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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. What ailment is affecting John Raffles while he resides at Stone Court?
(a) Dysentery.
(b) Alcohol poisoning.
(c) Cholera.
(d) Tumors.

2. How old is Dorothea when she becomes a widow?
(a) 21.
(b) 26.
(c) 32.
(d) 19.

3. Who has spent the week after the town meeting caring for her sick husband?
(a) Mrs. Bulstrode.
(b) Rosamond.
(c) Mrs. Vincy.
(d) Celia.

4. Brooke's political platform does not endorse what?
(a) Tax Act.
(b) Tea tariff.
(c) Reform Bill.
(d) Emancipation Proclamation.

5. When Dorothea goes out to find Casaubon, he is
(a) On a bench, dead.
(b) Out riding.
(c) In the garden, sleeping.
(d) Visiting Mr. Brooke.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Dorothea living at the beginning of Chapter 49?

2. Where do Dorothea and Ladislaw live after their marriage?

3. What does Casaubon want Dorothea to do in Chapter 48?

4. What holiday is being celebrated at the beginning of Chapter 63?

5. What does Dorothea decide to do with her time now that she is a widow?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens at the end of Chapter 71, during and after the town meeting?

2. How does Lydgate's relative respond to Rosamond's request for money?

3. How does Rosamond lose her baby?

4. What does Dorothea pledge to Lydgate at the beginning of Chapter 76?

5. What is Rosamond's response when Lydgate confesses all of his debts?

6. What are Lydgate's fears about what will happen to him because of the gossip about Raffles' death?

7. Describe the circumstances of Casaubon's death.

8. Describe Ladislaw's visit to the Lowick church.

9. Summarize the rest of Dorothea and Ladislaw's life together.

10. What is the Chettams' response to news of Dorothea's impending marriage?

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