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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 Mr. Creakle threaten his students with in order to retain order?

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

3. What happens while David is in Yarmouth with Peggotty?

4. Who helps execute Barkis' will?

5. What is Mr. Murdstone doing when David runs into him in the midst of making his legal rounds?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe David's job at Murdstones and Grindy.

3. Describe the two women that David tells Agnes about having crushes on in Chapter 18.

4. What happens when David is having tea with the Heeps?

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

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

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

8. Describe the scene of David's birth.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What role does social class play in "David Copperfield"? What different classes are represented, and by which characters?

Essay Topic 3

Choose two characters that act as a foil to one another. In what ways do these characters serve as opposites? Are these differences indicative of good or evil?

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