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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. Who helps Pickwick get out of the boarding school?

2. What is "The Convict's Return"?

3. Why does the man in the parson's manuscript go crazy?

4. Who marries Isabella Wardle?

5. What is Mrs. Bardell suing Pickwick for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the initial results of the election?

3. What does Sam do for Mr. Pickwick when he moves out of Mrs. Bardell's house?

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

5. What happens when Tupman shows up for the duel he was challeneged to?

6. What does Mrs. Pott do when the Pickwickians come to her home?

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

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

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

10. What do the Pickwickians see when at Chatham?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Mr. Pickwick accused of in his trial, and what evidence is used against him? How does this change the course of the plot?

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

Individuality and self expression are two things that are very important to some of the major characters in this book. What are some examples of this, and how do these instances alter the course of the plot?

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