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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. Mrs. Jellyby's response to Caddy's wedding announcement is one of ___________.
2. Sir Leicester takes enormous pride in ___________.
3. Why is Jo's evidence deemed to be inadmissable?
4. Bringing flowers to Esther, Caddy implies ___________.
5. Jo's money was given to him by a female servant who ___________.
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the relationship between the married Dedlocks, Sir Leicester, and Lady Dedlock.
2. Why do you think Judy Smallweed is so cruel to her maid?
3. Describe Mrs. Jellyby's compassion for humanity. Is she a rational person?
4. Richard Carstone has a strange way of seeing money. How does Esther illustrate his propensity to rationalize his spending?
5. Discuss the ending of the story. What is Dickens' intention when he allows Esther to live on happily after all that has taken place?
6. George has been a wayward son of Mrs. Rouncewell's and has only now reacquainted himself with his brother. What is the new connection between them?
7. Who is Mr. Vholes in this story? What is his role in Richard's life?
8. Jarndyce v. Jarndyce has finally come to an end, with all the money at issue having been swallowed up in legal costs. Why does Richard Carstone die at this time?
9. How does Jo affect Dickens' story? Is he a sympathetic character?
10. What is the relationship between Esther Summerson and Miss Barbary?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Jarndyce v. Jarndyce comes to an end, just as Esther's adult life begins to take form. In its wake, the lawsuit has swept away many people, and the plot of the story has been cleaned up and tied up. What is Dickens trying to say, with Esther now being a happy woman, the misunderstandings smoothed out, Miss Flite's birds being free, and other semi-happy endings offered in Bleak House?
Essay Topic 2
Several times in Bleak House Dickens describes the most disgusting and unsanitary conditions of London cemeteries. What were those conditions? Why were they allowed to get to this state? Have they changed? Research the history of London burial grounds and write a detailed essay, using images, if possible.
Essay Topic 3
The Rouncewell family is in the iron business, Mr. Rouncewell being an "ironmaster." Research industrial progress in England in the 1850s, what had been accomplished by that time, and what was in the works. How did industry affect the country, in general, at that time?
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