View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Just as everybody returns to go in to dinner, Noggs arrives in a new suit, confessing what?

2. Ralph orders Noggs to get a coach to take them to the Strand, which Noggs realizes will take Ralph where?

3. Who does Mr. Snawley say he is?

4. Why does one of the senior actors, Folair, take Nicholas aside?

5. What has been causing Ralph to lose sleep?

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

Ralph craves money and status.

Part 1) Why does he crave this? How does it reflect his personality through the play?

Part 2) To what does this desire lead? What message does this send to readers?

Part 3) How do his cravings affect him by the end of the play? What does this say about people who crave money and status?

Essay Topic 3

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 307 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample