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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 tells Farebrother that all finances result from what?
(a) Hard work.
(b) Determination.
(c) Luck.
(d) Inherited wealth.

2. To whom does Rosamond write, asking for money?
(a) Dorothea.
(b) Lydgate's relative.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her father.

3. When Lydgate asks Bulstrode for a loan, what is Bulstrode's response?
(a) He suggests that Lydgate consider bankruptcy.
(b) He reluctantly agrees to loan Lydgate the thousand pounds he needs.
(c) He demands that Lydgate offer the deed to his house as collateral.
(d) He asks for a day to consider.

4. Lydgate dies at what age?
(a) 67.
(b) 44.
(c) 32.
(d) 50.

5. Why does Ladislaw refuse the money offered to him by Bulstrode?
(a) Bulstrode cannot say he came by it honestly.
(b) It is a loan that Ladislaw will not be able to repay.
(c) Ladislaw does not need it because of his recent inheritance.
(d) Bulstrode threatens Ladislaw with what will happen if he does not repay the debt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bulstrode asks his wife's opinion on what issue?

2. What ailment is affecting John Raffles while he resides at Stone Court?

3. Who sees Lydgate at the pool hall?

4. What is becoming a problem for Lydgate in Chapter 47?

5. What do the ladies of Middlemarch say about Rosamond?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are Dorothea's plans for the future in Chapter 55?

3. What does the narrator say in describing Dorothea's character?

4. What revelation does Mrs. Garth make to Fred Vincy?

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. What is Mrs. Bulstrode's reaction to what Mr. Vincy tells her about her husband?

8. Describe the events leading up to Fred and Mary's marriage.

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

10. How does Rosamond keep her home from being sold?

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