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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 Mr. Poyser's first name?

2. What does Mr. Massey express a clear dislike for?

3. Where does Arthur Donnithorne intend to go fishing for a week in the beginning of Chapter 12?

4. Who is the gardener at the Chase that Hetty knows to be in love with her in Chapter 9?

5. On what morning of the week does Chapter 12 begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What can be discerned about the relationship between Adam and Seth in Chapter 1?

2. What does carpentry symbolize in the novel?

3. What do Hetty's earrings and locket symbolize?

4. What do Dinah Morris and the Reverent Irwine discuss in Chapter 8?

5. How are Hetty and Dinah compared physically?

6. Who comes to visit the home of the Poysers in Chapter 6? Why?

7. What games are described at the party in Chapter 25?

8. What is the setting of Chapter 6? What is taking place as the chapter opens?

9. What is the setting that is established in Chapter 1?

10. What is seen in the exchange between Arthur and Adam in Chapter 16?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the character of Adolphus Irwine in Adam Bede. What is Mr. Irwine's position within his community? How is he perceived by others? With whom is he close? What are his motivations in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the plot structure of Adam Bede. What is the inciting event in this story? Where does the climax occur? What information is related in the falling action and denouement of the plot? Does the story have a "happy ending"? Why or why not?

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