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

2. What happens at the end of Chapter 33?
(a) Rosamond commits suicide.
(b) Lydgate asks Mr. Vincy for Rosamond's hand in marriage, and he says no.
(c) Lydgate asks Mr. Vincy for Rosamond's hand in marriage, and he says yes.
(d) Lydgate leaves town.

3. Where does Casaubon live?
(a) Tipton Grange.
(b) Freshitt.
(c) Lowick.
(d) Stone Court.

4. Caleb Vincy is what relation of Fred?
(a) Uncle.
(b) Cousin.
(c) Father.
(d) Brother.

5. What will make Dorothea feel better?
(a) Being home.
(b) Spending a week in the hospital.
(c) Talking to a clergyman.
(d) Going to a spa.

Short Answer Questions

1. At Dorothea's behest, Mr. Brooke writes a letter inviting whom to Tipton Grange?

2. Where does Mrs. Garth get the money to cover Fred's debt?

3. Where does Mary want to work?

4. Lydgate's reputation is bolstered when his medical advice is sought by whom?

5. Where is Lydgate at the beginning of Chapter 42?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Casaubon admits to himself that he chose to marry Dorothea for what reasons?

4. What does Rosamond admire about Lydgate?

5. What causes Rosamond to wonder if she should be jealous of Lydgate's meeting with Dorothea?

6. What reasons does Ladislaw give Naumann for being tired of art lessons?

7. What are the objections that the men of Middlemarch express about the way Lydgate practices medicine?

8. Summarize Lydgate's background.

9. Why does Lydgate visit Lowick in Chapter 42?

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

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