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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Maggie criticize the book, Corinne, which Philip brings to her?
(a) The story is too long.
(b) There is no moral.
(c) The heroine is blond.
(d) The book is dull.

2. How do Maggie and Stephen react to their growing interest in each other?
(a) They spend as much time together as they can.
(b) They begin to write each other letters.
(c) They start meeting secretly.
(d) They try to ignore each other and focus on Maggie.

3. What is Maggie most afraid that her father does, while he is recovering from his accident?
(a) Become depressed and commit suicide.
(b) Quit his job at the mill.
(c) Go into a rage and beat her mother.
(d) Give up all he has left in some scheme to go back to the way things are.

4. Why does Stephen come to see Maggie at the Mosses?
(a) He wants to persuade her not to go away again.
(b) He feels that he has to see her again no matter what.
(c) He wants to apologize for his behavior at the dance.
(d) He hopes to convince her to return to Lucy's house.

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

6. Why does Lucy understand and forgive Maggie?
(a) Maggie's mother checks on her every day.
(b) Dr. Kenn counsels her to forgive.
(c) She reads Stephen's letter.
(d) She forgives everyone.

7. What does Philip offer to do for Maggie if she sees him regularly while she is caring for her parents?
(a) Meet in secret and bring her books.
(b) Help her to find a job.
(c) Help to finance Tom's trading venture.
(d) Convince his father to sell the mill.

8. Why does Maggie pore over the pages of a book while she is waiting for Lucy to return?
(a) She wants to give the impression of only being interested in books.
(b) It gives her something to do and she is feeling bored.
(c) It is a way to hide her face while she is crying.
(d) She is fascinated by the book and cannot put it down.

9. Why does Uncle Deane tell Tom that he does well not to tell people how old he is?
(a) Tom should not bring up the subject of age because it is not good manners.
(b) Tom should try to be judged purely on the basis of his actions, not his age or appearance.
(c) Tom is thought to be younger than he is, and may be able to pass himself off as a student.
(d) Tom looks older than he is and may pass for being more experienced than he is in business.

10. The last sentence of Book Six, Chapter 10 notes that Philip is not totally happy with Maggie's answer, and says that jealousy always longs for omniscience. What does the narrator mean by this?
(a) Philip cannot wait for Tom to feel better about the marriage.
(b) Philip is determined to take some kind of action.
(c) Philip believes that Maggie chooses asceticism again.
(d) Philip suspects there is some other reason too.

11. Which of the following statements best foreshadows Maggie's death in the flood?
(a) Mrs. Tulliver's comment, while looking for Maggie as a child, that she drows in the pond someday.
(b) Maggie's choice to dunk her head in a bucket as a child.
(c) Maggie's boat trip with Stephen Guest.
(d) The historical floods that occurs at St. Ogg's.

12. What happens to Bob's house?
(a) It is damaged by wind during a storm.
(b) It is destroyed in a flood.
(c) It burns to the ground.
(d) It is buried by a mudslide.

13. Why does Stephen start having dinner at Lucy's house?
(a) To see Lucy for a little longer.
(b) To see Maggie for a little longer.
(c) To talk with the Deanes.
(d) To have a good meal before riding home.

14. What is Mr. Wakem's reaction to Philip's proposal after he has a chance to think about it?
(a) He agrees to meet with Tom and try to set aside their differences.
(b) He agrees that Philip asks Maggie to marry him.
(c) He insists that Philip never associates with any of the Tullivers.
(d) He refuses to let Philip consider marrying Maggie.

15. What does Mr. Tulliver plan to do once the debts are paid?
(a) Invest more money in Tom's trading business.
(b) Set aside money for dowry for Maggie.
(c) Find some property to buy.
(d) Stop working for Wakem at the mill.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do we know that Tom is a very able employee?

2. What do Tom and Maggie both fear when Tom announces to his father that he is able to pay the debts?

3. How does Philip Wakem react to the news about Maggie and Stephen?

4. What clue does George Eliot give us to indicate that Stephen Guest is married at the end of the book?

5. How does Lucy trick Stephen?

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