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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 Agnes reveal to David about her deathbed conversation with Dora?

2. Who receives a letter from Mrs. Micawber detailing Mr. Micawber's violent and secretive behavior?

3. In Chapter 64, the narrator reveals that all of the characters are happy except which one?

4. What revives David in Chapter 58?

5. What happens after David and Agnes discuss their feelings for one another?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does David hear about Agnes in Chapter 60?

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

3. Who travels in Chapter 57, and where do they go?

4. What happens when David tries to improve Dora's thinking?

5. In Chapter 43, how does David prepare to marry Dora?

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

7. What does Miss Betsey tell David about the strange man in Chapter 47?

8. What is the major problem that David discovers about his marriage to Dora in Chapter 44?

9. How does the action in Chapter 64 sum up the lives of all the characters in "David Copperfield"?

10. How does David manage to meet with Dora in Chapter 41?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What is the significance of wealth in this novel? What events are driven by wealth and poverty? How are characters viewed based on their pecuniary successes?

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