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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 Kate refuse to do?

2. Who is the owner of Kate's new place of work?

3. What does Mrs. Kenwigs suggest that Miss Petowker do for everyone?

4. What character enters the scene who is not in the original story of Romeo and Juliet?

5. Why does Bonney come to see Ralph?

Short Essay Questions

1. To where do Nicholas and Smike head?

2. As Nicholas continues to teach Smike his lines about the need for money overruling conscience, what is Ralph doing?

3. What happens as the gathering begins to prepare for performances by Morleena and Miss Petowker?

4. How does Mrs. Nickleby help Verisopht, Hawk, Pluck, and Pyke?

5. What does Miss Knag do for Kate?

6. What does Ralph convince Squeers to do?

7. How does Nicholas end up fighting Hawk?

8. What does Noggs realize about Gride's bride to be? What does he do when he makes this realization?

9. With whom has Mr. Lillyvick fallen in love?

10. What takes place at the tavern?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

An aspect of Dickens' work is that, in general, characters in his stories play out a complicated plot.

Part 1) Describe the plot in this story. How is it complicated?

Part 2) What is the purpose for a complicated plot?

Part 3) How do these plots reflect real life?

Essay Topic 2

Foreshadowing is important in this story.

Part 1) Give two examples of foreshadowing. What do these examples foreshadow?

Part 2) What is the purpose of this foreshadowing?

Part 3) How does it set the mood of the story and enhance the story for the reader or audience member?

Essay Topic 3

The death of Smike is the climax of the play.

Part 1) Describe Smike and the events surrounding his death. How is this climactic?

Part 2) What is significant about his death?

Part 3) What is another dramatic climax and secondary thematic climax? How are these climactic events connected?

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