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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 happens between David and Dora in Chapter 32?

2. Who is the headmaster at David's new school while he stays with the Wickfields?

3. What happens when Miss Betsey privately speaks with a man on the street who obviously disturbs her?

4. What does Agnes confess to being worried about before David leaves Canterbury?

5. How do David and Steerforth help each other?

Short Essay Questions

1. Before David leaves Canterbury, what does Agnes tell him?

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

3. How does Mrs. Steerforth feel about her son in Chapter 20?

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

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

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

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

8. Describe the friendship between David and Steerforth.

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

10. How does Littimer make David feel?

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

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

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast David and Steerforth.

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