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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. What has Mr. Burge offered Adam in Chapter 34?

2. How many days of journeying does it take Hetty to get to Stony Stratford in Chapter 36?

3. With whom does Hetty dance the first dance in Chapter 26?

4. Who suggests to Adam that he propose to Dinah in Chapter 51?

5. Where does Arthur lead Adam to talk in Chapter 48?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hetty obtain money in Windsor in Chapter 37?

2. What does Hetty request of Mr. Poyser in Chapter 31? Why? How does he respond?

3. What does John Olding testify on the stand in Chapter 43?

4. What is Hetty's plan as she sets out from Windsor in Chapter 37?

5. What does Adam learn from Mr. Irwine in Chapter 39? How does he respond?

6. What is "deus ex machina" and how does it factor into Adam Bede?

7. Why does the Old Squire Donnithorne visit the Poyser home in Chapter 32?

8. What does Adam discover when he reaches Dinah's home in Snowfield in Chapter 38? What does he do?

9. What action does Arthur commit to in Chapter 29?

10. Where is Hetty journeying in Chapter 36? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of religion in Adam Bede. What is the main religion of the inhabitants of Hayslope? How is Methodism perceived by these characters? When did Methodism emerge? How is it portrayed in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the character of Lisbeth Bede in the novel. What is Lisbeth's relationships with her sons like? How is she affected by the loss of her husband? What does Lisbeth push Adam to do in the end of the novel? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the characters within the Poyser family. What is the relationship between Mr. and Mrs. Poyser like? How are they related to Hetty and Dinah? What are the central motivations and concerns of Mr. and Mrs. Poyser?

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