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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nicholas react when he overhears men talking about Kate?

2. What does Nicholas vow?

3. What is learned about the Cheerybles?

4. Back in London, for what does the social climbing Mrs. Wititterly ask Kate?

5. What does Nicholas do when he comes to visit Madeline and Bray?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

An aspect of Dickens' work is that his stories tend to be about the tensions between rich and poor.

Part 1) Describe that tension in this story.

Part 2) Why might this be important to Dickens?

Part 3) How is this relevant today?

Essay Topic 2

Integrity is lost partially through the play.

Part 1) What is integrity? How is it lost? Who loses it? Why do they lose it?

Part 2) How can readers relate to this? How is it relevant today?

Part 3) What is significant about Nicholas' behavior during this part of the play? What does this show about his transformation?

Essay Topic 3

There is a parallel development of the Verisopht plot and the Medeline plot.

Part 1) Describe each of the plots.

Part 2) What develops that connects these plots? What is the purpose of this parallel development?

Part 3) How does this development affect the characters? Why are they affected this way?

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