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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 Lion do in Henry's studio?

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

3. Who was Miss Wade once in love with?

4. Now that they are very wealthy, what does the Dorrit family decide about Arthur.

5. Who reports to Mr. Dorrit that Mr. Blandois has gone missing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Mrs. General's character like?

2. Why is Dorrit so mortified to be seen with John Chivery?

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

4. How does Merdle die?

5. What does Pancks tell Arthur about Casby and Wade?

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

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

8. What does Rigaud threaten will happen to Mrs. Clennam by the time the debtors' prison doors are closed if she does not pay his ransom demands?

9. What does Merdle do during his visit with Fanny and Sparkler shortly before he dies?

10. How does William Dorrit feel about his situation once he settles in Venice?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does it take Arthur and Amy so long to realize they are in love with each other and then marry? Cite at least three reasons, using examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Present an argument that Little Dorrit or Arthur is not as good of a character as the reader may initially come to believe.

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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