Middlemarch Study Guide

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:

• Casaubon and Lydgate
• Lydgate and Farebrother
• Casaubon and Sir James
• Ned Plymdale and Sir James Chettam

3. While in Rome, Casaubon is asked to sit for a portrait of which renowned philosopher?

• DaVinci
• Sir Thomas More
• Thomas Aquinas
• Voltaire

4. The name of the paper that Mr. Brooke purchases is:

• The Pioneer
• The Tribune
• The Trumpet
• The Times

5. Which historical event is not referenced in Middlemarch?

• the death of George IV
• the rise of Queen Victoria
• the Reform Bill of 1832
• the cholera of 1832

6. Which of these men seeks to carry out Dorothea's plans for local social improvement?

• Will Ladislaw
• Lydgate
• Sir James
• Casaubon

7. The name of Casaubon's life's work is:

• The Progress of History
• Guide to All Knowledge
• Understanding World Religions
• Key to All Mythologies

8. Upon Mr. Featherstone's death, who receives his entire estate?

• Mrs. Waule, nee Featherstone
• Fred Vincy
• Caleb Garth
• Mr. Rigg

9. Mr. Vincy, Rosamond's father, holds the position of:

• town mayor
• Parliamentary Representative
• court judge
• town deputy

10. What happens when Fred cannot pay his 160 pound gambling debt?

• He loses his horse
• Caleb Garth and his family pay it
• Featherstone pays the full amount of the debt
• His father is forced to pay