George Eliot

Study question George Eliot

Facts about George Eliot

➾ She was born Mary Anne Evans but famously wrote under the male pseudonym George Eliot.

➾ She was forced to leave school at 19 to keep house for her father after her mother died.

➾ She became fluent in languages like German and Italian and translated complex philosophical works.

➾ She renounced her Christian faith after translating critical works like D.F. Strauss’s The Life of Jesus Critically Examined.

➾ For two years, she served as the uncredited, behind-the-scenes editor of the prestigious Westminster Review.

➾ She lived with George Henry Lewes as his wife, despite the scandal, because he was legally unable to divorce his estranged wife.

➾ Lewes registered the four children his estranged wife had with her lover, Thornton Hunt, under his own name.

➾ Her beloved brother Isaac cut off all contact with her for over two decades due to her common-law marriage.

➾ The humiliation she felt after a short, controversial visit to R.H. Brabant inspired the character of Mr. Casaubon.

➾ Despite her literary fame, she had to endure increasing personal criticism for her unconventional life choices.

➾ After Lewes’s death, she married John Cross, who was more than 20 years her junior, seven months before she died.

George Eliot MCQs

1. What was the birth name of the author who used the pseudonym George Eliot?

A. Mary Anne Lewes
B. Marian Cross
C. Mary Anne Evans
D. Dorothea Brooke

C. Mary Anne Evans
She chose a male pseudonym. A shocking move for a Victorian woman. It ensured her work was taken seriously, free from the romantic stereotypes attached to female writers.

2. In which year was George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans) born?

A. 1839
B. 1851
C. 1819
D. 1880

C. 1819
Born in the same year as Queen Victoria.

3. George Eliot was born at Arbury Farm, located in which English county?

A. London
B. Derbyshire
C. Warwickshire
D. Coventry

C. Warwickshire
The rural landscape of her childhood was everything. It provided the rich, authentic setting for her early novels, like Adam Bede.

4. What was George Eliot’s father’s job on the estate where she was born?

A. Journalist
B. Land agent (manager)
C. Publisher
D. Baptist minister

B. Land agent (manager)
Her father’s practical work gave her a unique insight. She saw the lives of both the gentry and the working tenants. This perspective fueled the realism in her novels.

5. Mary Anne Evans was the youngest of how many children?

A. Three
B. Four
C. Five
D. Two

C. Five
She formed a deep, complex bond with her older brother Isaac—a relationship later dramatized in The Mill on the Floss.

6. At what age did Mary Anne Evans leave school after her mother’s death?

A. 15
B. 19
C. 21
D. 22

B. 19
Her formal education ended early. She had to run the household. But her intellectual journey was just beginning. She became a voracious self-teacher.

7. Which two languages did Mary Anne learn with her father’s help after leaving school?

A. Latin and Greek
B. German and Italian
C. French and Spanish
D. Hebrew and French

B. German and Italian
This wasn’t just a hobby. It was serious scholarship. Her command of these languages allowed her to translate major philosophical works from the Continent.

8. After moving to Foleshill in 1841, with whom did Mary Anne Evans become friends?

A. John Chapman and George Lewes
B. Charles and Cara Bray
C. Herbert Spencer and R.W. Mackay
D. The Hennells and D’Albert Durade

B. Charles and Cara Bray
The Brays were a game-changer. They were free-thinkers. They introduced her to a radical intellectual circle that challenged her religious faith and expanded her worldview.

9. Through the Brays, Mary Anne Evans was introduced to which American philosopher?

A. Herbert Spencer
B. Thornton Leigh Hunt
C. Ralph Waldo Emerson
D. Girolamo Savonarola

C. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Meeting Emerson was a big deal. It connected her to the American Transcendentalist movement. Her intellectual world was becoming truly international.

10. Renouncing her Christian faith caused a rift between Mary Anne Evans and whom?

A. Her brother Isaac
B. Her mother
C. Her father
D. Her friend Cara Bray

C. Her father
A painful break. Her refusal to attend church was an act of profound intellectual rebellion. It demonstrated her commitment to her newfound rationalist beliefs, whatever the personal cost.

