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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 49-51.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to his will, Dorothea will forfeit her share of Casaubon's estate if she does what?
(a) Moves out of the country.
(b) Marries Will Ladislaw.
(c) Does not continue Casaubon's research.
(d) Leaves Lowick.

2. Who is the sole inheritor of Stone Court?
(a) Lydgate.
(b) Will Ladislaw.
(c) Fred Vincy.
(d) Joshua Rigg.

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

4. What is the subject of Chapter 40?
(a) The changing season.
(b) Politics in Middlemarch.
(c) The Garth family.
(d) Lydgate's proposal.

5. Dorothea is saddened by Casaubon's will because she hoped that what would happen?
(a) Half of Casaubon's estate would go to Ladislaw.
(b) Half of his estate would go to Celia.
(c) All of his estate would go to charity.
(d) Dorothea would inherit all of Casaubon's estate with no stipulations.

Short Answer Questions

1. At Dorothea's behest, Mr. Brooke writes a letter inviting whom to Tipton Grange?

2. What is Bulstrode's occupation?

3. Dorothea and Casaubon argue over what in Chapter 19?

4. The setting of Chapter 19 is where?

5. Though he does not pursue a career in it, Will admires which subject?

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