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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main question Philip asks Cronshaw?
(a) What should I do with my life?
(b) What is the meaning of life?
(c) How can one be happy?
(d) Who is God?

2. How does Philip describe the girl who is assigned to guide him through the classes?
(a) Angry.
(b) Unpleasant.
(c) Lost.
(d) Beautiful.

3. How does Philip describe the way his father spent money?
(a) Selfishly.
(b) Generously.
(c) Irresponsibly.
(d) Recklessly.

4. Why is Philip excused from physical activities?
(a) He is teased by the other kids.
(b) He has a clubfoot.
(c) He has asthma.
(d) He has to catch up in reading.

5. How many of his mother's pictures does William allow Philip to keep?
(a) 9.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Philip's mother dying of at the beginning of the book?

2. What does William think when he sees the pictures his brother had taken of Philip's mother?

3. Why does Philip stop studying?

4. Why does Philip's first friend start their friendship?

5. What is the main conflict when Philip comes to stay at the vicarage?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Fanny insists that the master analyze her work?

2. What happens after Philip has been in Germany for three months?

3. How does Philip feel when he receives a letter from Emily?

4. What does Philip do to try to heal his foot?

5. Why does Hedwig live in the boarding house with Philip?

6. Why do Louisa and William send Philip to King's School?

7. How does Philip describe Weeks?

8. What would have been the only thing that would have changed Philip's mind about quitting school?

9. Who is the new headmaster of the school, and how is he received?

10. What question does Philip ask Cronshaw, and what is Cronshaw's response?

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