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

2. What is Philip's main drawback, from Tom's point of view?
(a) He already learns most of what Tom is studying.
(b) He is not a pleasant person to spend time with.
(c) He is the son of Tom's father's enemy, Mr. Wakem.
(d) He does not care for fishing.

3. Why does Mr. Tulliver feel vindicated in his choice to send Tom to study with Mr. Stelling?
(a) Tom is doing very well in his studies and impressing those around him.
(b) Mr. Wakem, the lawyer, is sending his son to study with Mr. Stelling as well.
(c) Mr. Stelling is planning to open a school and admit even more students.
(d) The aunts and uncles come around and feel that Tom's education is important.

4. Why does Philip begin to play the piano badly?
(a) He fears that Maggie and Stephen have feelings for each other.
(b) He is thinking about the last time he sees Maggie.
(c) He is feeling very tired after his long trip.
(d) He plans to ask Maggie to run away with him.

5. 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) Atheism.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Paganism.
(d) Judaism.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do Tom and Philip react when they first meet each other?

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

4. Why does Lucy have a confidential conversation with her father the same evening that Philip first comes to visit?

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

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