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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. How is Mr. Merdle held by the Society?

2. What reason does Arthur give himself as why he goes to visit Flora?

3. Who gives her approval to the marriage between Henry and Minnie?

4. Who is Tattycoram?

5. Who does Mr. Pancks begin to employ?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pet confide in Arthur during a private conversation between the two of them?

2. What does Miss Wade think of Tattycoram when she first meets her?

3. What does Arthur realize when visiting with his old girlfriend, Flora, for the first time since his return to China?

4. What does Arthur decide to do when he sees a man being taken to the hospital after walking with Pancks for the first time?

5. What does Mr. Merdle's physician say about him at a dinner party in Book 1?

6. How does Little Dorrit respond to Pancks's continual inquiries about her?

7. How has Arthur's mother been living while her son has been in China?

8. What happens to Tattycoram when she leaves the Meagles's house?

9. What allows Arthur to get away once Flora starts talking about rekindling their relationship?

10. How is the character of Blandois introduced?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss: 1) why Mr. Merdle is able to perpetrate the high level of fraud that he does throughout "Little Dorrit" and 2) why he kills himself.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze at least three literary devices Dickens uses to develop a character of your choosing.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss at least three acts of kindness Amy does within the first fifteen chapters that show the reader what kind of character she is.

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