11. In what year did Mary Anne’s father die, leaving her with little money?

A. 1839
B. 1841
C. 1849
D. 1851

C. 1849
This marked a turning point. It was a moment of grief, but also of liberation. She was now free to pursue an independent intellectual life in London.

12. After her father’s death, how much annual income did Mary Anne have?

A. £10,000
B. £800
C. £100
D. £3,000

C. £100
A meager sum. It forced her to be independent. She had to earn her own living through her intellect, a rare path for a woman at the time.

13. Which publisher asked Mary Anne Evans to be the behind-the-scenes editor for The Westminster Review?

A. William Blackwood
B. Charles Bray
C. George Henry Lewes
D. John Chapman

D. John Chapman
Chapman brought her to London. Working on the *Westminster Review* placed her at the very center of British intellectual life. She wasn’t just observing; she was shaping the conversation.

14. For approximately how many years did she work as the subeditor for The Westminster Review?

A. One year
B. Two years
C. Three years
D. Four years

B. Two years
Though her title was unofficial, she was the de facto editor. She commissioned articles and worked with the leading thinkers of the day. An incredible intellectual apprenticeship.

15. In what year did Mary Anne Evans meet George Henry Lewes?

A. 1849
B. 1851
C. 1854
D. 1856

B. 1851
This was the most important meeting of her life. Lewes was a philosopher, critic, and scientist. He saw her genius when no one else did.

16. Why was George Henry Lewes legally unable to divorce his wife, Agnes?

A. They were only common-law partners.
B. He had condoned her adultery.
C. He lacked sufficient funds.
D. Agnes refused to leave the country.

B. He had condoned her adultery.
A cruel legal technicality. Lewes had accepted his wife’s children with another man. This act of forgiveness legally barred him from ever divorcing her.

17. In what year did George Eliot and George Henry Lewes decide to live together?

A. 1851
B. 1854
C. 1857
D. 1860

B. 1854
A socially scandalous decision. They chose to live as husbánd and wife without the sanction of the law or the church. It was an act of courage that ostracized them from polite society.

18. Her decision to live with Lewes caused a break with which disapproving friends?

A. The Hennells
B. The Chapmans
C. The Brays
D. The Lewes family

C. The Brays
The irony was painful. Even her “free-thinking” friends couldn’t accept her unconventional relationship. It showed the limits of Victorian tolerance.

19. Which family member cut off all ties with George Eliot over her relationship with Lewes?

A. Her sister Chrissey
B. Her father
C. Her brother Isaac
D. John Cross

C. Her brother Isaac
This was the deepest cut. Her beloved brother, the model for Tom Tulliver, refused to speak to her for decades. The shunning was total.

20. What influential German work by D.F. Strauss did George Eliot translate?

A. Essence of Christianity
B. Problems of Life and Mind
C. The Life of Jesus Critically Examined
D. Ethics

C. The Life of Jesus Critically Examined
A monumental and difficult task. This work of German higher criticism treated the Bible as a historical text, not a divine one. Her translation was a major intellectual event in England.

21. What philosophical treatise by Ludwig Feuerbach did George Eliot also translate?

A. Das Leben Jesu kritisch bearbeitet
B. The Spanish Court
C. Essence of Christianity
D. Social Statics

C. Essence of Christianity
Another foundational text of 19th-century atheism. Feuerbach argued that humanity creates God in its own image. Her translation work shows her deep engagement with radical philosophy.

22. What work by Spinoza was George Eliot translating while in Germany with Lewes?

A. Ethics
B. An Inquiry Concerning the Origin of Christianity
C. Goethe’s Life
D. Daniel Deronda

A. Ethics
This shows the sheer breadth of her intellect. She was tackling one of the cornerstones of Western philosophy. Her mind was constantly working, constantly translating.

23. In which year did Mary Anne Evans begin her fiction writing career?

A. 1851
B. 1856
C. 1858
D. 1860

B. 1856
It was Lewes who encouraged her. He was convinced she had the talent to be a great novelist. He was right. The world of literature was about to change.

