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  1. Q1. What was the real name of the author who wrote under the pseudonym George Eliot?
  2. Q2. Which 1871–1872 novel by George Eliot is frequently described as the greatest 'social panorama' in English literature, subtitled 'A Study of Provincial Life'?
  3. Q3. In 'The Mill on the Floss', what are the names of the two siblings whose relationship forms the emotional core of the novel?
  4. Q4. What is the primary psychological affliction of the protagonist in 'Silas Marner' before he finds the golden-haired child, Eppie?
  5. Q5. George Eliot’s 'Adam Bede' is set in which fictional English county, based largely on the author’s memories of Derbyshire and Staffordshire?
  6. Q6. In 'Middlemarch', Dorothea Brooke’s first husband, Edward Casaubon, is obsessed with completing which doomed intellectual project?
  7. Q7. Which of George Eliot’s novels is unique for its setting in 15th-century Florence and its focus on the religious reformer Savonarola?
  8. Q8. In 'Adam Bede', what tragic event leads to the trial and near-execution of Hetty Sorrel?
  9. Q9. George Eliot’s final novel, 'Daniel Deronda', is notable for its sympathetic portrayal of which movement/identity, rare in 19th-century English fiction?
  10. Q10. In 'Middlemarch', the idealistic young doctor Tertius Lydgate sees his medical career compromised by:
  11. Q11. The collection 'Scenes of Clerical Life' consists of which three novellas?
  12. Q12. In 'The Mill on the Floss', Maggie Tulliver is socially ostracized because she:
  13. Q13. George Eliot’s philosophy of 'meliorism' suggests that:
  14. Q14. Which character in 'Middlemarch' is revealed to be a hypocritical banker with a dark past involving the theft of an inheritance?
  15. Q15. In 'Adam Bede', which character is a Methodist lay preacher who represents a selfless and compassionate form of Christianity?
  16. Q16. Which Eliot novella is a rare experiment in the supernatural, featuring a narrator with the power of clairvoyance and a morbid obsession with his brother’s wif…
  17. Q17. In 'Middlemarch', Will Ladislaw is often viewed as a controversial character because of his 'Bohemian' nature and his relationship with:
  18. Q18. The 'flood' that concludes 'The Mill on the Floss' is an example of what literary device common in George Eliot’s work?
  19. Q19. What is the primary trade of the protagonist in 'Adam Bede'?
  20. Q20. Which character in 'Middlemarch' acts as a moral compass, representing the value of honest labor and practical wisdom?