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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 do the ladies of Middlemarch say about Rosamond?
(a) She is a spoiled brat.
(b) She is trying to maintain a lifestyle her husband cannot support.
(c) Her expectations are reasonable, and Lydgate should work harder to meet them.
(d) She should get a job if she wants nice things.

2. Mrs. Cadwallader tells Dorothea of the rumor that which two characters are having an affair?
(a) Ladislaw and Celia.
(b) Fred and Celia.
(c) Sir Chettam and Rosamond.
(d) Ladislaw and Rosamond.

3. Mrs. Bulstrode asks her husband to leave Stone Court in whose care?
(a) Mr. Brooke.
(b) Ladislaw.
(c) Lydgate.
(d) Fred Vincy.

4. Who assures Ladislaw that everything has been cleared with Dorothea?
(a) Lydgate.
(b) Farebrother's mother.
(c) Rosamond.
(d) Farebrother.

5. Who buys Stone Court from Rigg?
(a) Will Ladislaw.
(b) Bulstrode.
(c) Mr. Vincy.
(d) Farebrother.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to his will, Dorothea will forfeit her share of Casaubon's estate if she does what?

2. How old is Dorothea when she becomes a widow?

3. Who dines with Farebrother, his mother, and his aunt?

4. Dorothea becomes upset when the Farebrother women talk about what?

5. Who tells Mary about Fred's appointment as overseer of Stone Court?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Dorothea and Rosamond discuss?

2. What is Lydgate's diagnosis and prescription for Raffles?

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

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

5. How does Rosamond lose her baby?

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

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

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

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

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

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