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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 the messenger say when he arrives?

2. Where does the royal barge stop on the Thames?

3. What does Tom discover when he wakes in Chapter 14?

4. During what time in history does this story take place?

5. How does Edward escape the rioters who surround him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tom do on the first day in which they believe he is the king?

2. Where is Miles looking for Edward? What does he think Edward might have done?

3. What does Tom do that Edward wouldn't do while eating? How does everyone react?

4. Who lives in the Canty's house besides the family?

5. What does Tom do after dinner?

6. What does Edward see when he wakes in the barn and what do the people talk about?

7. What do Hertford and St. John decide individually and together about Tom?

8. Whom is Tom told to see after Lady Jane leaves? What is the result of that meeting?

9. Who arrives at the Guildhall as Hendon takes the prince to safety? What is the result of this arrival?

10. What do the people in the barn do when Edward tells them he is the king of England?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Before Mark Twain begins his tale, his indication that it might or might not have actually happened is a way of suggesting that the facts themselves are secondary. What counts most, the author implies, are the truths to be found behind the events.

1. Discuss, in depth, what you think is meant by the above statement. Use examples from The Prince and the Pauper to illustrate your discussion.

2. List three truths you believe can be found behind the actual plot or actions in The Prince and the Pauper and explain why you believe those to be truths.

3. In your opinion, what is Mark Twain's agenda is for writing The Prince and the Pauper? Use examples from The Prince and the Pauper to support your opinions.

Essay Topic 2

The jewels in which Tom is draped are blinding in the light. Symbolically, they blind others to the boy as a false prince.

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in The Prince and the Pauper.

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of The Prince and the Pauper. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of The Prince and the Pauper. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the following:

1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?

2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of The Prince and the Pauper, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?

3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements (They may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not.

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