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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 does Panck request of Casby once while Arthur is visiting?

2. What relationship of Amy's particularly suffers once her family becomes wealthy?

3. Where does Arthur go to try to obtain a license for Daniel's invention?

4. What is Merdle rumored to become shortly before his death?

5. With whom does Amy request to renew her friendship?

Short Essay Questions

1. What dynamic does Fanny's relationship with Sparkler create with Mrs. Merdle?

2. What does John Baptist Cavalletto tell Pancks and the Plornish family about why he is acting funny?

3. Why does Henry insist on his friendship and connection with Blandois?

4. What kind of background is revealed about Miss Wade through the papers she gives Arthur?

5. How does Arthur respond to Pancks announcement that he has invested some money in Mr. Merdle's company?

6. How does Merdle die?

7. What does Mr. Dorrit instruct Amy to do, when he calls her to his quarters in Venice and speaks to her in front of Mrs. General?

8. How do the guests at the Merdle farewell dinner react to Mr. Dorrit's strange behavior?

9. How does Amy feel about her life once her sister marries?

10. Why does Miss Wade take Tattycoram in?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss three acts of Blandois/Rigaud in Book 2 and what each contributes to the text.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss why the Dorrit family's residence in the debtors' prison is (or is not) actually beneficial to them as a family unit.

Essay Topic 3

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

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