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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Chapter 4 | Book 2: Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mr. Tulliver change his mind about asking the Mosses to pay their debt?
(a) He wants Tom to be generous with Maggie if she ever needs it.
(b) He realizes that he doesn't really need the money that badly.
(c) He remembers that the Mosses have a lot of expenses to pay.
(d) He thinks about how he feels in Mr. Moss's position.

2. Why do Mrs. Tulliver's sisters criticize Mr. Tulliver?
(a) They do not think that he treats Mrs. Tulliver well.
(b) They think that he is not good at managing money.
(c) They are unimpressed with his parenting skills.
(d) They think that he is not very good looking.

3. Why do you think that George Eliot chooses to begin a new book, Book II, with the chapter in which Tom first goes away to school?
(a) Book I is getting long, so it is time to switch books.
(b) She has not written about Tom previously in the book.
(c) It relates to a different setting and a different topic than Book I.
(d) Tom has a birthday.

4. What do Mrs. Tulliver's sisters tell Mr. Tulliver about the clergyman he plans to send Tom to study with?
(a) Sending Tom to study with the clergyman is very expensive.
(b) A local lawyer, Wakem, is also sending his son to the same clergyman.
(c) The clergyman recently stops taking students.
(d) There are recent improvements to the local school.

5. Why does Philip's deformity make Maggie feel more tender toward him?
(a) She thinks the hunchback is very handsome.
(b) She feels sorry for Philip because he is made fun of in the past.
(c) She likes to have her love appreciated by those who are not used to it.
(d) She lacks confidence in her ability to inspire love in anyone who is not deformed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator think about the system of sending boys to study with independent schoolmasters, such as Mr. Stelling?

2. How does Mrs. Glegg react to Mr. Tulliver's letter?

3. What does the narrator think of Mrs. Pullet's grief over old Mrs. Sutton's death?

4. While Mr. Tulliver is talking to Mr. Riley about Tom, what does he confide in Mr. Riley about Maggie?

5. How does Tom feel about the argument with Philip?

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