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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 does Fanny get mad at Amy for doing with Nandy?

3. Who does Mrs. Flintwich dream about in Chapter XV (Book 1)?

4. Who is Tattycoram?

5. How does Mrs. Clennam feel about her husband?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened to Maggy that makes her character unique in "Little Dorrit"?

3. Why does Little Dorrit's father live in the debtors' prison?

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

5. What does Arthur realize about Pet and Henry when he first meets them during dinner at the Meagles's?

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

7. What reaction does Amy have to her father's reaction to seeing her walking with Nandy?

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

9. How did John Edward Nandy come to know William Dorrit?

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

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

Discuss the symbolism behind the Dorrit family's residence in the debtors' prison, using direct examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

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

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