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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will make Dorothea feel better?
(a) Going to a spa.
(b) Spending a week in the hospital.
(c) Being home.
(d) Talking to a clergyman.

2. By the end of Chapter 21, what is Edward's primary emotion regarding Will?
(a) Admiration.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Disdain.
(d) Remorse.

3. Who seeks out Lydgate at the beginning of Chapter 43?
(a) Rosamond.
(b) Casaubon.
(c) Mr. Brooke.
(d) Dorothea.

4. Who delivers the letter to Featherstone?
(a) Mary.
(b) Dorothea.
(c) Bulstrode.
(d) Fred.

5. In the end, who is appointed chaplain?
(a) Cadwallader.
(b) Tyke.
(c) None of the above.
(d) Farebrother.

6. How many wills are read after Featherstone's funeral?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) None.

7. What feminine pastime does Dorothea deem wasteful?
(a) Needlepoint.
(b) Music.
(c) Horseback riding.
(d) Reading.

8. What rumor actually helps Lydgate's reputation, no matter how much he denies its veracity?
(a) He treated the Pope.
(b) He cured a tumor.
(c) He has a magical scalpel.
(d) He studied medicine in Paris.

9. What position does Farebrother hold in town?
(a) Mayor.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Banker.
(d) Vicar.

10. What event is upcoming in Middlemarch at the beginning of Chapter 37?
(a) County fair.
(b) Independence Day.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Elections.

11. Dorothea is awed and intimidated by what characteristic of Casaubon?
(a) His heritage.
(b) His wealth.
(c) His intellect.
(d) His size.

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

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

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

15. At Dorothea's behest, Mr. Brooke writes a letter inviting whom to Tipton Grange?
(a) Will Ladislaw.
(b) Bulstrode.
(c) Featherstone.
(d) Sir Chettam.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dorothea chooses a room at Lowick that used to belong to which relative of Casaubon?

2. The men on the board of the hospital meet to vote on the new chaplain. The vote is a tie between which characters?

3. Where is Dorothea at the beginning of Chapter 39?

4. What relation is Celia to Dorothea?

5. The setting of Chapter 28 is where?

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