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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 Peter Magnus hope to do the night he meets Pickwick?

2. What does Pickwick hope to do at Bury St. Edmonds?

3. Where is Pickwick sent when he falls asleep while hunting?

4. Where is the inn where Peter Magnus proposes?

5. Who makes a derogatory statement at the first club meeting in the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who do Snodgrass and Tupman find attractive while in Chatham?

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

3. Where does Pickwick meet Sam's father, and what do they learn from this encounter?

4. What do Peter and his friends talk about when Pickwick finds them in a tavern?

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

6. What do Tupman and Pickwick fight about before the breakfast?

7. What happens to Pickwick when he goes ice skating?

8. What causes Pickwick and Wardle to continue their journey to rescue Rachael on foot?

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

10. What causes Mr. Wardle to not like the match between Tupman and Rachael?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What effect does Reverend Stiggins's company have on Susan, and how does this affect her important familial relationships?

Essay Topic 2

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the plot. Why might Dickens have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 3

There are many different symbols present in this book. What are these symbols, and how does their presence alter the course of the plot?

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