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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dorothea and Casaubon argue over what in Chapter 19?
(a) Whether to have children.
(b) How long to stay in Rome.
(c) Dorothea's role in their marriage.
(d) Financial issues.

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

3. What does Mr. Vincy want Bulstrode to do?
(a) Come to dinner.
(b) Loan him money.
(c) Pay him back.
(d) Write a letter.

4. The dinner party guests question Mr. Brooke about his endorsement of which new professional in town?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A banker.
(d) The mayor.

5. The setting of Chapter 19 is where?
(a) Rome.
(b) Middlemarch.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the gossiping women visit Rosamond?

2. What endeavor is the banker sponsoring?

3. Who delivers the letter to Featherstone?

4. Who arrives at Tipton Grange just as Casaubon is leaving?

5. In the end, who is appointed chaplain?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rosamond admire about Lydgate?

2. What happens when Sir Chettam goes to see Mr. Cadwallader?

3. Compare and contrast the Brooke sisters.

4. What happens to Fred Vincy in Chapter 23?

5. What happens as Mr. Brooke and Dorothea are touring Tipton?

6. Why do the Vincys get a new family doctor?

7. How is Dorothea when she returns from her honeymoon?

8. What do Fred and Peter Stonehouse fight about?

9. What are the reasons Mary Garth gives Fred for refusing to marry him? What is Fred's response?

10. What do Dorothea and Will talk about during Will's visit?

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