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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 Hetty making in Chapter 6?

2. Who is Mr. Irwine's butler?

3. In what type of grove does the Hermitage stand, as described in Chapter 12?

4. What does Marty say his mother would give him to find the speckled turkey's nest in Chapter 18?

5. What does Mr. Irwine say they were building in Snowfield when he was last there in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What Christian denomination is central in the novel? Why?

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

3. How are Adam Bede and Arthur Donnithorne different?

4. What is the party in celebration for in Chapter 24? Why is it significant?

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

6. How does Chapter 17 diverge from other chapters in the novel?

7. What are Mr. Massey's thoughts on women and marriage?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss three examples of irony in Adam Bede. How does the author make use of dramatic irony in the novel? To what effect? How are verbal and situational irony employed? Why is irony important in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the style of dialogue in Adam Bede. With what dialect do the characters speak? How does the author use dialogue to delineate the different classes of the characters? How does the dialogue of the characters reflect upon their intelligence and morals?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the characters of Adam and Seth Bede. How old are these characters? How are they described as similar? How are they different? What is the relationship between these characters like?

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