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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. Rosamond raises how many children, alone?
(a) None.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

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

3. What is the cause for controversy in town, as of Chapter 56?
(a) A railroad.
(b) A political scandal.
(c) New bylaws.
(d) Proposed taxes.

4. What do the ladies of Middlemarch say about Rosamond?
(a) She should get a job if she wants nice things.
(b) She is a spoiled brat.
(c) She is trying to maintain a lifestyle her husband cannot support.
(d) Her expectations are reasonable, and Lydgate should work harder to meet them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Rosamond ask to help her and Lydgate move?

2. Who assures Ladislaw that everything has been cleared with Dorothea?

3. Who remains unsure about the extent of Lydgate's involvement in Raffles' death?

4. When Raffles dies, who is watching him?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Bulstrode's part in Raffles' death?

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

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

6. What happens between Bulstrode and Ladislaw in Chapter 61?

7. What are Lydgate's fears about what will happen to him because of the gossip about Raffles' death?

8. How does Rosamond keep her home from being sold?

9. Describe the reunion between Dorothea and Ladislaw.

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

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