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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. Why does Maggie get angry with her aunts and uncles?
2. Why does Mr. Tulliver agree to run the mill, even though Mr. Wakem now owns it ?
3. Why does Maggie come to get Tom at school during his last quarter at King's Lorton?
4. What does Tom think of Maggie?
5. What does Mr. Tulliver feel is his strongest reason for staying and working at the mill?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Maggie react when she realizes that she and Steven go too far in the boat?
2. How does Maggie feel when Philip declares his love for her?
3. Do you think that Mr. and Mrs. Tulliver get along very well? Why or why not?
4. Do you think that Tom enjoys taking care of the Stellings' daughter, Laura? Why or why not?
5. What is Stephen Guest looking for in a wife? What qualities does he see in Lucy that appeal to him?
6. Why do you think that Tom says he does not trust Maggie when it comes to Philip Wakem? Why does Maggie say that his lack of trust is unfair?
7. Why does Tom try to convince Philip to come and see the sword demonstration?
8. Why are Stephen and Maggie so sure that they should not marry?
9. What do you think horrifies Tom the most about Maggie meeting Philip, the fact that Philip is a hunchback, or that he is the son of Mr. Wakem? Why?
10. Why do you think that Book Six ends with the chapter in which Maggie leaves Stephen and returns to St. Ogg's?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
Research the legal issues that are raised during The Mill on the Floss. Then analyze Mr. Tulliver's legal problems. In your opinion, is Mr. Tulliver in the right? Why or why not? Use evidence from the book and from your own research to support your view.
Essay Topic 3
Write a paper analyzing the plot development in The Mill on the Floss. What do you feel is the climax of the plot? How does Eliot build tension prior to that point? How does she wind the book down after the climax?
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