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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 kind of wedding do Fanny and Sparkler have?

3. How does Arthur start to feel while in debtors' prison?

4. What item does Miss Wade give Arthur that she claims will explain why she hates Blandois and Minnie?

5. Who does William tell Amy society demands must be the next one to marry?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

5. What are the first signs that something is wrong with Mr. Dorrit?

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

7. What does Little Dorrit do for Arthur while he is in debtors' prison?

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

9. 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?

10. Who does Dorrit recognize in his final days?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the role that Rigaud plays in "Little Dorrit" and at least 3 literary devices Dickens uses to discuss his character.

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: 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.

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