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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does David earn extra money in Chapter 43?
(a) By marrying Dora.
(b) By blackmailing Jack Maldon.
(c) By beginning a literary career.
(d) By blackmailing Uriah Heep.

2. Why does Dora state that it is better for her to die now?
(a) Because she is tired of living.
(b) Because David still loves her, whereas in ten years he would grow bitter because she will never improve and become a better wife.
(c) Because she misses her father.
(d) Because she hates her husband.

3. Who hits Uriah Heep?
(a) David.
(b) Dr. Strong.
(c) Mrs. Strong.
(d) Jack Maldon.

4. What does Mrs. Strong say that worries David in Chapter 45?
(a) Dora is cheating on David.
(b) Marrying for money is intelligent.
(c) Mrs. Strong is in love with David.
(d) Two people with different outlooks on life can never be happily married.

5. How does Dora's father react to the relationship between David and Dora?
(a) Demands David break off the relationship immediately.
(b) Announces his intentions to marry Miss Murdstone.
(c) Dies of shock.
(d) Congratulates them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do David, Miss Betsey, Mr. Dick, and Traddles meet in Chapter 52?

2. What does Miss Betsey explain to David in Chapter 47?

3. What does Agnes reveal to David about her deathbed conversation with Dora?

4. What does the simple act of placing the Strongs' hands together accomplish?

5. What does David learn about Mr. Murdstone in Chapter 59?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does David realize in Chapter 58?

2. What does Littimer tell David in Chapter 46?

3. What does David do when he returns home in Chapter 40?

4. How does Rosa Dartle react to Steerforth's death?

5. After learning of his newly impoverished state, what does David decide to do, and what happens as a result?

6. How does Dora's father react when he learns of the affair between David and Dora?

7. Why does David travel, and where does he go?

8. How does Dora react when David tells her of his poverty?

9. In Chapter 43, how does David prepare to marry Dora?

10. Who travels in Chapter 57, and where do they go?

(see the answer keys)

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