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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Act 2, Scenes 5-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Squeers make this person do?
(a) Scrub the floors.
(b) Do one hundred push-ups.
(c) Take the baggage in.
(d) Take Nicholas to his room.

2. What does Nicholas vow?
(a) To kill Ralph.
(b) To write to Ralph and sever their relationship completely.
(c) To marry Madeline.
(d) To find his father.

3. With what bad news does Noggs interrupt Nicholas?
(a) Kate has lost her job.
(b) Fanny wants to marry him.
(c) Ralph has returned early, has seen the letter from Fanny, and has gone straight to Mrs. Nickleby's.
(d) Ralph has left town.

4. Back at Dotheboys, what is Squeers doing to Smike?
(a) Calling for him.
(b) Teasing him.
(c) Whipping him.
(d) Torturing him.

5. What does John Bowdie do when Nicholas encounters him in the countryside near Dotheboys?
(a) He congratulates him on beating Squeers and offers money so he can get away.
(b) He asks if Squeers is alright.
(c) He reprimands him for his poor behavior.
(d) He runs the other way.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Kate and Mrs. Nickleby visit an invalid named Mrs. Wititterly?

2. At the close of the first performance of Nicholas' new play, who visits him?

3. How does Kate's first fitting go?

4. The next day, we see whose offices?

5. How is London described?

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