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'Middlemarch' Quiz

'Middlemarch,' by George Eliot...I didn't see any quizzes for this novel and thought there should be at least one!

A multiple-choice quiz by gillyjj. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
gillyjj

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
57,136

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
12 / 20

Plays
1476

Last 3 plays: Guest 157 (0/20), Guest 152 (11/20), Guest 69 (16/20).

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Question 1 of 20

1. You know it's coming, so let's just get it over with. George Eliot is the pen name. What's the author's real name?

Answer: (Three Words, or surname only)

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Question 2 of 20

2. A new doctor arrives in Middlemarch; what is his name? Hint

Ladislaw

Bulstrode

Farebrother

Lydgate

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Question 3 of 20

3. At the beginning of the novel, Dorothea has two suitors. What are their names? Hint

Casaubon and Chettam

Lydgate and Chettam

Farebrother and Casaubon

Ladislaw and Farebrother

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Question 4 of 20

4. Mr. Brook buys one of the town's newspapers. What is the name of the paper? Hint

the Pioneer

the Herald

the Trumpet

the Chronicle

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Question 5 of 20

5. Where do Dorothea and her husband spend their honeymoon? Hint

Athens

Paris

Rome

Vienna

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Question 6 of 20

6. While on their honeymoon an artist asks to use Dorothea's husband as a model for his painting of whom? Hint

John Locke

Sir Thomas More

Thomas a' Beckett

St. Thomas Aquinas

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Question 7 of 20

7. Poor Fred Vincy just can't get a break. He ends up being bailed out of financial problems at one time or another by all of the following except one. Which one? Hint

Featherstone

Mary Garth

Dorothea

Caleb Garth

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Question 8 of 20

8. What is the name of Mr. Brooke's estate? Hint

Freshitt

Stone Court

Lowick

Tipton

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Question 9 of 20

9. True or False: Rosamond Vincy is the type of woman that Lydgate was hoping to marry.

True

False

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Question 10 of 20

10. How is Ladislaw related to Casaubon? Hint

they're not related

illegitimate son

second cousin

nephew

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Question 11 of 20

11. Although Dorothea abhors 'trinkets,' she does decide to keep one set of her mother's jewelry before turning the rest over to Celia. What kind of gems are they? Hint

emeralds

amethysts

rubies

sapphires

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Question 12 of 20

12. Mr. Bustrode had quite a murky past. His past evil dealings significantly affected one of the main characters in a financial way. Which one? Hint

Will Ladislaw

Fred Vincy

Tertius Lydgate

Mr. Farebrother

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Question 13 of 20

13. Rosamond is shocked when her advances are rejected by which man? Hint

Tertius Lydgate

Captain Lydgate

Will Ladislaw

Sir James Chettam

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Question 14 of 20

14. Mary refuses to do what for Featherstone? Hint

overdose him

turn away Mr. Farebrother

throw away his medicine

tear up a will

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Question 15 of 20

15. Who ends up inheriting Featherstone's estate? Hint

Fred Vincy

Mrs. Waule

Mr. Jonah Featherstone

Mr. Rigg

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Question 16 of 20

16. Who is Dorothea least like in character? Hint

Celia

Rosamond

Mary

Harriet

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Question 17 of 20

17. Before he died, what promise did Casaubon tell Dorothea he wanted her to make to him? Hint

none of the "above"

to never sell Lowick

to get his book published

to never marry Will

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Question 18 of 20

18. By the end of the book, who doesn't end up with the woman he loves? Hint

Will Ladislaw

Tertius Lydgate

Fred Vincy

Mr. Farebrother

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Question 19 of 20

19. Which character is a true blackmailer? Hint

Mr. Bulstrode

Rosamond

Featherstone

Mr. Raffles

20. Is this the last line of the book...'for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts, and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life and rest in unvisited tombs'?

Yes

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. You know it's coming, so let's just get it over with. George Eliot is the pen name. What's the author's real name?

Answer: Mary Ann Evans

She was born Mary Ann Evans and married John Cross about seven months before her death.

2. A new doctor arrives in Middlemarch; what is his name?

Answer: Lydgate

Poor Lydgate...he had such ambition. But he was a sucker for a pretty face.

