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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who faints at the town meeting?
(a) Mr. Vincy.
(b) Bulstrode.
(c) Lydgate.
(d) Rosamond.

2. Who has spent the week after the town meeting caring for her sick husband?
(a) Mrs. Bulstrode.
(b) Rosamond.
(c) Mrs. Vincy.
(d) Celia.

3. Mrs. Bulstrode asks her husband to leave Stone Court in whose care?
(a) Mr. Brooke.
(b) Fred Vincy.
(c) Lydgate.
(d) Ladislaw.

4. Who decides to pay off Lydgate's debt to Bulstrode?
(a) Will Ladislaw.
(b) Farebrother.
(c) Dorothea.
(d) Mr. Vincy.

5. Why doesn't Mr. Cadwallader condemn Dorothea's marriage to Ladislaw?
(a) Dorothea has waited an appropriate amount of time before remarrying.
(b) He does not like Dorothea or Ladislaw and so feels that they deserve one another.
(c) Money is no reason to pass up marriage.
(d) It is none of his business.

6. Who remains unsure about the extent of Lydgate's involvement in Raffles' death?
(a) Bulstrode.
(b) Rosamond.
(c) Dorothea.
(d) Farebrother.

7. What do the ladies of Middlemarch say about Rosamond?
(a) Her expectations are reasonable, and Lydgate should work harder to meet them.
(b) She is a spoiled brat.
(c) She should get a job if she wants nice things.
(d) She is trying to maintain a lifestyle her husband cannot support.

8. What is the disastrous result of Rosamond's rebellious act in Chapter 58?
(a) She is shunned by the community.
(b) She suffers a miscarriage.
(c) She contracts a disease.
(d) She leaves her husband.

9. With whom does Dorothea collaborate to improve life for poor farmers?
(a) Lydgate.
(b) Bulstrode.
(c) Caleb Garth.
(d) Farebrother.

10. Rosamond insisted on having what items, putting Lydgate in debt as a result?
(a) Clothing.
(b) Household items.
(c) Horses.
(d) Jewelry.

11. Who is called the grandson of a swindler by the townspeople?
(a) Lydgate.
(b) Ladislaw.
(c) Fred Vincy.
(d) Bulstrode.

12. What does Bulstrode ask Mr. Garth to do after Bulstrode leaves town?
(a) To become a financier for the hospital.
(b) To loan Bulstrode money.
(c) To give Bulstrode Mary Garth's hand in marriage.
(d) To find a live-in tenant to oversee Stone Court.

13. Dover, the man to whom Lydgate owes many of his debts, has come to repossess what item(s) belonging to Lydgate?
(a) Furniture.
(b) Horses.
(c) Practice.
(d) Home.

14. When Raffles dies, who is watching him?
(a) Rosamond.
(b) A maid.
(c) Lydgate.
(d) Bulstrode.

15. Who goes to talk Dorothea out of marrying Ladislaw?
(a) Lydgate.
(b) Celia.
(c) Sir Chettam.
(d) Mr. Brooke.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lydgate prescribe for Raffles' treatment?

2. What has changed for Celia by the time of Casaubon's death?

3. What event is attended by most of Middlemarch?

4. What is the cause for controversy in town, as of Chapter 56?

5. Rosamond raises how many children, alone?

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