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

2. 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 have a long talk about books and art.
(d) They walk around the garden one evening while Lucy is out.

3. 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.

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

5. How does Philip manage to get Tom excited about learning?
(a) He tells him stories of heros from classical mythology.
(b) He explains the connection between education and business to Tom.
(c) He inspires Tom because he is so advanced in his studies.
(d) He becomes friends with Tom, who then wants to do the same things as Philip.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What words does the narrator use to describe what she calls "the mental condition of these emmet-like Dodsons and Tullivers"?

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

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

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