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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Stephen want to marry Lucy?
(a) She is the most beautiful woman he has ever seen.
(b) He is madly in love with her and thinks of nothing else.
(c) He thinks that his family approves of a marriage with her.
(d) She is not a remarkable rarity but is moderate in all things.

2. How does Bob try to cheer Maggie up?
(a) He brings her books.
(b) He does work around the house.
(c) He offers the family money.
(d) He brings her food.

3. How does Maggie try to stem her loneliness while she is living at home and nursing her father back to health?
(a) She sits with her mother and tries to cheer her up.
(b) She talks with Bob whenever he comes to visit.
(c) She finds Tom's old schoolbooks and begins to study them.
(d) She visits all her old childhood haunts in the neighborhood.

4. Where has Tom wanted Maggie to live as long as she remains unmarried?
(a) At home with their mother.
(b) With their cousin Lucy.
(c) With their aunt Pullet.
(d) With friends at St. Ogg's.

5. How does Tom react when he is offered a share in the business at Guest and Company?
(a) He tells his uncle he'd rather wait a few more years first.
(b) He immediately accepts.
(c) He asks his uncle to buy the old mill instead.
(d) He declines the offer and starts his own business instead.

6. Is Maggie still in love with Stephen as she travels home?
(a) She is still deeply in love with him.
(b) She thinks now that marriage should not be for love.
(c) She realizes that she never does love him.
(d) She is slowly letting go of her love.

7. How does Tom react, at first, to Maggie's request that she is allowed to see Philip?
(a) He says that she can see Philip if there is a chaperone.
(b) He agrees that she is trusted now.
(c) He says that he has no confidence in anything she says.
(d) He says that he never allows her to see Philip as long as he lives.

8. Why does Stephen contact Maggie after she returns home from their boat trip together?
(a) He stops by to say that he has no regrets.
(b) He stops by to apologize for letting the boat go so far.
(c) He writes to say that he is going to marry Lucy.
(d) He writes to say that he still loves her.

9. How does Mr. Tulliver look when he goes to meet his creditors and pay them?
(a) Like his old self, strong and full of life.
(b) Emotionally overwrought, tearful, and hesitant.
(c) Lacking in confidence, unsure of himself.
(d) Sick, weakly, and feeble.

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

11. What does Mr. Tulliver do when he happens to run into Mr. Wakem after he pays off his other creditors?
(a) He tells him what happens.
(b) He asks him to come and have dinner with the family.
(c) He forgives him.
(d) He attacks him.

12. Why do the aunts and uncles think that Maggie should not go back into service?
(a) Maggie should find a husband and settle down.
(b) The family wants to send Maggie back to school.
(c) The aunts do not want Maggie to travel so far away.
(d) The family finances are better now.

13. Why doesn't Philip want to ask Maggie to marry him right away?
(a) He does not want to offer her a life of poverty.
(b) He fears that his father and her brother do not approve.
(c) He is not sure that he really wants to marry her.
(d) He feels certain that Maggie does not accept his proposal.

14. What kind of job does Maggie find to support herself?
(a) She becomes a cook in a local eatery.
(b) She becomes a governess for Dr. Kenn's children.
(c) She becomes a housemaid in an inn.
(d) She becomes a seamstress for the town.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is George Eliot trying to communicate with the title, "The Torn Nest is Pierced by the Thorns"?

2. Why is Maggie happy to run into Philip?

3. Who unexpectedly comes to Maggie's aid when she returns from her boat trip with Stephen?

4. What does Maggie find the most difficult about living at home, in poverty?

5. Why does Mr. Wakem talk to Maggie at the bazaar?

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