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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 6: Chapter 6 | Book 6: Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Tulliver feel is his strongest reason for staying and working at the mill?
(a) He hopes to pay off his debts.
(b) He has no other job.
(c) He lives there all his life and loves it.
(d) His wife asks him to.

2. What action makes Maggie and Stephen particularly conscious of their attraction to each other?
(a) They walk around the garden one evening while Lucy is out.
(b) They have a long talk about books and art.
(c) They happen to look each other in the eyes.
(d) They discover that they agree about politics.

3. What does Mr. Tulliver force Tom to write on his own behalf in the Bible?
(a) That Tom takes care of the mill for as long as he lives.
(b) That Tom finds some other business to go into that is not as heartbreaking.
(c) That Tom exacts some revenge on Wakem, if he has the chance.
(d) That Tom takes care of his mother and sister as long as he lives.

4. Why is Maggie admitted to society and invited to social events that are thought to be above her station?
(a) Lucy and Stephen want her to be included, so others include her.
(b) Lucy personally asks her friends to invite Maggie to events.
(c) Maggie is assertive about making sure that she is included.
(d) Maggie's mother takes it upon herself to make sure that Maggie is included.

5. When they finally meet again, what tool does Philip use to try to remind Maggie of their love for each other?
(a) Food.
(b) Drawings.
(c) Music.
(d) Books.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Philip's main drawback, from Tom's point of view?

2. How do Maggie and Stephen react to their growing interest in each other?

3. What does the narrator say is the prime moral value of the Dodsons?

4. Why does Mr. Tulliver feel vindicated in his choice to send Tom to study with Mr. Stelling?

5. Why is Mr. Tulliver in such a bad mood at Christmas?

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