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Middlemarch
George Eliot
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Prelude and Book I: Chapters 1-6
Book I: Chapters 7-12
Book II: Chapters 13-16
Book II: Chapters 17-22
Book III: Chapters 23-27
Book III: Chapters 28-33
Book IV: Chapters 34-37
Book IV: Chapters 38-42
Book V: Chapters 43-48
Book V: Chapters 49-53
Book VI: Chapters 54-57
Book VI: Chapters 58-62
Book VII: Chapters 63-67
Book VII: Chapters 68-71
Book VIII: Chapters 72-79
Book VIII: Chapters 80-Finale
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Dorothea Brooke
Tertius Lydgate
Rosamond Vincy
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Prelude and Book 1: Chapters 1-6
Book 1: Chapters 7-12
Book 2: Chapters 13-16
Book 2: Chapters 17-22
Book 3: Chapters 23-27
Book 3: Chapters 28-33
Book 4: Chapters 34-37
Book 4: Chapters 38-42
Book 5: Chapters 43-48
Book 5: Chapters 49-53
Book 6: Chapters 54-57
Book 6: Chapters 58-62
Book 7: Chapters 63-67
Book 7: Chapters 68-71
Book 8: Chapters 72-79
Book 8: Chapters 80-Finale
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Book 5: Chapters 49-53 Quiz
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Book 5: Chapters 49-53 Quiz
1
of 5
The codicil to Casaubon's will says that Dorothea will be stripped of her inheritance if she ___.
Marries Will Ladislaw
Marries anyone
Leaves the county
Takes a job
2
of 5
After Casaubon's death, who does Lydgate suggest Dorothea choose to take over the parish at Lowick?
Farebrother
Brooke
Will Ladislaw
Bulstrode
3
of 5
What does Brooke see rising among the crowd when he begins to give his election speech?
A ghost
A masked man
An effigy of himself
A dove
4
of 5
What is Brooke pelted with by the crowd during his disastrous election speech?
Eggs
Tomatoes
Lettuce
Mud
5
of 5
Farebrother's family urges him to court ___ once he is given the Lowick parish.
Mary Garth
Dorothea
Celia
Selina Plymdale
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