24. What pseudonym did Mary Anne Evans use for her first fictional tales, Scenes of Clerical Life?

A. Marian Evans
B. Mary Ann Lewes
C. George Lewes
D. George Eliot

D. George Eliot
“George” was for George Henry Lewes. “Eliot” was a “good, mouth-filling, easily-pronounced word.” The name was a shield, allowing her work to be judged on its own merits.

25. Which 1859 novel was described as “a country story—full of the breath of cows”?

A. The Mill on the Floss
B. Silas Marner
C. Adam Bede
D. Felix Holt, The Radical

C. Adam Bede
Her first full-length novel. It was a massive, instant success. Its realistic portrayal of rural life was revolutionary. Queen Victoria herself was a huge fan.

26. The plot for Adam Bede came from an anecdote about a girl condemned for what crime?

A. Murder of her husband
B. Child murder
C. Theft of gold
D. Political sedition

B. Child murder
The story was based on a real confession told to Eliot by her Methodist aunt. This grounding in reality gave the novel its powerful moral weight.

27. What is the title of George Eliot’s second and most autobiographical novel, published in 1860?

A. Adam Bede
B. Middlemarch
C. The Mill on the Floss
D. Romola

C. The Mill on the Floss
A deeply personal book. The story of Maggie Tulliver’s intellectual curiosity and her fraught relationship with her brother Tom mirrors Eliot’s own childhood.

28. The pain of children with absent mothers is a key theme in which of her novels?

A. Adam Bede
B. The Spanish Gýpsy
C. Middlemarch
D. The Mill on the Floss

D. The Mill on the Floss
Eliot’s own mother died when she was young. This theme of maternal loss and its impact on a clever, passionate girl like Maggie is explored with profound empathy.

29. The relationship between Tom and Maggie in which novel is based on Eliot’s relationship with her brother Isaac?

A. Daniel Deronda
B. Silas Marner
C. The Mill on the Floss
D. Felix Holt

C. The Mill on the Floss
The painful rift between Maggie and Tom is a direct reflection of Eliot’s estrangement from her own brother, Isaac, who disapproved of her life choices.

30. Which novel tells the story of a weaver whose lost gold is replaced by a child?

A. Janet’s Repentance
B. Silas Marner
C. Romola
D. Adam Bede

B. Silas Marner
Often read in schools, it’s a perfect fable. It argues that human connection and love are more valuable than hoarded wealth. A timeless theme.

31. Which of George Eliot’s novels was set in Renaissance Italy?

A. Romola
B. Felix Holt, The Radical
C. Middlemarch
D. The Spanish Gýpsy

A. Romola
An ambitious historical novel. It required immense research. While not her most popular work, it demonstrates her incredible intellectual range and historical imagination.

32. Which 1866 novel depicted the political controversy surrounding the Reform Bill of 1832?

A. Daniel Deronda
B. Romola
C. Felix Holt, The Radical
D. Adam Bede

C. Felix Holt, The Radical
Here, Eliot directly tackled contemporary politics. The novel examines the social and political turmoil surrounding the push for democratic reform in England.

33. What type of literary work was The Spanish Gýpsy, published in 1869?

A. A collection of essays
B. A philosophical treatise
C. A long narrative poem
D. A short story

C. A long narrative poem
A less-known work. It shows her ambition to succeed in forms beyond the novel. It’s a testament to her versatility as a writer.

34. When was George Eliot’s masterpiece, Middlemarch, serialized?

A. 1859
B. 1860–1861
C. 1871–1872
D. 1876

C. 1871–1872
Many consider this the greatest novel in English. Its serialized publication allowed for a vast, panoramic story with an interwoven cast of characters. A true epic.

35. A humiliating personal experience was drawn upon for the depiction of which Middlemarch character?

A. Dorothea
B. Mr. Casaubon
C. Caleb Garth
D. Fred Vincy

B. Mr. Casaubon
Casaubon, the dry, failed scholar, was partly inspired by Eliot’s own intellectual anxieties and the fear of a wasted life of fruitless research.

