The Middlemarch quiz: 10 questions by Mimi

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This novel was first published in

1871
1875
1878
1898

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How is Will Ladislaw related to Edward Casuabon? He's Causabon's

nephew.
great grandson.
cousin.
uncle.

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Why does Dorothea marry Edward Casaubon?

It is imposed on her.
She admires his intellect and wants to learn.
She thinks the marriage would raise her social standing.
She wants to please her parents and bring honor to them.

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Who buys a horse that is no good and proves a waste of money?

Edward Casaubon.
Arthur Brooke.
Caleb Garth.
Fred Vincy.

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Rosamond loses her baby, how? She

falls down the stairs.
has an accident on her horse.
takes some of the wrong medicine.
suffers an anxiety attack.

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Who does Rosamond Vincy marry?

Tertius Lydgate.
Will Ladislaw.
Mr Featherstone.
Mr Cadwallader.

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Who misdiagnoses Fred when he is taken ill with typhoid fever?

Lydgate.
Featherstone.
Cadwallader.
Wrench.

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Why is Dorothea disinherited? Because

her husband decides to omit her from his will.
she marries someone who her her husband had forbidden her to.
her family brings shame to the Casaubon household.
her husband remarries.

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The book Casaubon is writing up until his death is called the Key to all

mysteries.
mythologies.
myths.
magic.

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Celia marries

Jacob Chettam.
Jack Chettam.
John Chettam.
James Chettam.

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