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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Will Ladislaw is what relation of Casaubon?
(a) His son.
(b) His brother.
(c) His cousin.
(d) His nephew.

2. To whom does Lydgate announce his marriage plans?
(a) Sir Chettam.
(b) Mr. Brooke.
(c) Farebrother.
(d) Casaubon.

3. Fred Vincy is what relation of Rosamond?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her uncle.

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

5. In the Prelude, the author describes the life of what saint?
(a) Saint John.
(b) Saint Theresa.
(c) Saint Mary.
(d) Saint Christopher.

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

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

8. Who is concerned for Dorothea's health?
(a) Celia and Mr. Brooke.
(b) Lydgate.
(c) Will Ladislaw.
(d) Casaubon.

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

10. Chapter 15 provides a brief biography of which character?
(a) Bulstrode.
(b) Fred.
(c) Lydgate.
(d) Mary.

11. Dorothea chooses a room at Lowick that used to belong to which relative of Casaubon?
(a) His wife.
(b) His mother.
(c) His sister.
(d) His aunt.

12. The setting of Chapter 28 is where?
(a) Stone Court.
(b) Lowick Manor.
(c) Tipton Grange.
(d) Freshitt Manor.

13. Rosamond is jealous of the time Lydgate spends with whom?
(a) Mrs. Cadwallader.
(b) Celia.
(c) Mary Garth.
(d) Dorothea.

14. 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) Writers.
(d) Cooks.

15. Who dies on a dreary May day?
(a) Featherstone.
(b) Casaubon.
(c) Fred.
(d) Lydgate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Mr. Brooke hire to write his speeches?

2. Where does Mary want to work?

3. How does Featherstone feel about Mary giving up her savings?

4. Why does this character visit Lydgate?

5. Though he does not pursue a career in it, Will admires which subject?

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