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

2. To make his problems go away, Lydgate has tried what?

3. Mrs. Cadwallader tells Dorothea of the rumor that which two characters are having an affair?

4. Who buys Stone Court from Rigg?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Dorothea and Rosamond discuss?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Rosamond lose her baby?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characters of Casaubon and Ladislaw. How are they described? What imagery is associated with each of them? Without knowing their characters well, what would these factors tell you about each character? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

The narrator compares Dorothea to two different characters from other works. Choose a character, fictional or non-fictional, and compare Dorothea with that character. Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

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