Adam Bede Quizzes

Adam Bede Quiz 1

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1 What is Adam Bede's profession?

aristocrat

wheelmaker

carpenter

dairy farmer
2 Who is the old Squire's heir?

the vicar

Seth Bede

Adam Bede

Arthur Donnithorne
3 What is Adam's mother's name?

Hetty

Dinah

Lisbeth

Anne
4 Who is a Methodist preacher?

Dinah

the vicar

Seth

Adam
5 What is the piece of work that Thias has forgotten to work on?

a table

a coffin

a door

a house
6 Who is most affected by Dinah's speech?

Hetty

Adam

the vicar

Chad's Bess
7 What does the stranger say that Adam looks good for?

working

marrying young

carrying a coffin

beating the French
8 Adam Bede is in love with

Mrs. Poyser

Dinah

Hetty

Mary Burge
9 Seth Bede is in love with

Dinah

Mary Burge

Lisbeth

Hetty
10 Adam's dog is named

Juno

Sam

Gyp

Vixen
11 People think that Adam will marry Mary Burge

because he has proposed

because he loves her

to become partners with her father

to spite Hetty
12 Most villagers are

Orthodox

Jewish

Methodist

Anglican
13 The Poysers are

dairy farmers

surveyors

land-owners

carpenters
14 Hetty's main vice is

lust

pride

gluttony

vanity
15 Hetty's principal chore is to

milk the cows

make bread

make butter

look after Totty
16 When Mrs. Poyser sees the vicar and the Squire approach, she thinks that

she will be kicked off her land

the Squire will propose to Dinah

the Squire will propose to Hetty

the Squire will propose to her
17 Thias Bede dies of

natural causes

drowning

being shot

being hung
18 Who comes to visit Lisbeth in her time of trouble?

Mrs. Poyser

Hetty

Chad's Bess

Dinah
19 Where does Dinah work when she is at home?

in a mill

in a church

in a brothel

in a factory
20 The vicar advises Arthur to

avoid seeing Dinah

court Dinah

court Hetty

avoid seeing Hetty
21 Arthur speaks to Hetty alone for the first time in

the Chase

the buttery

a field

the woods
22 Dinah turns down Seth's offer of marriage

because he is not smart enough

because she thinks that she is called to help others

because he is not good-looking enough

because he is not rich enough
23 When Mrs. Irwine notices Seth from a distance, what is he doing?

cutting down a tree

whistling

talking with Dinah

taking care of his mother
24 Whom does Mr. Poyser always criticize?

his wife

other farmers

Hetty

his children
25 Hetty has a passion for

her family

nature

jewelry

helping others

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