36. Which novel includes a Jewish hero who departs for Palestine?

A. Middlemarch
B. Felix Holt, The Radical
C. Daniel Deronda
D. Romola

C. Daniel Deronda
A controversial and forward-thinking book. Eliot’s sympathetic portrayal of Jewish identity and the exploration of Zionism were groundbreaking for their time.

37. In what year did George Eliot publish her final major novel, Daniel Deronda?

A. 1872
B. 1876
C. 1866
D. 1869

B. 1876
This was her final novel. It pushed the boundaries of the Victorian novel with its dual narrative structure and bold themes.

38. For how long did George Eliot and George Henry Lewes maintain their relationship?

A. Seven months
B. Nearly 25 years
C. Two years
D. 15 years

B. Nearly 25 years
Their “marriage” was a true partnership of minds. Lewes was her editor, agent, and greatest supporter. His love and belief in her made her career possible.

39. In what year did George Henry Lewes die?

A. 1876
B. 1878
C. 1880
D. 1859

B. 1878
Lewes’s death was devastating. She lost her partner, her intellectual companion, and the anchor of her life. She withdrew from society and stopped writing fiction.

40. What organization did George Eliot found to honor Lewes’s legacy?

A. The Westminster Review Society
B. The George Henry Lewes Studentship
C. The Arbury Farm Trust
D. The Victorian Writers Guild

B. The George Henry Lewes Studentship
A fitting tribute. She used her wealth to found a physiology studentship at Cambridge, honoring his passion for science and ensuring his intellectual legacy would continue.

41. Who did George Eliot marry in 1880?

A. Charles Bray
B. Herbert Spencer
C. John Walter Cross
D. John Chapman

C. John Walter Cross
A shocking decision to many. Cross was a much younger friend and financial advisor. The marriage was an attempt to find companionship in her loneliness after Lewes’s death.

42. At the time of their marriage, John Cross was how much younger than George Eliot?

A. Roughly the same age.
B. 10 years younger.
C. More than 20 years younger.
D. 15 years younger.

C. More than 20 years younger.
The age gap caused a stir. It was an unconventional choice that mirrored the unconventionality of her entire life.

43. In which month of 1880 did George Eliot marry John Cross?

A. January
B. May
C. July
D. December

B. May
Married on May 6, 1880. Her brother Isaac, who had shunned her for over two decades, finally wrote to congratulate her on her legal marriage.

44. How long did George Eliot’s marriage to John Cross last before her death?

A. Approximately two years
B. Less than one month
C. Only seven months
D. One year and two months

C. Only seven months
A tragically short union. Her health, always frail, declined rapidly after the marriage.

45. When did George Eliot die?

A. November 22, 1819
B. May 6, 1880
C. December 22, 1880
D. November 30, 1878

C. December 22, 1880
She died just over a year after Lewes, at the age of 61. England mourned the loss of its greatest living novelist.

46. Where was George Eliot buried?

A. At St. George’s, Hanover Square
B. In Warwickshire
C. Next to John Chapman
D. At Highgate Cemetery next to George Lewes

D. At Highgate Cemetery next to George Lewes
A final act of devotion. She was denied burial in Westminster Abbey because of her atheism and irregular life, but she rests beside the man she considered her husband.

47. At which school did Mary Anne Evans become extremely devout under Evangelical influence?

A. Griff House
B. Mrs. Wallington’s School at Nuneaton
C. The school at Coventry
D. Foleshill Private School

B. Mrs. Wallington’s School at Nuneaton
Before her turn to rationalism, she was intensely religious. This early evangelical phase gave her a deep understanding of faith, which she explored with great empathy in her novels.

48. What method of analysis, characteristic of modern fiction, did George Eliot develop?

A. The use of unreliable narrators
B. Stream of consciousness
C. Psychological analysis
D. Post-modern fragmentation

C. Psychological analysis
This was her great innovation. She went beyond just describing what characters did. She delved deep into their minds to explain *why* they did it, exploring their motivations and inner conflicts.

