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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. When Raffles dies, who is watching him?

2. Whom does Mrs. Garth want Mary to marry?

3. With whom does Dorothea collaborate to improve life for poor farmers?

4. To celebrate briefly being out of debt, Rosamond does what?

5. Rosamond raises how many children, alone?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Bulstrode's part in Raffles' death?

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

5. What do Dorothea and Rosamond discuss?

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

7. How does Rosamond lose her baby?

8. Why is Dorothea upset about Casaubon's will?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Featherstone's second will reversed everything that was in the first. Which will do you think came first? Why were they so completely different? Which will do you think he wanted Mary Garth to burn for him, and why? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

The women of Middlemarch, as all Victorian women, obey their husbands to various degrees. Some are perfectly obedient, while others rebel against the constraints placed upon them. Pick three wives from the novel, and compare their attitudes toward their husbands and their duties as a wife. Does their behavior correlate in any way with the quality of their relationships? Does it affect how others see them? Why or why not? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

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