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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. Who does Agnes say is a bad influence on David?

2. Who is going to become Agnes' father's business partner?

3. Who comes to stay with David's family?

4. What happens between David and Dora in Chapter 32?

5. What does Dora's friend inform David of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens during and after David's dinner party in Chapter 24?

2. Describe the friendship between David and Steerforth.

3. How does David feel about Dora, and what does he worry about?

4. What does Miss Betsey suggest David pursue as a career, and why?

5. What happens immediately after David's mother's funeral?

6. How does Steerforth spend his time in Yarmouth in Chapter 22?

7. Describe the scene of David's birth.

8. Describe David's dinner party in Chapter 28.

9. Why does David's mother die, and how/when does David find out?

10. How does Littimer make David feel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is physical beauty used to correspond to moral good in this novel? Which characters demonstrate the use of this motif?

Essay Topic 2

How is speech used to indicate social class in "David Copperfield"? Providing specific examples from the text, which characters are evidence of this motif? What social classes are represented by differences in speech?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast David and Steerforth.

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