49. For which novel did Eliot accept a lower payment to avoid dividing it into 16 installments?

A. Adam Bede
B. Middlemarch
C. Romola
D. Daniel Deronda

C. Romola
The publisher wanted to serialize it in 16 parts, but Eliot felt this would damage the novel’s structure. She sacrificed a higher fee for artistic integrity.

50. What physical trait of George Eliot is noted in her portraits?

A. Dark, severe hair
B. A very fair complexion and gray-blue eyes
C. Only dark dresses
D. Bright green eyes and red hair

B. A very fair complexion and gray-blue eyes
Portraits often capture her serious, intellectual expression. Contemporaries frequently commented on her striking features, which defied conventional Victorian standards of beauty.

Felix Holt, the Radical MCQs

1. In what memorable year does the novel open?

A. 1829
B. 1832
C. 1800
D. 1799

B. 1832.
The novel begins on September 1st, 1832, a politically active and memorable time for England.

2. What village was preparing a celebration for Harold Transome’s arrival?

A. Loamford
B. Treddleston
C. Little Treby
D. Stoniton

C. Little Treby.
The people in the village of Little Treby were waiting to greet a travelling carriage.

3. What physical feature best describes Mrs. Transome’s face?

A. Round cheeks
B. Eagle-like nose
C. Small mouth
D. Faint dimples

B. Eagle-like nose.
Mrs. Transome was a proud woman with a somewhat eagle-like, yet not unfeminine face.

4. What was Mr. Transome doing in the library when his wife entered?

A. Reading old books
B. Sweeping leaves
C. Arranging insect specimens
D. Polishing the floor

C. Arranging insect specimens.
Mr. Transome was busy arranging shallow drawers holding dried insects and mineral specimens.

5. What physical ailment marked Mr. Transome?

A. Heart trouble
B. A paralytic seizure
C. Deep depression
D. Severe gout

B. A paralytic seizure.
His uneven gait and feeble gestures told of a past stroke or paralytic seizure.

6. What job did Mrs. Transome perform for twelve years due to her husband’s feebleness?

A. Housekeeper
B. Chief bailiff
C. Seamstress
D. Secretary

B. Chief bailiff.
Mrs. Transome was used to being the chief bailiff and sitting in the saddle every day.

7. Why was Mrs. Transome distressed about Harold’s return, even though it was longed for?

A. He had lost his fortune
B. He wanted to sell the Court
C. He felt like a stranger to her
D. He hated his father

C. He felt like a stranger to her.
When their eyes met, the sense of strangeness came upon her like a terror.

8. What was Harold’s former professional ambition before becoming a merchant?

A. A soldier
B. A diplomatist
C. An engineer
D. A doctor

B. A diplomatist.
Harold had gone with the Embassy to Constantinople, hoping to work his way up as a diplomatist.

9. What news did Harold give his mother that shocked her the most?

A. He was selling the house
B. He was a wealthy merchant
C. He was marrying a Greek
D. He was a Radical

D. He was a Radical.
Mrs. Transome was shocked because Harold declared himself a Radical, a position unsuitable for county gentlemen.

10. What did Mrs. Transome tell herself she looked like in the mirror?

A. A queen
B. A hag
C. A faded image
D. A doll

B. A hag.
Looking closely at her wrinkled face, she said to herself, ‘I am a hag!’.

11. What was the chief source of bitterness regarding her first son, Durfey?

A. That the imbécile child should die
B. That he was a soldier
C. That he spent too much money
D. That he hated Harold

A. That the imbécile child should die.
She had long had a hungry desire that her rickety, imbécile child should die.

12. What was the name of Mrs. Transome’s housekeeper and lady’s maid?

A. Kitty
B. Denner
C. Lyddy
D. Esther

B. Denner.
The small old woman who served her, Mrs. Hickes, was still called Denner by her mistress.

13. What specific affliction did Mrs. Transome fear the most in her life?

A. Being hated by her husband
B. The worst misery she could imagine
C. The worst misery she could imagine
D. Her son leaving her

B. The worst misery she could imagine.
She considered that the best happiness she could have now was escaping the worst misery she could imagine.

