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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While Dorothea was away in Rome, what happened to her sister Celia?
(a) She became engaged.
(b) She moved to London.
(c) She died.
(d) She fell ill.

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

3. Where is Lydgate at the beginning of Chapter 42?
(a) Freshitt.
(b) Stone Court.
(c) Lowick.
(d) Tipton.

4. What was Casaubon and Dorothea's first argument about?
(a) Having children.
(b) Their honeymoon.
(c) Wedding plans.
(d) Dorothea's education.

5. What does Mr. Garth receive in the mail?
(a) A letter from his long-lost son.
(b) An overdue tax notice.
(c) Invitations to manage the Tipton and Freshitt estates.
(d) A threat from a former customer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Dorothea living at the beginning of Chapter 49?

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

3. Where does Mary want to work?

4. Who is concerned for Dorothea's health?

5. Who is the sole inheritor of Stone Court?

(see the answer key)

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