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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. With whom does Mr. Brooke stop to talk while touring his estate?
(a) Casaubon.
(b) Dagley.
(c) Bulstrode.
(d) Cadwallader.

2. At the beginning of Chapter 16, the people of Middlemarch are gossiping about the appointment of a _________ for the new hospital.
(a) Head nurse.
(b) Head surgeon.
(c) Director.
(d) Chaplain.

3. Why does Chettam recommend Lydgate to Dorothea?
(a) Lydgate pays him for referrals.
(b) He likes Casaubon and pities him.
(c) He has a vested interest in Lydgate's success.
(d) He feels a brotherly sympathy for Dorothea.

4. Who seeks out Lydgate at the beginning of Chapter 43?
(a) Casaubon.
(b) Rosamond.
(c) Mr. Brooke.
(d) Dorothea.

5. What happens to Fred after he visits Mary?
(a) He gets robbed.
(b) He falls ill.
(c) He gets injured.
(d) He dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Vincy hope Fred will do?

2. Dorothea and Casaubon argue over what in Chapter 19?

3. Why do the gossiping women visit Rosamond?

4. What was Casaubon and Dorothea's first argument about?

5. Why does Mrs. Bulstrode think Lydgate should not marry Rosamond?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the gossiping women of Middlemarch saying about Rosamond in Chapter 31?

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

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

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

5. What is the purpose of Dorothea's first visit to Lowick? What happens there?

6. What do Fred and Peter Stonehouse fight about?

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

8. Why does Lydgate visit Lowick in Chapter 42?

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

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

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