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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who arrives at Tipton Grange just as Casaubon is leaving?
(a) Sir Chettam.
(b) Mrs. Cadwallader.
(c) Celia.
(d) Mr. Brooke.

2. What business does Mr. Brooke purchase?
(a) A bank.
(b) A newspaper.
(c) A general store.
(d) A haberdashery.

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

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

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

6. Why does Sir James Chettam come to the dinner party at Tipton Grange?
(a) To steal from the Brookes.
(b) To court Celia.
(c) To discuss business with Mr. Brooke.
(d) To court Dorothea.

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

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

9. Will and Adolf convince Dorothea and Casaubon to do what?
(a) Sit for a portrait.
(b) Loan them money.
(c) End their honeymoon early.
(d) Go with them to France.

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

11. 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.

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

13. What does Mr. Garth receive in the mail?
(a) A threat from a former customer.
(b) A letter from his long-lost son.
(c) An overdue tax notice.
(d) Invitations to manage the Tipton and Freshitt estates.

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

15. Fred is most upset that the debt he owes to Mr. Garth has hurt whom?
(a) Rosamond.
(b) Mary.
(c) Mrs. Garth.
(d) Mr. Garth.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does Mrs. Bulstrode think Lydgate should not marry Rosamond?

4. Who is concerned for Dorothea's health?

5. Mary Garth is what to Peter Featherstone?

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