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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. Which member of the Hardy family persuaded her parents to allow Myrtle to stay?

2. What does Pompey soak the handkerchief in?

3. What does Pompey say the ape's eyes are as dull as?

4. Who is Beatrice married to?

5. What does Pompey assist Georgie with?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Pompey help George and Rimmer in this chapter?

2. What does Pompey Jones think is his role in life?

3. What does Dr. Potter tell his wife about the hermit of Malea?

4. What does the group experience aboard the boat?

5. In what way does Pompey have a hold on George?

6. How does Pompey defend himself when the footman questions why Pompey wants to be more than a servant?

7. How does Myrtle show herself as both mentally and physically strong?

8. What does the group do once it is in Constantinople?

9. Where does Myrtle follow George in this chapter?

10. How does Myrtle show her vulnerability in the third chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the novel and helps to express character and theme:

1. Setting.

2. Point of view.

3. Structure.

4. Language.

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following and examine it what expresses about mid 19th century society:

1. Class system

2. The military

3. Sexual relations

Essay Topic 3

The author wrote Master Georgie in the first person, but with three different narrators. Why do you think the author chose to write the story in the first person? How do you think the meaning of the story would change if the author wrote it in the third person? What meaning does it give the story that Bainbridge uses three different narrators?

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