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Middlemarch
Themes, Motifs & Symbols Quick Quiz
Middlemarch
by:
George Eliot
Summary
Plot Overview
Summary & Analysis
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
Characters
Character List
Dorothea Brooke
Tertius Lydgate
Rosamond Vincy
Main Ideas
Themes
Motifs
Symbols
Quotes
Important Quotations Explained
Further Study
Context
Section Quizzes
Context
Overall Summary
Character List
Analysis of Major Characters
Themes, Motifs & Symbols
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
Writing Help
How to Write Literary Analysis
Suggested Essay Topics
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Table of Contents
Themes, Motifs & Symbols 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
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