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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 Mrs. Tulliver panic when she cannot find Maggie?
(a) She thinks that Maggie should apologize to Lucy.
(b) She thinks that Maggie drowns in the pond.
(c) She thinks that Maggie runs away.
(d) She thinks that Maggie is getting into trouble.

2. Why does Philip and Tom's relationship become strained?
(a) Tom and Philip both become interested in the same young woman.
(b) Tom and Philip fight over the mill's water rights.
(c) Tom makes fun of Philip's hunchback and insults his father.
(d) Philip makes fun of Tom's love of fishing and fighting.

3. Why does looking at the new bonnet make Mrs. Tulliver and Mrs. Pullet so sad?
(a) Mrs. Pullet speculates that she may not live to wear the bonnet in a second season.
(b) The bonnet is crushed in the closet and ruined.
(c) Mrs. Tulliver wishes that she has a similar bonnet.
(d) The bonnet is not fashionable any more.

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

5. Why does Mrs. Pullet want to intervene in the quarrel between Mrs. Glegg and Mr. Tulliver?
(a) Mrs. Tulliver asks her to intervene.
(b) She does not like to have family members arguing with each other.
(c) She does not want people in town to hear that her family is quarreling over money.
(d) She hopes to borrow money from Mrs. Glegg herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Maggie dunk her head in a tub of water?

2. How does Mr. Tulliver react to Mrs. Pullet's plan to mediate on his behalf with Mrs. Glegg?

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?

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

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

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