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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. Chapter 15 provides a brief biography of which character?

2. Where is the funeral service held?

3. Will Ladislaw is what relation of Casaubon?

4. Who has the tie breaking vote for the chaplain's appointment?

5. In the Prelude, the author describes the life of what saint?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Dorothea when she returns from her honeymoon?

2. Why does Mrs. Vincy encourage Rosamond to go to Stone Court more often?

3. Why is Dorothea saddened while on her honeymoon?

4. What are the gossiping women of Middlemarch saying about Rosamond in Chapter 31?

5. How do Lydgate and Rosamond, respectively, feel about marriage after their dinner together in Chapter 16?

6. What does Rosamond admire about Lydgate?

7. What happens as Mr. Brooke and Dorothea are touring Tipton?

8. What causes Rosamond to wonder if she should be jealous of Lydgate's meeting with Dorothea?

9. Describe how Dorothea, Mr. Brooke, and Celia, respectively, feel about Dorothea's engagement to Casaubon.

10. What do Dorothea and Will talk about during Will's visit?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characters of Farebrother and Cadwallader. As members of the clergy, what characteristics do they have in common? Are there differences in their characters? Is one held in higher esteem than the other, and if so, why? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the characters of Bulstrode and Ladislaw. Why is their relationship so slanderous? How is Ladislaw different from his grandfather? Is there any resemblance? Why or why not? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

Imagine if the characters of "Middlemarch" lived today. Choose one character. How would their life be different? What place in society would they occupy? Do you think their story would have ended differently? Why or why not? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

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