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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 70-72.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event is attended by most of Middlemarch?
(a) The Larcher auction.
(b) The election.
(c) A hanging.
(d) The county fair.

2. When Lydgate asks Bulstrode for a loan, what is Bulstrode's response?
(a) He demands that Lydgate offer the deed to his house as collateral.
(b) He reluctantly agrees to loan Lydgate the thousand pounds he needs.
(c) He suggests that Lydgate consider bankruptcy.
(d) He asks for a day to consider.

3. Chapter 23 begins Book Three. What is the title of this book?
(a) "In Joy and Sorrow."
(b) "'Til Death Do Us Part."
(c) "For Richer or Poorer."
(d) "Waiting for Death."

4. The setting of Chapter 19 is where?
(a) Rome.
(b) Middlemarch.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

5. Rosamond insisted on having what items, putting Lydgate in debt as a result?
(a) Clothing.
(b) Household items.
(c) Horses.
(d) Jewelry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rosamond do in Chapter 58 against her husband's advice?

2. Who rebukes Fred's gambling habit and implores him to behave in a manner that makes him worthy of Mary Garth?

3. What was Casaubon and Dorothea's first argument about?

4. Who tries to blackmail Bulstrode?

5. How many wills are read after Featherstone's funeral?

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