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Middlemarch Quiz 1

  • 1. What are the names of Mr. Brooke's estate and parish?
    •     The Grange, Tipton
    •     Freshitt, Middlemarch
    •     Stone Court, Lowick
    •     Lowick, Middlemarch

  • 2. Dorothea's two suitors at the beginning of the novel are:
    •     Lydgate and Farebrother
    •     Casaubon and Lydgate
    •     Ned Plymdale and Sir James Chettam
    •     Casaubon and Sir James

  • 3. While in Rome, Casaubon is asked to sit for a portrait of which renowned philosopher?
    •     Voltaire
    •     Sir Thomas More
    •     Thomas Aquinas
    •     DaVinci

  • 4. The name of the paper that Mr. Brooke purchases is:
    •     The Times
    •     The Pioneer
    •     The Tribune
    •     The Trumpet

  • 5. Which historical event is not referenced in Middlemarch?
    •     the Reform Bill of 1832
    •     the death of George IV
    •     the cholera of 1832
    •     the rise of Queen Victoria

  • 6. Which of these men seeks to carry out Dorothea's plans for local social improvement?
    •     Lydgate
    •     Sir James
    •     Casaubon
    •     Will Ladislaw

  • 7. The name of Casaubon's life's work is:
    •     The Progress of History
    •     Understanding World Religions
    •     Guide to All Knowledge
    •     Key to All Mythologies

  • 8. Upon Mr. Featherstone's death, who receives his entire estate?
    •     Fred Vincy
    •     Mr. Rigg
    •     Caleb Garth
    •     Mrs. Waule, nee Featherstone

  • 9. Mr. Vincy, Rosamond's father, holds the position of:
    •     court judge
    •     Parliamentary Representative
    •     town deputy
    •     town mayor

  • 10. What happens when Fred cannot pay his 160 pound gambling debt?
    •     Caleb Garth and his family pay it
    •     He loses his horse
    •     Featherstone pays the full amount of the debt
    •     His father is forced to pay

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