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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. How has Micky gotten rich by Part 3, Chapter 2?

2. What does Hobbes ask Augusta to get him a loan for from the bank?

3. In Part 3, Chapter 1, what news does Emily bring to Maisie?

4. Where does Emily spend all of her time in Part 2, Chapter 5?

5. Where does Hugh find Tonio in Part 2, Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens between Rachel and Micky in Part 2, Chapter 4?

2. How has Ben Greenbourne changed by the Epilogue?

3. What is the concern over the Cordovan loans and the revolution?

4. What happens with the bonds that the bank was going to sell in order to loan Micky the money? Who is behind the deceit, and what happens to him?

5. What does Hugh piece together in Part 3, and what does he do with the information? How is it received?

6. Why are Hugh's children home alone when Maisie arrives in Part 3, Chapter 4?

7. What deal do the partners come up with so that Edward's first request as Senior Partner goes through, but so the bank won't be compromised?

8. With what question does Emily go to Maisie for help in Part 2, Chapter 3? Why Maisie? What does Maisie do to help her?

9. In Part 2, Chapter 3, what is Micky's plan to stop Tonio, and how is the plan carried out?

10. What does Maisie discover about the incident at the ball, and how does she make the discovery?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how greed is a theme of the novel. Who is greedy? How does their greed affect others?

Essay Topic 2

Why is the brothel a major setting of the novel? What really takes place there beyond the obvious sexual and gambling activities?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the theme of good versus evil throughout the entire novel. Who wins? Who loses?

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