14. What was the old Rector, Mr. Lingon, particularly fond of?

A. Fox hunting
B. Cock-fighting
C. Shooting
D. Drinking port

B. Cock-fighting.
The Reverend John Lingon unbosomed himself very freely about his love for cock-fighting.

15. Who was the lawyer whom Harold was advised to use but then quietly get rid of?

A. Mr. Lingon
B. Mr. John Johnson
C. Mr. Jermyn
D. Mr. Debarry

C. Mr. Jermyn.
The Rector disliked Mr. Matthew Jermyn but said Harold needed him as an election agent.

16. What did Mr. Lingon especially dislike about the lawyer Jermyn?

A. His sleekness and white hands
B. His poor taste in jewellery
C. His excessive baldness
D. His bad clothing

A. His sleekness and white hands.
Mr. Lingon called him a ‘fat-handed, glib-tongued fellow, with a scented cambric handkerchief’.

17. What was Mr. Lingon’s rationale for Harold being a Radical?

A. Harold was an honest man
B. The best sort of Tory turns to the best sort of Radical
C. It was the only way to save money
D. Harold was trying to defy his father

B. The best sort of Tory turns to the best sort of Radical.
The Rector argued that the best sort of Tory blood, like good milk, throws up a Liberal cream.

18. What was the first business that Harold insisted on taking up after breakfast with Jermyn?

A. The condition of the poor
B. The prospects about the election
C. The estate mortgages
D. The appointment of new tenants

B. The prospects about the election.
As breakfast progressed, Harold asked about the prospects for the election.

19. What political action did Harold say would not be his?

A. Running as a Whig
B. Getting money from London
C. Coalescing with Mr. Debarry
D. Being too honest

C. Coalescing with Mr. Debarry.
Harold plainly stated he would not coalesce with Mr. Debarry, confirming he would run as a Radical.

20. What reason did Harold give for never marrying again?

A. English wives interfere too much
B. He wanted to pursue politics
C. He lacked sufficient money
D. He preferred foreign women

A. English wives interfere too much.
Harold declared he hated English wives because they constantly interfere with a man’s chosen life.

21. What was Harold’s plan concerning the family lawyer, Mr. Jermyn?

A. To make him his new estate manager
B. To get rid of him quietly after the election
C. To trust him completely on the election expenses
D. To immediately file a lawsuit against him

B. To get rid of him quietly after the election.
Harold told his uncle that Jermyn must be used for the election, then quietly dropped.

22. What did Harold offer his mother if she stopped meddling in his politics?

A. The family silver
B. A trip to London
C. A new carriage and bays
D. Control of the stables

C. A new carriage and bays.
Harold promised her a new carriage and a pair of bays entirely for her own use.

23. Where was the location of the great inn, the Marquis of Granby?

A. Little Treby
B. Loamford
C. Treby Magna
D. Duffield

C. Treby Magna.
The excellent inn, the Marquis of Granby, stood prominently in the marketplace of Treby Magna.

24. What was the main trade of Mr. Tiliot, mentioned in connection with political differences?

A. Grocer
B. Lawyer
C. Spirit-merchant
D. Tape-weaver

C. Spirit-merchant.
Mr. Tiliot, the Church spirit-merchant, became politically opposed to Mr. Nuttwood, the grocer.

25. What did Felix Holt inherit the occupation from his father?

A. Farming
B. A quack medicine
C. The local newspaper
D. Watchmaking

B. A quack medicine.
Felix inherited nothing better than a quack medicine left by his deceased father.

26. Where were the Dissenters in Treby Magna said to gather for worship?

A. The parish church
B. Malthouse Yard
C. The Free School
D. The Marquis of Granby

B. Malthouse Yard.
Mrs. Holt went to see the Rev. Rufus Lyon, minister of the Independent Chapel usually spoken of as ‘Malthouse Yard’.

