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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. Where does Mr. Buckle say he formerly had his little shop in Chapter 9?

2. Who is the 70-year-old woman that the man in the red waistcoat addresses outside of her home at Number Four Cecil Street in Chapter 1?

3. What is the profession of Mr. Tobias Oates?

4. Where was John Sheppard said to have been hanged in Chapter 13?

5. What is the real role Mercy has in Mr. Butler’s household?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the servants in Mr. Buckle’s house come to discover about Jack in Chapter 16? How does Jack respond?

2. Who arrives at the home of Percy in Chapter 37? How is this character described?

3. What does Jack do after the dinner party in Chapter 9?

4. What conversation does Mercy overhear between Mr. Buckle and Mr. Makepeace in Chapter 33?

5. Where does Jack fall asleep in Chapter 12? Who finds him?

6. What deal is made between Jack and Tobias in Chapter 13?

7. What causes the confrontation between Jack and Percy Butler in Chapter 17?

8. Where does Tobias travel to in Chapter 34? What does he do at this location?

9. How are Jack’s daily activities described in Chapter 25? How does he spend his time?

10. To whom does Jack write a letter in Chapter 21? What is revealed in this letter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the history of Franz Mesmer, mesmerism, Animal Magnetism, and Charles Dickens’s associations with mesmerism and Animal Magnetism. What works did Dickens write which addressed these practices? What were his opinions on their validity? How are these concepts portrayed in Jack Maggs?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the “phantom” which haunts Jack Maggs in the novel. How is this creature described in appearance? What symbolism is associated with the phantom? Do you believe the phantom is “real” in Jack’s mind or is it just a suggestion from Tobias that has taken control?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the character of Dr. Hardwick in the narrative. How is Dr. Hardwick’s home described when the cabbie takes Tobias there? How does Dr. Grieves treat the infant John Oates? What does he demand for payment? Why?

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