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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. Who replaced Mr. Irwine as rector after his death, according to the narrator in Chapter 17?
(a) Mr. Ryde.
(b) Mr. Casson.
(c) Mr. Dingall.
(d) Mr. Gedge.

2. What does Adam's brother erroneously believe he has finished creating, only to discover it is incomplete in Chapter 1?
(a) A chair.
(b) A watch.
(c) A mirror.
(d) A door.

3. How much older than Seth does Adam's mother say Dinah is in Chapter 14?
(a) 4 years older.
(b) 6 years older.
(c) 1 year older.
(d) 2 years older.

4. How old is the elder Mr. Poyser said to be in Chapter 18?
(a) 82.
(b) 91.
(c) 69.
(d) 75.

5. Who is Mr. Irwine's friend whose books have inspired Arthur Dunnithorne to put farmers in better management of their land in Chapter 16?
(a) John Wesley's books.
(b) Roger Roost's books.
(c) James Watkins's books.
(d) Arthur Young's books.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the butler at the Chase Farm that instructs Adam to dine upstairs with the large tenants in Chapter 23?

2. Where does Adam's brother say he has got his hat and things waiting for him as he leaves the shop in Chapter 1?

3. What religion is Adam's brother teased for being immersed in, in Chapter 1?

4. How long does Mr. Irwine say it's been since Arthur has come to breakfast with him when he arrives in Chapter 16?

5. Whose barn is Adam going to look at in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is seen in the exchange between Arthur and Adam in Chapter 16?

2. What can be discerned about the relationship between Adam and Seth in Chapter 1?

3. What does Adam's mother plead of him in Chapter 11? Why?

4. What are Arthur Donnithorne's intentions when he awakens in Chapter 12? Why do those plans change?

5. How are Adam Bede and Arthur Donnithorne different?

6. Who comes to stay at the Bede home in Chapter 10? Why?

7. Why is Adam asked to dine upstairs at the party in Chapter 23?

8. What do Dinah Morris and the Reverent Irwine discuss in Chapter 8?

9. What thoughts preoccupy Adam in Chapter 19?

10. How is Adam Bede described in the opening in Chapter 1?

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