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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the relationship between Edward Casaubon and Dorothea Brooke?
(a) Husband and wife.
(b) Father and daughter.
(c) Uncle and niece.
(d) Cousins.

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

4. Lydgate and Rosamond agree that one of the drawbacks of living in a rural area is that there are so few good:
(a) Musicians.
(b) Doctors.
(c) Cooks.
(d) Writers.

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

6. What does Mr. Brooke show Dorothea upon her return to Tipton?
(a) Plans for a house.
(b) A letter.
(c) An injury.
(d) His new horse.

7. Where is the funeral service held?
(a) Lowick.
(b) Freshitt.
(c) Tipton.
(d) Stone Court.

8. Who asks Bulstrode to try to convince Lydgate not to marry Rosamond?
(a) Casaubon.
(b) Mary Garth.
(c) Fred.
(d) Mrs. Bulstrode.

9. Why does Mr. Brooke disapprove of Dorothea's engagement to Casaubon?
(a) He thinks Casaubon is too old.
(b) He thinks Dorothea is too young to marry.
(c) He wants Celia to marry before Dorothea.
(d) He wants Dorothea to remain unmarried.

10. To pay off his debts, Fred decides to sell what?
(a) Jewelry.
(b) Horse.
(c) Carriage.
(d) Home.

11. Where does Mrs. Garth get the money to cover Fred's debt?
(a) Her own wages.
(b) The sale of her artwork.
(c) Her husband's desk drawer.
(d) Her son's school fund.

12. Why do the Vincys change their family doctor?
(a) A move.
(b) A recommendation.
(c) A lawsuit.
(d) A misdiagnosis.

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

14. What does Will call Lowick?
(a) Prison.
(b) Palace.
(c) Paradise.
(d) Punishment.

15. Where does Mary want to work?
(a) At an all-girls school.
(b) As a nanny.
(c) As a seamstress.
(d) At a hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Will Ladislaw bring to the funeral?

2. In the opening chapters, what is Dorothea's charitable project?

3. Naumann is introduced in Chapter 19. Who is he?

4. Where is Lydgate at the beginning of Chapter 42?

5. To whom does Lydgate announce his marriage plans?

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