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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 the name of the carriage driver who wants to marry Peggotty?

2. What is Tommy Traddles studying for a career in?

3. Who does David re-encounter when he arrives in London?

4. How does David feel in his new lodgings with the Wickfields?

5. How does David do in school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do you think about Miss Betsey's conversation with the Murdstones?

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

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

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

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

6. What does Ham tell David about Emily in Chapter 31?

7. Describe the state of Tommy Traddles' affairs in Chapter 27.

8. Describe the friendship between David and Steerforth.

9. What methods do the Murdstones use to break the spirits of the other people in the house?

10. While David visits Traddles, who arrives and what do they tell David?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the minor characters in the novel affect the plot? How would the novel be different if one or more of these characters were removed?

Essay Topic 2

In what ways is the motif of mothers and mother figures used in "David Copperfield"? Which characters act in this type of position, and how do they affect the novel and the other characters in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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

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