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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 does Mrs. Steerforth state when David, Peggotty, and Mr. Peggotty visit her?

2. Who visits David at his new lodgings after he obtains his apprenticeship?

3. What does Emily's uncle, Mr. Peggotty, decide to do when Emily runs away?

4. When Miss Mowcher arrives at the Peggotty house, what does she explain that she first suspected?

5. Why is Emily being let out of her apprenticeship?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the friendship between David and Steerforth.

5. Describe the conversation between David and Agnes in Chapter 25.

6. What happens when David finally arrives at Miss Betsey's house?

7. Describe the interaction between Rosa Dartle and Steerforth in Chapter 29.

8. What happens when David arrives at Salem House?

9. How does Mr. Wickfield influence David's life in Chapter 15?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Agnes and Dora. How are their relationships with David similar and different?

Essay Topic 2

Dickens published this novel in twenty installments. How does this structure affect the way in which the story is told?

Essay Topic 3

How are the different symbols(the sea, flowers, etc.) used throughout the novel to represent abstract concepts? Detail and explain how the symbols are used to describe certain abstract concepts and which concepts they describe.

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