Middlemarch: Themes, Motifs & Symbols Quiz: Quick Quiz

1 of 5
Farebrother's educated gamble in the game of whist is an illustration of which theme or motif?

Man's search for God
Imperfection of marriage
Harshness of social expectations
Self-determination vs. chance

2 of 5
Dorothea's arc, which sees her flouting society's rules yet emerging as the book's most respectable character, embodies which theme?

Man's search for God
Imperfection of marriage
Harshness of social expectations
Self-determination vs. chance

3 of 5
Which motif places Middlemarch into a larger canon of literary works, in addition to moving the plot forward?

Gossip
Epigraphs
Debt
Windows

4 of 5
Which character symbolizes the ominous return of the past across multiple plotlines?

Dorothea
Lydgate
Bulstrode
Raffles

5 of 5
Dorothea's choice to give up wealth for love is symbolized by miniature portrait of which person?

Ladislaw's grandmother
Dorothea's mother
The Virgin Mary
Bulstrode's cousin

Middlemarch

Themes, Motifs & Symbols Quiz

1 of 5
Farebrother's educated gamble in the game of whist is an illustration of which theme or motif?

2 of 5
Dorothea's arc, which sees her flouting society's rules yet emerging as the book's most respectable character, embodies which theme?

3 of 5
Which motif places Middlemarch into a larger canon of literary works, in addition to moving the plot forward?

4 of 5
Which character symbolizes the ominous return of the past across multiple plotlines?

5 of 5
Dorothea's choice to give up wealth for love is symbolized by miniature portrait of which person?

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1 of 5 Farebrother's educated gamble in the game of whist is an illustration of which theme or motif?

2 of 5 Dorothea's arc, which sees her flouting society's rules yet emerging as the book's most respectable character, embodies which theme?

3 of 5 Which motif places Middlemarch into a larger canon of literary works, in addition to moving the plot forward?

4 of 5 Which character symbolizes the ominous return of the past across multiple plotlines?

5 of 5 Dorothea's choice to give up wealth for love is symbolized by miniature portrait of which person?

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1 of 5
Farebrother's educated gamble in the game of whist is an illustration of which theme or motif?

2 of 5
Dorothea's arc, which sees her flouting society's rules yet emerging as the book's most respectable character, embodies which theme?

3 of 5
Which motif places Middlemarch into a larger canon of literary works, in addition to moving the plot forward?

4 of 5
Which character symbolizes the ominous return of the past across multiple plotlines?

5 of 5
Dorothea's choice to give up wealth for love is symbolized by miniature portrait of which person?