3. At the beginning of the novel, Dorothea has two suitors. What are their names?

Answer: Casaubon and Chettam

Sir James Chettam turns his attentions to Celia after Dorothea becomes engaged to Casaubon, and they eventually marry.

4. Mr. Brook buys one of the town's newspapers. What is the name of the paper?

Answer: the Pioneer

He uses it to try to aid his political career. (It doesn't help!)

5. Where do Dorothea and her husband spend their honeymoon?

Answer: Rome

Casaubon spends most of his time in the Vatican library. The honeymoon was not a great success.

6. While on their honeymoon an artist asks to use Dorothea's husband as a model for his painting of whom?

Answer: St. Thomas Aquinas

The artist didn't really want to paint Casaubon at all...he just used this as an excuse to paint {Dorothea;} he was fascinated by her beauty.

7. Poor Fred Vincy just can't get a break. He ends up being bailed out of financial problems at one time or another by all of the following except one. Which one?

Answer: Dorothea

He thought Featherstone should have given him more, but he is ashamed to take Mary's money and to not be able to pay Caleb back.

8. What is the name of Mr. Brooke's estate?

Answer: Tipton

Freshitt was Chettam's estate, and Lowick belonged to Casaubon. Stone Court was Featherstone's.

9. True or False: Rosamond Vincy is the type of woman that Lydgate was hoping to marry.

Answer: True

True ('...Miss Vincy, who had just the kind of intelligence one would desire in a woman -- polished, refined, docile...'), though he didn't have any intention of marrying for another five or so years. But he was no match for Rosamond's determination.

10. How is Ladislaw related to Casaubon?

Answer: second cousin

Will Ladislaw's grandmother Julia was the sister of Casaubon's mother.

11. Although Dorothea abhors 'trinkets,' she does decide to keep one set of her mother's jewelry before turning the rest over to Celia. What kind of gems are they?

Answer: emeralds

'They look like fragments of heaven.'

12. Mr. Bustrode had quite a murky past. His past evil dealings significantly affected one of the main characters in a financial way. Which one?

Answer: Will Ladislaw

He basically stole Will's family's inheritance. Will grew up in poverty and was then dependent upon Casaubon for support. He was, thus, considered to be on a lower rung class-wise.

13. Rosamond is shocked when her advances are rejected by which man?

Answer: Will Ladislaw

This was a big, surprising blow to Rosamond's ego. She couldn't imagine any man rejecting her. But Will told her that no other woman existed for him but Dorothea. (Sigh)

14. Mary refuses to do what for Featherstone?

Answer: tear up a will

Mary didn't want to do anything that would lay her open to suspicion. The refusal to tear up the will may have cost Fred a large inheritance, but as Mary thought, he was probably better off without it.

15. Who ends up inheriting Featherstone's estate?

Answer: Mr. Rigg

Rigg, Featherstone's illegitimate son, doesn't have any interest in the property, so he sells it to Mr. Bulstrode.

16. Who is Dorothea least like in character?

Answer: Rosamond

It's hard to imagine two people more different.

17. Before he died, what promise did Casaubon tell Dorothea he wanted her to make to him?

Answer: none of the "above"

Casaubon wanted Dorothea to acquiesce without telling her what the promise was beforehand. What a manipulative creep! Dorothea knows it's wrong of him to ask, but she finally decides to agree because she can't stand to cause him more pain.

18. By the end of the book, who doesn't end up with the woman he loves?

Answer: Mr. Farebrother

Mr. Farebrother loved Mary, but she had always loved Fred. Dr. Lydgate did love Rosamond, though it wasn't a very satisfactory union for either of them. And Will, of course he got his Dorothea.

19. Which character is a true blackmailer?

Answer: Mr. Raffles

Though one might consider both Featherstone and Rosamond to be 'passive-aggressive'-type blackmailers, Raffles is the one who threatens for financial gain (by exposing Bulstrode's past).

Answer: Yes

Dorothea never accomplished the great philanthropic acts that she had hoped, but her life positively affected those around her. I just put this question in because I wanted to use that line -- I think it's beautiful.

Source: Author gillyjj

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