27. What did Felix say her son Felix thought of Mr. Lyon’s preaching?

A. It was too long
B. It was not high enough
C. He was a fine old fellow and an old-fashioned Puritan
D. It was too short

C. He was a fine old fellow and an old-fashioned Puritan.
Felix said Mr. Lyon was a fine old fellow and an old-fashioned Puritan, despite some ‘dreadful language’.

28. What did Felix say was the only failure a man should fear?

A. Failure to make money
B. Failure in cleaving to the right
C. Failure to convert
D. Failure to marry

B. Failure in cleaving to the right.
Felix believed the only failure worth dreading was failure in cleaving to the right and being true to conscience.

29. What object in Mr. Lyon’s room did Esther disguise with green gauze?

A. A map of the Holy Land
B. A black bust
C. A portrait of Dr. Doddridge
D. A pile of books

B. A black bust.
The minister’s daughter had covered the black bust with a coloured face with green gauze.

30. What did Felix declare he would live on to keep his mother, if necessary?

A. Water
B. Bran porridge
C. Vegetables only
D. Dry bread

B. Bran porridge.
Felix insisted he could earn enough to keep his mother living, himself on bran porridge.

31. What item of Esther’s did Felix drop and expose during their first interview?

A. Her prayer book
B. Her Bible
C. Byron’s Poems
D. Her locket

C. Byron’s Poems.
Felix accidentally knocked over the table and picked up a damaged duodecimo volume of Byron’s Poems.

32. What was the central business that brought Harold to Mr. Lyon’s house?

A. To discuss the Bible
B. To cement political adhesion
C. To ask Esther to marry him
D. To complain about Jermyn

B. To cement political adhesion.
Harold came to cement political adhesion with the minister, who had influence over liberal electors.

33. What was the immediate subject on which Mr. Lyon corrected Harold’s opinion?

A. Church rates
B. The ballot-box
C. The constitution
D. The Reform Bill

B. The ballot-box.
Mr. Lyon strongly took the negative side on the question of the ballot box.

34. What was the chief complaint Felix brought to Harold concerning electioneering agents?

A. They failed to canvass
B. They were dishonest to the bank
C. They bribed non-voters (colliers) with drink
D. They insulted Mr. Lyon

C. They bribed non-voters (colliers) with drink.
Felix complained that Harold’s agents were bribing colliers and navvies with extra drunkenness.

35. What was the first name of the last living representative of the old Transome line?

A. Henry
B. Maurice
C. Thomas
D. Matthew

C. Thomas.
Thomas Transome, also known as Trounsem, was the last of that line whose interest secured the estate.

36. What name did Thomas Transome, the bill-sticker, commonly go by?

A. Old Sleck
B. Tommy Trounsem
C. Dredge
D. Mike Brindle

B. Tommy Trounsem.
The bill-sticker was known as Tommy Trounsem in common speech.

37. What was the original basis for the Transomes’ right to the estate?

A. A royal grant
B. A base fee created in 1729
C. The death of the Bycliffe heir
D. A legal judgment in 1810

B. A base fee created in 1729.
The Transome title was based on a base fee established under the original settlement of 1729.

38. What condition was required for the Bycliffe claim to become valid against the Transomes?

A. If the Bycliffe heir proved the marriage
B. If the prodigal Thomas Transome’s issue became extinct
C. If the original deed was found
D. If the heir joined the Church

B. If the prodigal Thomas Transome’s issue became extinct.
The Bycliffe claim was dependent upon the prodigal Thomas Transome’s issue becoming extinct.

39. What did Mr. Tiliot accuse the Radicals of doing to lure away voters?

A. Promising them land
B. Bribing them with cheap gin
C. Stealing their votes
D. Luring away by treating done in Transome’s name

D. Luring away by treating done in Transome’s name.
Mr. Tiliot angrily complained that the Radicals were luring away voters by treating done in Transome’s name.

40. What sight made Felix realize his initial purpose in going to Duffield was becoming hopeless?

A. The number of police
B. The cheering crowds
C. Johnson passed to and fro and spoke to Jermyn
D. The empty hustings

C. Johnson passed to and fro and spoke to Jermyn.
Seeing Johnson with Jermyn made Felix feel despair at the slow process of curing such iniquity.

