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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. Lydgate's reputation is bolstered when his medical advice is sought by whom?
(a) Bulstrode.
(b) Sir Chettam.
(c) Mr. Brooke.
(d) Featherstone.

2. Regarding Dorothea, Sir Chettam seeks whose counsel?
(a) Mr. Brooke's.
(b) Mr. Cadwallader's.
(c) Casaubon's.
(d) Celia's.

3. Rosamond is jealous of the time Lydgate spends with whom?
(a) Dorothea.
(b) Celia.
(c) Mrs. Cadwallader.
(d) Mary Garth.

4. Fred Vincy is what relation of Rosamond?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her cousin.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Her father.

5. Though he does not pursue a career in it, Will admires which subject?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Writing.
(c) Music.
(d) Art.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the opening chapters, what is Dorothea's charitable project?

2. What is the relationship between Edward Casaubon and Dorothea Brooke?

3. How many wills are read after Featherstone's funeral?

4. In the Prelude, the author describes the life of what saint?

5. What rumor actually helps Lydgate's reputation, no matter how much he denies its veracity?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize Lydgate's background.

2. What does Rosamond admire about Lydgate?

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 happens to Fred Vincy in Chapter 23?

6. What happens on the night of Featherstone's death?

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

8. Why does Casaubon propose to Dorothea?

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

10. After the reading of the will, how does Mr. Vincy feel about Rosamond's marrying Lydgate?

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