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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. When Mr. Tulliver wakes up, what does he tell Tom to do about the family's bankruptcy?
2. What does Mrs. Moss do when she arrives?
3. Why is Maggie not punished for her behavior after running away and coming home again?
4. Why does Mr. Tulliver fall off his horse?
5. What does Tom suggest the aunts and uncles can do to help?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why are Stephen and Maggie so sure that they should not marry?
2. How do Mrs. Tulliver's sisters react to the actions of the Tulliver children?
3. Why is Mr. Tulliver skeptical about Tom's plan to earn money by trading, in order to pay off the family debts?
4. Why is Bob so determined to help Tom?
5. How does Maggie feel about Tom after he pays off the family debts?
6. Why do you think that Dr. Kenn offers Maggie a job as a governess when she returns from her boat trip with Stephen?
7. What objection does Tom's Uncle Deane raise to buying the mill, after Tom first asks him to do it? Why does Tom think that it might be possible to buy the mill?
8. How is Mrs. Tulliver saved from the flood?
9. Why is Mrs. Tulliver so upset when Tom and Maggie arrive at home?
10. Explain why Mrs. Glegg and Mr. Tulliver quarrel during the Dodson sisters' first visit to the Tullivers.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why do you think that Maggie choses to marry neither Philip Wakem nor Stephen Guest? Explain what Maggie is thinking and why she wants to remain single. Use examples from The Mill on the Floss to support your point of view.
Essay Topic 2
Who do you think is more forgiving, Maggie or Tom? Support your answer with details from The Mill on the Floss.
Essay Topic 3
George Eliot depicts Maggie as much more able, intellectually, than her brother Tom. Some critics read The Mill on the Floss as an early feminist novel, calling for the full education of women and for women's equality. Socially conservative critics, however, have a different perspective on the novel, and view it as making an argument for better educating women in order to make them more effective within the family. Choose a critical perspective that makes the most sense to you, based on your own background and beliefs. Use examples from The Mill on the Floss to make a feminist argument for the emancipation of women, or to make a socially conservative argument for full education of women on behalf of their role in the family.
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