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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. On what morning of the week does Chapter 12 begin?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Sunday.

2. Who is the dairy-maid at the Poyser home?
(a) Nancy.
(b) Anna.
(c) Sara.
(d) Maria.

3. What is Mrs. Poyser's first name?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Marie.
(c) Anna.
(d) Sarah.

4. Who is Adam Bede's mother?
(a) Lisbeth.
(b) Eleanor.
(c) Beatrice.
(d) Emily.

5. Who is the Poysers' youngest daughter?
(a) Anna.
(b) Emily.
(c) Sara.
(d) Totty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Mr. Poyser gone in Chapter 7?

2. Who does Mr. Massey describe Adam pummelling ten years ago over a bad shilling in Chapter 21?

3. What does Mr. Massey express a clear dislike for?

4. When does Mrs. Poyser tell Hetty church begins in the beginning of Chapter 18?

5. When does Dinah say her aunt that raised her died in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Chapter 17 diverge from other chapters in the novel?

2. What happens in the encounter between Hetty and Arthur in Chapter 13?

3. Why does Arthur go to see Mr. Irwine in Chapter 16? Does he achieve his mission?

4. What conflicts emerge between Adam and his mother in Chapter 4?

5. What exchange takes place between Hetty and Arthur in Chapter 7?

6. What Christian denomination is central in the novel? Why?

7. What does carpentry symbolize in the novel?

8. What event takes place in Chapter 18? Where does the event occur?

9. What is the setting that is established in Chapter 1?

10. What misconception does Adam have when he encounters Hetty in Chapter 20?

(see the answer keys)

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