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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes to visit Bulstrode after Lydgate leaves?
(a) Raffles.
(b) Ladislaw.
(c) Casaubon.
(d) Fred Vincy.

2. What event is attended by most of Middlemarch?
(a) The Larcher auction.
(b) The election.
(c) A hanging.
(d) The county fair.

3. Who breaks the news of Dorothea and Ladislaw's impending marriage to the Chettams?
(a) Dorothea.
(b) Mr. Brooke.
(c) Lydgate.
(d) Ladislaw.

4. Who does Rosamond ask to help her and Lydgate move?
(a) Her nephew.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her uncle.

5. Who sees Lydgate at the pool hall?
(a) Fred Vincy.
(b) Mr. Garth.
(c) Mr. Vincy.
(d) Bulstrode.

6. What does Lydgate think is the real reason for Bulstrode's resignation?
(a) Bulstrode thinks Lydgate would do a better job.
(b) It is too much work.
(c) Bulstrode's declining health.
(d) The operational cost of the hospital.

7. How many children do Mary and Fred have?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) None.
(d) Four.

8. Rosamond interferes with Lydgate's plans to do what?
(a) Move back to Paris.
(b) Go into politics.
(c) Start a new practice.
(d) Sell their house.

9. Who has decided to leave town in Chapter 76?
(a) Fred.
(b) Lydgate.
(c) Bulstrode.
(d) Dorothea.

10. Who takes over for Lydgate in caring for Raffles?
(a) Mary Garth.
(b) Fred Vincy.
(c) Bulstrode.
(d) Rosamond.

11. Raffles tells Ladislaw that his mother left her family to become what?
(a) An artist.
(b) An actress.
(c) A writer.
(d) A student.

12. What is the cause for controversy in town, as of Chapter 56?
(a) A railroad.
(b) Proposed taxes.
(c) A political scandal.
(d) New bylaws.

13. Why does Ladislaw refuse the money offered to him by Bulstrode?
(a) Bulstrode threatens Ladislaw with what will happen if he does not repay the debt.
(b) Bulstrode cannot say he came by it honestly.
(c) Ladislaw does not need it because of his recent inheritance.
(d) It is a loan that Ladislaw will not be able to repay.

14. After Dorothea returns to Lowick, who pays her a visit?
(a) Mr. Brooke.
(b) Ladislaw.
(c) Celia.
(d) Lydgate.

15. How soon do Fred and Mary want to be married?
(a) Fred wants to wait two years, but Mary wants it to be sooner.
(b) They agree that two years is a good time to wait.
(c) They agree that the wedding should take place as soon as possible.
(d) Mary wants to wait two years, but Fred wants it to be sooner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Rosamond of the suspicions about Lydgate?

2. In order to be with Ladislaw, Dorothea renounces her need for what?

3. Who is no longer welcome at Freshitt in Chapter 51 because of political differences?

4. Who had previously made suggestions as to who should be the overseer of Stone Court?

5. When Ladislaw's messenger arrives at Lowick, Dorothea is not there. Where is she?

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