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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What career move does David make in Chapter 48?

2. How does Rosa Dartle react to Steerforth's death?

3. What does David hope will make Dora become more serious?

4. Who senses the unhappiness of Dr. and Mrs. Strong in Chapter 45 and wants to help?

5. When do the last two chapters of the novel take place in relation to the previous chapters?

Short Essay Questions

1. Recount Mr. Micawber's charges against Uriah Heep.

2. What does David realize in Chapter 58?

3. After learning of his newly impoverished state, what does David decide to do, and what happens as a result?

4. Why does Mr. Creakle write to David in Chapter 61?

5. Who travels in Chapter 57, and where do they go?

6. What does David hear about Agnes in Chapter 60?

7. What does Mrs. Micawber tell David in Chapter 49?

8. In Chapter 42, what is revealed about Jack Maldon, and how does Dr. Strong react?

9. How does the action in Chapter 64 sum up the lives of all the characters in "David Copperfield"?

10. What is the major problem that David discovers about his marriage to Dora in Chapter 44?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two characters that act as a foil to one another. In what ways do these characters serve as opposites? Are these differences indicative of good or evil?

Essay Topic 2

How do the minor characters in the novel affect the plot? How would the novel be different if one or more of these characters were removed?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Agnes and Dora. How are their relationships with David similar and different?

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