MIDDLE MARCH – OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS:

1.      The full title of Middle March is……….

2.      ”Middle March is one of the few English novels written for grown up people” – who comments?

3.     

After their parents death, Celia and Dorothea lived with their……….

4.      Mr. Brooks’s estate is inheritated by ……….

5.      Fred Vincy becomes a …….in the end of the novel.

6.      Who defended Dorothea’s marriage with Will Ladishlaw?

7.      “I don’t mind about poverty. I hate my wealth” – who says this?

8.      Which character in Middle March is polish origin?

9.      Dorothea and Casaubon went to Rome for:

10.  In Rome what did Dorothea purchase for her sister Celia?

11.  Jane Austen’s favourite weapon is/and ………….

12.  Who is the mother of five children in this novel?

13.  Old Featherstone bequeathed all his properties to ………

14.  After the death of Featherstone who becomes the owner of Stone Court?

15.  Bulstrode purchased Stone Court from ………

16.  Why did Rigg sell stonecourt?

17.  Who says “Character is not cut in marble”?

18.  Middle March is written on the eve of …………

19.  Who calls Middle March as a home epic?

20.  Who is political journalist among the characters?

21.  Mr. Sprague is a …….

22.  Who is Celia’s husband?

23.  Who is the owner of New fever Hospital?

24.  Who is Harriet in the novel Middle March?

25.  After Casaubon’s death, Dorothea married………..

26.  George Eliot’s claim to greatness as a novelist rests on her………..

27.  The character does not appear in the novel is …………….

28.  The author who introduced English Midland characters in her/his most of the novel is…..

29.  George Eliot’s original name is ……….

30.  Who becomes a member of parliament?

31.  Who is Frog faced among the characters?

32.  Who is Susan in this novel?

33.  Who regarded horse dealing is fine art…………

34.  Which character in Middle March studied at Cambridge when Wordsworth was there?

35.  Who is Mrs. Carter?

36.  Mary Garth had…………..

37.  “He seems to me a kind of Shelley”- who says about Ladishlaw?

38.  Total number of family members in Mary Garth’s family?

39.  “Teaching seems to me the most delightful work into the world” – who says?

40.  Celia’s son was named as …………..

41.  Casaubon and Dorothea lived………..months after their marriage.

42.  Ladishlaw’s mother’s name was ……………….

43.  Who wrote a little book called stores of great men, taken from Plutarch……..

44.  What are the names of Mr. Brooke’s estate and parish?

45.  Dorothea’s two suitors at the beginning of the novel are ………..

46.  While in Rome, Casaubon is asked to sit for a portrait of which renowned philosopher?

47.  The name of the paper that Mr. Brooke purchases is…….

48.  Which historical events are referenced in Middle March?

49.  Which of the man seeks to carry out Dorothea’s plans for local social improvement?

50.  The name of Casaubon’s life’s work is ……..

51.  Upon Mr. Featherstone’s death, who receives his entire estate?

52.  Mr. Vincy, Rosamond’s father, holds the position of ………..

53.  What happens when Fred cannot pay his 160 pound gambling debt?

54.  In the contest for Hospital chaplain under Bulstrode, who wins the position?

55.  Who does Dorothea meet on her honeymoon to Rome?

56.  The first person that Lydgate cures in Middle March is………..

57.  What is the name of the local gambling den that Fred and Lydgate visit?

58.  Dorothea’s favourite portrait in her sitting room at Lowick is of…….

59.  What does Featherstone tell Mary to do before he dies?

60.  Which occupation does Fred fear that he will have to pursue?

61.  Most wealthy residents of Middlemarch support which political party?

62.  The editor of Mr. Brooke’s newspaper is ………….

63.  Who buys Stone Court from Mr. Rigg?

64.  Lydgate becomes closely associated with which influential Middlemarch public figure?

65.  Which upperclass Middlemarcher fails in his attempt to win public office?

66.  Who are the two preachers at Lowick during the course of the book?

67.  “Souls have complexions too: what would suit one will not suit another” – who says?

68.  “Might, could, would – they are contemptible auxiliaries” – who says?

69.  “I suspect you of being an androit flatterer” – who says?

70.  “I wish every book in that library was built into a catacomb for your master” – who says?

71.  “Ha, ha! That reminds me of a droll dog of a thief who declined to know the constable” – who says?

72.  “That signifies nothing – what other men would think. I’ve got a clear feeling inside me, and that I shall follow” – who says?

73.  A new doctor arrives in Middlemarch. What is his name?

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

75.  Mr. Brook buys one of the town’s newspapers. What is the name of the paper?

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

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

78.  What is the name of Mr. Brooke’s estate?

79.  How is Ladislaw related to Casaubon?

80.  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?

81.  Mr. Burdstone had quite a murky past. His past evil dealings affected one of the main characters greatly. Which one?

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

83.  Mary refuses to do what for Featherstone?

84.  Who ends up inherting Featherstone’s estate?

85.  Who is Dorothea least like in character?

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

87.  Which character is a true blackmailer?

ANSWERS:

1.	Middlemarch a study of provincial life
2.	Virginia Woolf
3.	Uncle
4.	Dorothea’s Son
5.	Farmer
6.	Humphrey Cad Wallader
7.	Dorothea
8.	Ladishlaw
9.	Honeymoon
10.	Bible
11.	Irony
12.	Isabella
13.	Mary Garth
14.	Joshua Rigg
15.	Joshua Rigg
16.	He wanted to settle in London
17.	Dorothea
18.	Second Reform Bill
19.	Virginia Woolf
20.	Dorothea
21.	Doctor
22.	Sir James Chettam
23.	Bulstrode
24.	Walter Vincy’s sister
25.	Ladishlaw
26.	Plot construction
27.	Adam Bede
28.	George Eliot
29.	Mary Ann Evans
30.	Dorothea
31.	Arthur Brook
32.	Caleb Garth’s wife
33.	Fred Vincy
34.	Arthur Brook
35.	Celia’s mother
36.	Five brothers and one sister
37.	Fred Vincy
38.	9
39.	Mrs. Garth
40.	Bell
41.	18
42.	Sarah Dunkirk
43.	Dorothea
44.	The Grange, Tipton
45.	Casaubon and Sir James
46.	Thomas Aquinas
47.	The Pioneer
48.	the death of George IV, the Reform Bill of 1832, the Cholera of 1832
49.	Sir James
50.	Key to All Mythologies
51.	Mr. Rigg
52.	Town mayor
53.	Caleb Garth and his family pay it.
54.	Mr. Tyke
55.	Will Ladislaw
56.	Fred Vincy
57.	The Green Dragon
58.	Will’s grandmother Julia
59.	Burn one of his wills
60.	The clergy
61.	The conservative party
62.	Will Ladislaw
63.	Mr. Bulstrode
64.	Mr. Bulstrode
65.	Mr. Brooke
66.	Casaubon and Farebrother
67.	Dorothea
68.	Mary Garth
69.	Rosamond Vincy
70.	Tantripp
71.	John Raffles
72.	Mr. Garth
73.	Lydgate
74.	Casaubon and Chettam
75.	The Pioneer
76.	Rome
77.	St. Thomas Aquinas
78.	Tipton
79.	Second cousin
80.	Emeralds
81.	Will Ladislaw
82.	Will Ladislaw
83.	Tear up a will
84.	Mr. Rigg
85.	Rosamond
86.	Mr. Farebrother
87.	Mr. Raffles