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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 Mrs. Poyser's first name?

2. Who is Mr. Irwine's sister that is described as an invalid?

3. Who has Mr. Poyser gone to see about the wool in Chapter 7?

4. When does Mrs. Poyser tell Hetty church begins in the beginning of Chapter 18?

5. Who is Hetty traveling to visit for lessons in lace-mending in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. What relationship is established between Seth Bede and Dinah Morris in Chapter 3?

2. How are Hetty and Dinah compared physically?

3. What does Mr. Irwine have a conversation about with a visitor in Chapter 5? Who is the visitor?

4. How is Seth Bede compared to his brother Adam in the opening in Chapter 1?

5. From what narrative perspective is the story related? In what tense is the story told?

6. What conflicts emerge between Adam and his mother in Chapter 4?

7. Why does Arthur go to see Mr. Irwine in Chapter 16? Does he achieve his mission?

8. What thoughts preoccupy Adam in Chapter 19?

9. How is Mrs. Poyser's character described when she is introduced in Chapter 6?

10. How is Adam Bede described in the opening in Chapter 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the character of Bartle Massey in Adam Bede. How does Mr. Massey know Adam? What is the nature of their relationship? Is Mr. Massey a protagonist or antagonist in the story? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the roles of women in late 18th-century England and examine why they are important to the plot of Adam Bede. What were the expectations for women such as Hetty and Dinah? In what ways do these characters challenge those expectations? What are the outcomes of those challenges?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss Hetty's trial and sentencing in Adam Bede. With what is Hetty charged? What verdict does the jury deliver? What is her sentence? How does this change?

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