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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 37-39.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Mr. Vincy want Bulstrode to do?
(a) Write a letter.
(b) Pay him back.
(c) Loan him money.
(d) Come to dinner.

3. The men on the board of the hospital meet to vote on the new chaplain. The vote is a tie between which characters?
(a) Tyke and Farebrother.
(b) Cadwallader, Farebrother, and Tyke.
(c) Cadwallader and Farebrother.
(d) Tyke and Cadwallader.

4. At the beginning of Chapter 16, the people of Middlemarch are gossiping about the appointment of a _________ for the new hospital.
(a) Chaplain.
(b) Director.
(c) Head surgeon.
(d) Head nurse.

5. The author compares the deceased's relatives to what animals?
(a) Vultures.
(b) Jackals.
(c) Piranhas.
(d) Hyenas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the gossiping women visit Rosamond?

2. Dorothea is awed and intimidated by what characteristic of Casaubon?

3. What is the relationship between Edward Casaubon and Dorothea Brooke?

4. Will and Adolf convince Dorothea and Casaubon to do what?

5. Who asks Bulstrode to try to convince Lydgate not to marry Rosamond?

(see the answer key)

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