrator feel is typical of the people of St. Ogg's?
(a) Superstitiousness.
(b) Courage.
(c) Grace.
(d) Callousness.

3. How do Maggie and Stephen react to their growing interest in each other?
(a) They spend as much time together as they can.
(b) They begin to write each other letters.
(c) They try to ignore each other and focus on Maggie.
(d) They start meeting secretly.

4. How does Philip manage to get Tom excited about learning?
(a) He becomes friends with Tom, who then wants to do the same things as Philip.
(b) He tells him stories of heros from classical mythology.
(c) He inspires Tom because he is so advanced in his studies.
(d) He explains the connection between education and business to Tom.

5. Why does Lucy have a confidential conversation with her father the same evening that Philip first comes to visit?
(a) She wants to ask him if there is any chance of buying the mill.
(b) She wants to distract Maggie from Stephen.
(c) She wants to buy the mill herself and have her family run it.
(d) She wants to warn him that Maggie and Philip may still love each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. What words does the narrator use to describe what she calls "the mental condition of these emmet-like Dodsons and Tullivers"?

2. How do Tom and Philip react when they first meet each other?

3. What does Mr. Tulliver feel is his strongest reason for staying and working at the mill?

4. Why does Philip begin to play the piano badly?

5. Why is Mr. Tulliver in such a bad mood at Christmas?

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