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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 writes to David to request a secret meeting?

2. How does Dora's father react to the relationship between David and Dora?

3. Who does Dora specifically send for on her deathbed?

4. After Miss Betsey loses her fortune, what does Agnes suggest David do for work?

5. How does Dora react when she learns of the change in David's financial circumstances?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dora react when David tells her of his poverty?

2. Why does David travel, and where does he go?

3. Describe Emily's adventures after leaving home.

4. What happens when David confronts Agnes in Chapter 62?

5. How is Mr. Peggotty reunited with Emily?

6. Recount Mr. Micawber's charges against Uriah Heep.

7. In Chapter 42, what is revealed about Jack Maldon, and how does Dr. Strong react?

8. What does David learn about Traddles when he returns to London in Chapter 59?

9. What does Littimer tell David in Chapter 46?

10. How does Mr. Peggotty's visit in Chapter 63 tie up the loose ends of the novel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Which characters are present in the novel as the protagonist and the antagonist? Why are these characters labeled in this way?

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