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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 is the relationship between Harding and the bishop?
2. Who asks, " And who does manage the hospital"?
3. Who refuses to attend Harding's party?
4. Who does the narrator compare Bold to in Chapter 6?
5. Who shows up at the old men's home to talk to the beadsman in an attempt to nip their rebellion in the bud?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do Bold and the beadsmen feel when they read an article about Harding in the newspaper?
2. How does the charitable men's home manage its money?
3. How does Bunce react when he finds out that most of the beadsmen have already signed the petition saying that they deserve a much bigger share of the hospital's money?
4. Why does the narrator say he has made up the town of Barchester?
5. What does Grantly say when he confronts the beadsmen about taking legal action?
6. What happens after Eleanor reproaches Bold for being at odds with her father?
7. What advice does Grantly's wife give him that he refuses to listen to?
8. How does Harding react when he reads an article about himself in the newspaper?
9. What do Grantly and the bishop tell Harding when he asks what should be done about the slander the Jupiter published against him?
10. How does Hiram's Hospital come to exist?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explore the beadsmen and their willingness to turn on Harding. Why do so many of them sign the petition against him? What do they hope to achieve? How do they end up?
Essay Topic 2
Explore the motives of Harding and Grantly throughout the novel. What drives each one? Which one seems to be more moral? Why? Use examples from the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Explore the use of foreshadowing in the novel. What instances of foreshadowing appear early in the novel? How do they eventually play out in the novel? What purpose do these hints from the author serve to the reader?
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