41. What was the profession of the man who spoke so eloquently about monopolists to the crowd at Duffield?

A. Manufacturer
B. Trades-union man
C. Barrister
D. Labourer

B. Trades-union man.
The speaker in the flannel shirt who talked of monopolists and working men’s share was a trade-union man.

42. What did Felix say was the greatest power under heaven?

A. Votes
B. Public opinion
C. The Bible
D. Money

B. Public opinion.
Felix said the greatest power under heaven is public opinion, or the ruling belief in society.

43. Where did Felix finally manage to secure Spratt after the mob dropped him?

A. At the Seven Stars
B. At the back door of the Marquis
C. At the finger-post platform
D. In Tiliot’s vaults

C. At the finger-post platform.
Felix rushed the helpless Spratt onto the stone platform at the fork of the street and tied him up.

44. What shocking information did Jermyn give Harold at the White Hart meeting?

A. That Harold was ruined
B. That Jermyn was his father
C. That Esther was married
D. That his mother was ill

B. That Jermyn was his father.
When Harold tried to strike him, Jermyn said, in a grating voice, ‘I am your father’.

45. What was the immediate result of the fatal encounter between Felix and Tucker?

A. Tucker was slightly injured
B. Tucker was dead from spinal concussion
C. Felix was sent home
D. Felix was immediately pardoned

B. Tucker was dead from spinal concussion.
Tucker was dead from a spinal concussion, which made the charge against Felix one of manslaughter.

46. What was Harold Transome expected to arrive at Transome Court?

A. Loamford Manor
B. The Marquis of Granby
C. Transome Court
D. Little Treby Rectory

C. Transome Court.
The village was preparing a celebration for the arrival of Harold Transome at Transome Court.

47. What is the approximate age range of Mrs. Transome?

A. Thirties
B. Forties
C. Fifty to sixty
D. Over seventy

C. Fifty to sixty.
Mrs. Transome’s figure was slim and fine, despite being between fifty and sixty years old.

48. What did Mr. Transome talk loudly to when he thought he was unwatched?

A. Dominic
B. The lodge-keeper
C. His old black retriever
D. The marble statues

C. His old black retriever.
He was seen whispering his thoughts aloud to Nimrod, his fine black retriever, thinking no one heard.

49. What physical ailment marked Mr. Transome’s body?

A. Heart trouble
B. A paralytic seizure
C. Deep depression
D. Severe gout

B. A paralytic seizure.
His uneven gait and feeble gestures told of a past stroke or paralytic seizure.

50. Who did Harold leave behind to follow him with the rest of the luggage?

A. His Greek wife
B. The business partner
C. Dominic and the small boy
D. The family lawyer

C. Dominic and the small boy.
He informed his mother that his man, Dominic, would bring the little boy with the rest of the luggage.

Brief Overview

Felix Holt, the Radical is a novel by George Eliot. It centers on the moral and political conflicts in a fictional English town during the 1832 Reform Act era.

The main character is Felix Holt, a poor, principled carpenter and watchmaker. Felix is a self-proclaimed Radical who strongly rejects political corruption and class privilege. He lives simply in the town of Treby Magna.

The central conflict arises when Harold Transome, a wealthy aristocrat, returns home and runs for Parliament as a Radical candidate. The election causes major unrest. Felix attempts to stop a drunken mob from rioting, but a constable is killed during the fighting. Felix is wrongly arrested for manslaughter and sent to prison.

The story also focuses on Esther Lyon, a beautiful minister’s daughter who initially finds her life dull. She comes to admire Felix’s high moral purpose. Esther discovers a major secret: she is the true, rightful heir to the vast Transome family estate.

Harold Transome, the current owner, proposes marriage to Esther. Esther visits Felix in prison and realizes she loves him more than wealth or social status. She chooses to give up her claim to the rich estate. Felix is eventually released from prison, and they marry, choosing a life dedicated to simple, honest work.