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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens between Stephen and Maggie at the Mosses?
(a) They fight over Stephen's admission of love for Maggie.
(b) They admit that they love each other but will not be together.
(c) They refuse to admit that they love each other.
(d) They consider getting married.

2. How does Tom force Maggie to stop seeing Philip?
(a) He threatens Philip with bodily harm if he sees Maggie again.
(b) He threatens to take away Maggie's books.
(c) He sends Maggie away to another town.
(d) He threatens to tell their father if she does not.

3. How does Tom come up with capital to finance his venture with Bob?
(a) He asks his father if he can use the money they are slowly saving.
(b) He gets the money from his Aunt Glegg.
(c) He gets the money from his Uncle Deane.
(d) He saves the money from his work at his job.

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

5. Who unexpectedly comes to Maggie's aid when she returns from her boat trip with Stephen?
(a) Her aunt Glegg.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her aunt Moss.
(d) Her aunt Pullet.

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

7. 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.

8. How does Lucy's plan to intervene with Tom on Maggie's behalf backfire?
(a) She convinces Tom that Maggie never goes back into service.
(b) She makes Tom feel suspicious that Maggie must be planning to marry Philip.
(c) She persuades Tom that Maggie should be allowed to become a schoolteacher.
(d) She argues with Tom and ends up dividing the family between those who agree with her and those who do not.

9. What happens at the bazaar to make Stephen start to feel jealous?
(a) He notices that Maggie is careful not to look at him.
(b) He deduces that Mr. Wakem stops to see Maggie for a reason.
(c) He realizes that Maggie and Philip have some history together.
(d) He sees Lucy talking to other men of St. Ogg's.

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

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

12. 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 suspects there is some other reason too.
(b) Philip believes that Maggie chooses asceticism again.
(c) Philip cannot wait for Tom to feel better about the marriage.
(d) Philip is determined to take some kind of action.

13. What clue does George Eliot give us to indicate that Stephen Guest is married at the end of the book?
(a) She says that he visits the tomb later "with a sweet face beside him".
(b) She refers to Stephen's wife and children.
(c) She tells the reader outright that Stephen is married.
(d) She has Stephen call out to his wife while they are visiting the tomb.

14. How does Philip shake Maggie's resolve never to see him again?
(a) He tells her that she is missing all that life has to offer.
(b) He tells her that he cannot live without her.
(c) He asks her whether she does not like him as she once does.
(d) He tells her that she is just trying to stupefy herself into resignation.

15. 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 writes to say that he still loves her.
(c) He writes to say that he is going to marry Lucy.
(d) He stops by to apologize for letting the boat go so far.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following statements best foreshadows Maggie's death in the flood?

2. What happens to Dorlcote Mill in the flood?

3. When they finally meet again, what tool does Philip use to try to remind Maggie of their love for each other?

4. How does their father's death affect Maggie and Tom's relationship?

5. What do Tom and Maggie look like when their bodies are discovered?

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