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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 Pickwick hire Sam Wellers to do?

2. What is the name of Mr. Wardle's property?

3. What was Pickwick wearing when he was seen in the hall of the inn by Sam?

4. What are the two political parties at the election?

5. What does Blotton do that gets him expelled from the club?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Peter Magnus learns that Pickwick and his fiance met the night before the proposal?

2. What does Pickwick dress up as for the breakfast, and why?

3. What do the Pickwickians see when at Chatham?

4. How does Tupman get a reputation as a marksman?

5. What does Sam do when he dines at the Nupkin household?

6. What does Bob Sawyer do that makes Winkle very jealous?

7. Why is Tupman challenged to a duel in Rochester?

8. What does Perker do to change the results of the election?

9. What does Pickwick do when is gets locked in a boarding school?

10. What are Bob and Ben discussing when Pickwick first meets them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which character do you relate to the most in this book? Why is this? How does this character change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 2

Mrs. Bardell displays a very controlling nature in this book. How does her need for control affect the people around her, and why is this controlling nature so significant for the time setting of this book?

Essay Topic 3

Pickwick's relative wealth has a huge impact on the plot and characters in this book. What are these moments, and how does their inclusion in the text affect the course of the plot? How do the different main characters respond to his relative wealth and his generosity?

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