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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 last place that Hugh visits?

2. What bad news does Hugh bring to Rachel in Part 3, Chapter 3?

3. What personal matter is Ben dealing with in Part 3, Chapter 3, after the close of the bank?

4. What do the partners want from Edward after the money crisis is discovered?

5. What is happening at Nellie's that is a gimmick that April put into practice?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Micky escape the authorities and still wind up dead?

2. What becomes of Edward, Augusta, Hugh, Maisie, Dan and Rachel?

3. Describe Dotty and Lord Ipswich's wedding.

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

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

6. 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?

7. How has Ben Greenbourne changed by the Epilogue?

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. How does Edward become Senior Partner of the bank?

10. What schemes does Augusta come up with once she learns that Ben will be given the peerage and not Joseph?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Much is said negatively about the Jewish community. Compare the views of the people in the novel to the views of others around the world through WWII and into modern times.

Essay Topic 2

At the wedding, Augusta says to the guest next to her that "London society has degenerated completely". What does she mean by this statement? How is it a self-serving statement?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the friendship between Micky and Edward from the beginning to the end of the story. How was the relationship one-sided? How did the relationship cost Edward a happy life?

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