Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. The event which Tom's servants prepare him for will be attended by ______________.
2. For what does Hertford go to the prince?
3. To where is Tom escorted for dinner?
4. What is the mission of the church where the lost prince goes after leaving the palace?
5. Who is John Canty?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Tom read about? What does he do with what he learns? What does he desire from his reading?
2. What does Canty tell Edward when Hugo leads him to Tom's father?
3. Where does Edward go the first time he escapes from Canty and the others?
4. What does Hertford tell the king when Henry awakes? What does the king need to do about it? Why can't Henry do it?
5. What does Hertford tell the king in response to the king's problem in question # 16? What does Hertford do? What is the result of Hertford's action? What does the king decide to do?
6. What is Tom's house like? Who lives there with him?
7. Why is Tom taken to meet with Lord St. John and Lord Hertford? Who else comes in to talk with Tom? How does he feel about them?
8. How does Mrs. Canty test Edward to see if he is Tom? What is the result of the test?
9. What does Canty do with the prince when he gets to his house? What does Canty tell the prince to do? How does Mrs. Canty react?
10. What does Miles tell Edward of his problem with Miles' brother?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the following:
1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?
2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of The Prince and the Pauper, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?
3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements (They may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not.
Essay Topic 2
The prince finds that he is in the company of a gang of thieves and beggars, but Twain interjects a note of social concern by having Ruffler discuss farmers who have been forced off their property by landowners eager to enter the more profitable sheep business. One of the men named Yokel describes the oppressive political and economic conditions that forced him into a life of crime.
1. Do you think oppression or economic conditions are justification for resorting to crime? Why or why not? Use examples from The Prince and the Pauper to support your ideas.
2. If a farmer farms another person's land with the agreement that some of his or her harvest will go to the landowner, do you think the landowner has any obligation to maintain that arrangement if the owner decides he/she would rather raise sheep? Why or why not?
3. In the above situation, the farmers are farming land, raising families, and paying for the use of the land. Also, one might suppose they have made improvements on the land. However, the land is owned by another person. Although the life or rights of the farmer means the land stays in farming, the rights of the landowner are trampled if he/she doesn't have the right to do as he/she pleases. Describe how you might solve the situation if you were a judge and this case came to your court.
Essay Topic 3
It is interesting that the hermit thinks of himself as a holy man, yet he is angered by how Henry VIII thwarted the hermit's ambition. In retaliation, the hermit wants to kill the king's son and, because the hermit is crazy, he has no trouble believing that Edward is the prince. Twain seems to be making a point that religion, like Nature, has two sides. It can be nurturing or it can produce dangerous behavior.
1. Explain some examples of religion as a nurturing force in the world.
2. Explain some examples of religion as a destructive force in the world.
3. Overall, in the history of the world, and considering all major religions, do you think religion has been a positive or negative force in the world? Explain your reasoning.
|
This section contains 1,407 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
