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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. The Patent Office Library is described as being on what street in Chapter 18?

2. What term from Chapter 22 refers to a working-class movement for political reform in Britain between 1838 and 1848?

3. What is the name of the hangman at Newgate Prison, according to the narrator in Chapter 33?

4. What is the name of Tobias’s son?

5. Tobias tells the guests at the dinner party in Chapter 7 that the cerebrum “is a vessel that never” what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the character of Edward Constable described in Chapter 6? What does he bring to Jack?

2. What does Jack do on Great Queen Street in Chapter 2? Who is he mistaken for?

3. What happens when Edward Constable confronts Henry in Chapter 45?

4. How is Jack’s demeanor when he awakens in Chapter 31? What does Jack learn from Edward Constable?

5. What does Jack write about his first experience with thievery in his letter to Henry in Chapter 26?

6. What does Jack do after the departure of the visitor in Mr. Butler’s home in Chapter 40?

7. What is Miss Mott doing in the beginning of Chapter 4? What are her thoughts about the household where she works?

8. How are the emotional and mental states of Mr. Butler’s servants described in Chapters 40-42?

9. How is Tobias’s household and family described in Chapter 10? What is Tobias’s secret that is revealed in the chapter?

10. How is the setting for the novel established in Chapter 1? When and where does the story begin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss Jack’s early childhood as depicted in his letters to Henry Phipps. Where was Jack discovered as an infant? Who took the baby in? How much did Silas pay for Jack? Where did he take him?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and analyze the character of Silas Smith in the narrative. How old is Silas Smith? What is his principle “occupation”? How does Silas go about apprenticing Jack Maggs as a thief?

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