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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 the narrator say is the most accurate depiction of the religion of the Tullivers and the other people who live in the village of St. Ogg's?
(a) Paganism.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Atheism.
(d) Christianity.

2. Why does Lucy have a confidential conversation with her father the same evening that Philip first comes to visit?
(a) She wants to ask him if there is any chance of buying the mill.
(b) She wants to warn him that Maggie and Philip may still love each other.
(c) She wants to buy the mill herself and have her family run it.
(d) She wants to distract Maggie from Stephen.

3. What words does the narrator use to describe what she calls "the mental condition of these emmet-like Dodsons and Tullivers"?
(a) Tempestuous flow of emotions.
(b) Self-righteous indignation.
(c) Foolish nonsense.
(d) Oppressive narrowness.

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

5. What does the narrator say is the prime moral value of the Dodsons?
(a) Respect for life in all forms.
(b) Submission to the will of God.
(c) Delight in the goodness of life and of all human beings.
(d) Revering what is customary and respectable.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Mr. Tulliver's opinion of lawyers?

3. What does Mr. Tulliver feel is his strongest reason for staying and working at the mill?

4. Why does Philip begin to play the piano badly?

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

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