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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Where is Dorothea at the beginning of Chapter 39?
(a) Stone Court.
(b) Tipton.
(c) Freshitt.
(d) Lowick.

5. What happens at the end of Chapter 33?
(a) Rosamond commits suicide.
(b) Lydgate leaves town.
(c) Lydgate asks Mr. Vincy for Rosamond's hand in marriage, and he says yes.
(d) Lydgate asks Mr. Vincy for Rosamond's hand in marriage, and he says no.

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

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

8. What is Bulstrode's occupation?
(a) Banker.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Mayor.
(d) Sheriff.

9. What does Sir Chettam offer to Dorothea as a gift?
(a) A silk scarf.
(b) A Maltese puppy.
(c) A box of chocolates.
(d) A diamond ring.

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

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

12. 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) Tyke and Cadwallader.
(c) Cadwallader and Farebrother.
(d) Cadwallader, Farebrother, and Tyke.

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

14. Where does Casaubon live?
(a) Stone Court.
(b) Lowick.
(c) Tipton Grange.
(d) Freshitt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who dies on a dreary May day?

2. In the beginning of Chapter 4, from where are Dorothea and Celia returning?

3. Dorothea and Casaubon argue over what in Chapter 19?

4. Why does Chettam recommend Lydgate to Dorothea?

5. What does Mrs. Vincy hope Fred will do?

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