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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Featherstone feel about Mary giving up her savings?

2. Mary Garth is what to Peter Featherstone?

3. Who is concerned for Dorothea's health?

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

5. By the end of Chapter 21, what is Edward's primary emotion regarding Will?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the situation of the Garth family change in Chapter 40?

2. What do Featherstone's two wills state?

3. How do Lydgate and Rosamond, respectively, feel about marriage after their dinner together in Chapter 16?

4. Why is Dorothea saddened while on her honeymoon?

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

6. Describe how Dorothea, Mr. Brooke, and Celia, respectively, feel about Dorothea's engagement to Casaubon.

7. Summarize Lydgate's background.

8. What is the purpose of Dorothea's first visit to Lowick? What happens there?

9. What do Dorothea and Will talk about during Will's visit?

10. What happens when Sir Chettam goes to see Mr. Cadwallader?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Both Rosamond and Dorothea rebel against their husbands but in very different ways. Compare their characters. How are their methods of rebellion different? Does their rebellion get equal results, or is one more effective than the other at circumventing her husband's wishes? How does their rebellion affect the way they are seen by the community? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the author's use of foreshadowing in the novel---for example, the first mention of how Casaubon's work is affecting his health in Chapter 21 foreshadows the fact that he literally works himself to death later. Is this an effective style? Why or why not? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the characters of Dorothea and Lydgate and their charity work. How does their altruism manifest itself? What is each character's motivation to do good deeds? How is each character rewarded for his or her charitable acts? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

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