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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What holiday is being celebrated at the beginning of Chapter 63?
(a) All Saints' Day.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Candlemas.
(d) Michaelmas.

2. Who does Rosamond ask to help her and Lydgate move?
(a) Her uncle.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her nephew.

3. What is Lydgate's reaction to Rosamond's illness?
(a) He thinks Rosamond may be ill but neglects her out of anger.
(b) He thinks that Rosamond is feigning illness so that he will not be angry with her anymore.
(c) He fears that Rosamond is really sick, and tends to her.
(d) He thinks that Rosamond is feigning illness to get attention.

4. What does Brooke tell Ladislaw at the end of Chapter 51?
(a) He wants Ladislaw to marry Dorothea.
(b) He wants Ladislaw to be his running mate.
(c) He is giving Ladislaw five hundred pounds.
(d) He has sold the paper and is laying off Ladislaw.

5. What does Rosamond do in Chapter 58 against her husband's advice?
(a) Goes out riding.
(b) Begins to study politics.
(c) Gets a job.
(d) Travels to London.

6. When Raffles dies, who is watching him?
(a) Lydgate.
(b) Rosamond.
(c) Bulstrode.
(d) A maid.

7. What event is attended by most of Middlemarch?
(a) The Larcher auction.
(b) The county fair.
(c) A hanging.
(d) The election.

8. Lydgate tells Farebrother that all finances result from what?
(a) Luck.
(b) Determination.
(c) Hard work.
(d) Inherited wealth.

9. Dover, the man to whom Lydgate owes many of his debts, has come to repossess what item(s) belonging to Lydgate?
(a) Horses.
(b) Practice.
(c) Furniture.
(d) Home.

10. Why doesn't Mr. Cadwallader condemn Dorothea's marriage to Ladislaw?
(a) It is none of his business.
(b) He does not like Dorothea or Ladislaw and so feels that they deserve one another.
(c) Dorothea has waited an appropriate amount of time before remarrying.
(d) Money is no reason to pass up marriage.

11. Who breaks the news of Dorothea and Ladislaw's impending marriage to the Chettams?
(a) Ladislaw.
(b) Lydgate.
(c) Mr. Brooke.
(d) Dorothea.

12. In order to be with Ladislaw, Dorothea renounces her need for what?
(a) Her inheritance from Casaubon.
(b) Performing charitable services at the hospital.
(c) The need for approval from the residents of Middlemarch.
(d) Maintaining a friendship with Lydgate.

13. What does Fred ask of Farebrother at the beginning of Chapter 52?
(a) To deliver a letter of proposal.
(b) To perform the wedding ceremony for Mary and himself.
(c) To get Mary's opinion on Fred pursuing a career in the church.
(d) To loan Fred money.

14. Who rebukes Fred's gambling habit and implores him to behave in a manner that makes him worthy of Mary Garth?
(a) Farebrother.
(b) Mr. Garth.
(c) Lydgate.
(d) Rosamond.

15. What does Casaubon want Dorothea to do in Chapter 48?
(a) Respect his wishes after his death.
(b) Leave him and marry someone else.
(c) Move to Rome with him.
(d) Have a child.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who buys Stone Court from Rigg?

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

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

4. Who takes over for Lydgate in caring for Raffles?

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

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