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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Becky Sharp seduce so that Rawdon Crawley gains status?
(a) A very senior officer.
(b) The general.
(c) Major O'Dowd.
(d) The Duke of Wellington.

2. Where is an auction being held?
(a) At the vauxhall gardens.
(b) At the Crawley's home.
(c) At the Sedley's home.
(d) At a fair.

3. What item do Becky Sharp and Rawdon Crawley bid on at a public auction?
(a) A dress.
(b) A piano.
(c) A piece of jewelry.
(d) A piece of furniture.

4. Whom is Miss Swartz trying to get married to?
(a) Rawdon Crawley.
(b) William Dobbin.
(c) George Osborne.
(d) John Sedley.

5. What is Becky Sharp's father's profession?
(a) A painter.
(b) A singer.
(c) A writer.
(d) An artist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Georgy?

2. Whom does Becky Sharp marry?

3. What is the relationship between Amelia Sedley and Becky Sharp?

4. Who is Mr. Bullock?

5. Who runs all the affairs of Queens Crawley?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does chapter 13 further establish George Osborne's true personality?

2. How does the narrator set up the character of Amelia Sedley as seen in chapter 12?

3. What do the characters think of William Dobbin?

4. What is the character of Lady Southdown?

5. What is true of the characters of William Dobbin and George Sedley from chapters five and six?

6. What does the letter written to Amelia Sedley by John Osborne contain?

7. What is the similarity between Mrs. Bute and Becky Sharp, as we see in chapter 19?

8. What does the death of Lady Rose Crawley really say about the characters of the novel?

9. What kind of an ending does the narrator envision for Amelia Sedley and William Dobbin?

10. Why does Becky Sharp dislike Lady Jane and vice versa?

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