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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 is the name of the hangman at Newgate Prison, according to the narrator in Chapter 33?
2. What school had Mercy briefly attended, according to the narrator in Chapter 19?
3. Where is the bookstore called Lackington’s Temple of the Muses said to be located in Chapter 18?
4. Mercy tells Jack in Chapter 28 that Tobias, Mr. Butler, and Mrs. Oates know his secret. She tells Jack, “They say that you are a convict from” where?
5. Who was the master of Mr. Buckle’s home on Great Queen Street prior to Mr. Buckle?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Jack do on Great Queen Street in Chapter 2? Who is he mistaken for?
2. What happens when Edward Constable confronts Henry in Chapter 45?
3. What do the servants in Mr. Buckle’s house come to discover about Jack in Chapter 16? How does Jack respond?
4. Where does Tobias travel to in Chapter 34? What does he do at this location?
5. Who is the guest of honor at Mr. Buckle’s house in Chapter 7? How is this character described?
6. What assessment is reached regarding the household of Percy in Chapter 39?
7. How have Mr. Butler’s perceptions of Jack changed in Chapter 28?
8. How is the character of Edward Constable described in Chapter 6? What does he bring to Jack?
9. How does Jack describe his progression as a thief in his letter from Chapter 43? Where did his family resettle during this time?
10. How is Tobias’s household and family described in Chapter 10? What is Tobias’s secret that is revealed in the chapter?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the reactions of Percy Butler, Tobias Oates, Elizabeth Warriner, and Mary Oates to the first hypnosis of Jack Maggs. What is discovered about Jack’s history through the hypnosis? What do these characters decide to do about Jack Maggs? Why?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the setting of Brighton and the imagery depicted of it in the novel. Why does Tobias Oates go first to the morgue to cover his story of the fire? What impressions does Tobias have of the children that he finds there?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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