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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. For which government does the Circumlocution Office function?

2. Who has John Chivery admired for most of his life?

3. What does Arthur think of Henry upon their first meeting?

4. Who comes to visit Arthur when he returns home from meeting Cavalletto for the first time?

5. What will happen to Henry's debts as a result of his marriage to Minnie?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Amy respond to John Chivery's conversation about wanting to spend his life with her?

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

5. What does Arthur ask Meagle to suggest to Daniel after they have all dined together at the Meagles for the first time?

6. What role does Amy play in her family?

7. Why does Arthur not want to join the family business?

8. Why does Amy refuse Arthur's offer to pay off her father's debts?

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

10. What is Arthur astounded to learn over dinner with the Gowans?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the way the Dorrit family behaves and interacts during the breakfast scene in Chapter V (Book 2) and what this scene shows the reader about at least three characters present in the scene.

Essay Topic 2

Fanny is often portrayed as an unkind character even though her marriage to Sparkler, while loveless, gives her father the life he always wanted and felt he deserved. Discuss how Fanny is actually a very kind, considerate character, discuss at least three specifics from the text that support this position.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze three separate scenes where Marshalsea is used as a setting and discuss the symbolism of the debtors' prison in each scene in particular as well as the symbolism of the prison in the novel as a whole.

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