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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When Mr. Tulliver wakes up, what does he tell Tom to do about the family's bankruptcy?
2. Why does Mrs. Glegg get angry with Mr. Glegg the morning after they come home from visiting the Tullivers?
3. What does the narrator think about the system of sending boys to study with independent schoolmasters, such as Mr. Stelling?
4. What does the narrator say is the most accurate depiction of the religion of the Tullivers and the other people who live in the village of St. Ogg's?
5. Why does Maggie get angry with her aunts and uncles?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Maggie react when she realizes that she and Steven go too far in the boat?
2. What conclusions do you draw about gender roles in the village of St. Ogg's based on Mr. Tulliver's conversation with Mr. Riley?
3. Why does Lucy at first think that Stephen and Maggie do not like each other?
4. Why is Bob so determined to help Tom?
5. Using the descriptions provided by their parents (Mr. and Mrs. Tulliver), compare and contrast the characters of Tom and Maggie.
6. Why do you think that George Eliot ends Book III with Mr. Tullivan's assertion in the Bible that he wishes Wakem evil?
7. Why are Stephen and Maggie so sure that they should not marry?
8. Why are Maggie and Philip a good match for each other?
9. Describe Maggie's character, based on her behavior during her childhood.
10. What do we learn about Tom's character from his response to the aunts and uncles after his father's accident?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who do you think is more forgiving, Maggie or Tom? Support your answer with details from The Mill on the Floss.
Essay Topic 2
When Maggie is a child, the adults around her worry about her future. Why do they worry so much about her? What is their main concern? Support your answer with details from the novel.
Essay Topic 3
Why do you think the family members in The Mill on the Floss criticize each other so much? Is their criticism a way of hiding an underlying affection? Or is the criticism more sincere? Take a position on this point and defend it using examples from The Mill on the Floss.
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