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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. Who faints at the town meeting?
(a) Lydgate.
(b) Mr. Vincy.
(c) Rosamond.
(d) Bulstrode.

2. According to his will, Dorothea will forfeit her share of Casaubon's estate if she does what?
(a) Moves out of the country.
(b) Does not continue Casaubon's research.
(c) Marries Will Ladislaw.
(d) Leaves Lowick.

3. Who tells Mary about Fred's appointment as overseer of Stone Court?
(a) Mr. Vincy.
(b) Mrs. Bulstrode.
(c) Mr. Garth.
(d) Fred Vincy.

4. Why does Bulstrode tell Lydgate he wants to resign from overseeing the hospital?
(a) His declining health.
(b) He wants more time to pursue his political career.
(c) It is too much work.
(d) He thinks Lydgate would do a better job.

5. Bulstrode asks his wife's opinion on what issue?
(a) His final will.
(b) Politics in Middlemarch.
(c) The progress of the hospital.
(d) A business proposal.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Dorothea goes out to find Casaubon, he is

2. What does Lydgate think is the real reason for Bulstrode's resignation?

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

4. What does Brooke tell Ladislaw at the end of Chapter 51?

5. Celia insists that Dorothea not wear what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the stipulations of Casaubon's will?

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

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

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

6. With what information does Raffles attempt to blackmail Bulstrode?

7. What does Mrs. Cadwallader tell Dorothea in Chapter 62? What is Dorothea's reaction?

8. What happens between Bulstrode and Ladislaw in Chapter 61?

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

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

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