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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. Naumann is introduced in Chapter 19. Who is he?
(a) Casaubon's colleague.
(b) Dorothea's chauffeur.
(c) Will's friend.
(d) Casaubon's student.

2. How does Featherstone feel about Mary giving up her savings?
(a) He admires her kindness.
(b) He feels guilty for not loaning Fred the money himself.
(c) He envies her charitable spirit.
(d) He thinks she should stop being so selfless.

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

4. What is the subject of Chapter 40?
(a) Lydgate's proposal.
(b) The Garth family.
(c) The changing season.
(d) Politics in Middlemarch.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mr. Brooke refuse to talk politics with his guest?

2. Where does Mary want to work?

3. What happens at the end of Chapter 33?

4. Who delivers the letter to Featherstone?

5. Rosamond is jealous of the time Lydgate spends with whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Mr. Brooke and Casaubon feel about Ladislaw in Chapter 37?

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

3. What do Featherstone's two wills state?

4. Compare and contrast the Brooke sisters.

5. How does the situation of the Garth family change in Chapter 40?

6. What happens to Fred Vincy in Chapter 23?

7. Summarize Lydgate's background.

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

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

10. Describe Lydgate's role in the appointment of the new chaplain.

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