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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does this character visit Lydgate?
(a) To give him news of his family.
(b) To pledge an annual gift to the new hospital.
(c) To obtain medical care.
(d) To collect a debt.

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

3. Lydgate compares himself to physicians of old who did what?
(a) Exhumed corpses to study anatomy.
(b) Used unsterilized instruments.
(c) Dissected animals.
(d) Refused to treat poor patients.

4. What about Lydgate is seen as scandalous by the other doctors in Middlemarch?
(a) His level of care.
(b) The shabbiness of his office.
(c) His desire to autopsy corpses.
(d) His lack of thorough examination.

5. What endeavor is the banker sponsoring?
(a) The mayor's campaign.
(b) A new hospital.
(c) A community theatre.
(d) A school.

6. Farebrother reveals that Fred plans to study to become what?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Clergyman.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Banker.

7. What relation is Celia to Dorothea?
(a) Daughter.
(b) Aunt.
(c) Sister.
(d) Mother.

8. How does Featherstone feel about Mary giving up her savings?
(a) He envies her charitable spirit.
(b) He admires her kindness.
(c) He thinks she should stop being so selfless.
(d) He feels guilty for not loaning Fred the money himself.

9. Who has the tie breaking vote for the chaplain's appointment?
(a) Bulstrode.
(b) Lydgate.
(c) Cadwallader.
(d) Mr. Brooke.

10. Casaubon spends most of his honeymoon doing what?
(a) Researching.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Fishing.

11. Who discerns the reason for Lydgate's avoidance of Rosamond?
(a) Featherstone.
(b) Farebrother.
(c) Rosamond.
(d) Mr. Vincy.

12. With whom does Mr. Brooke stop to talk while touring his estate?
(a) Casaubon.
(b) Bulstrode.
(c) Dagley.
(d) Cadwallader.

13. Why does Chettam recommend Lydgate to Dorothea?
(a) He has a vested interest in Lydgate's success.
(b) Lydgate pays him for referrals.
(c) He likes Casaubon and pities him.
(d) He feels a brotherly sympathy for Dorothea.

14. What does Will want to do in the future?
(a) Get an education.
(b) Become a nobleman.
(c) Learn a trade.
(d) Travel abroad.

15. Where does Chapter 13 take place?
(a) Tipton Grange.
(b) Stone Court.
(c) Mr. Bulstrode's office.
(d) Lydgate's office.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mary want to work?

2. Who is the sole inheritor of Stone Court?

3. Mary Garth is what to Peter Featherstone?

4. Whom does Mr. Lydgate admire?

5. What is the subject of Chapter 40?

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