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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 Hertford ask Tom in Chapter 14?
2. Why is Tom afraid to leave the prince's room?
3. What is Tom's last name?
4. How do Tom's siblings and his mother treat him?
5. How does the king feel about the situation with the Duke of Norfolk?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Tom doing when the prince first does not return?
2. What do Hertford and St. John decide individually and together about Tom?
3. What does Hertford tell the king when Henry awakes? What does the king need to do about it? Why can't Henry do it?
4. How does Mrs. Canty test Edward to see if he is Tom? What is the result of the test?
5. What does Edward command Miles to do before the prince will go to sleep? What does Miles do first when morning comes?
6. What does Tom do that Edward wouldn't do while eating? How does everyone react?
7. What does Edward see when he wakes in the barn and what do the people talk about?
8. What does Tom dream about on the night the king dies? How does he feel when he wakes the next morning?
9. What happens when Lady Jane Grey visits Tom as the prince?
10. Where does the prince go when he is lost in the crowd?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Tom's two guardians, now alone, reflect that the king is ill and the prince is mad. St. John hints that he doubts the boy really is the prince, but Hertford declares this treasonous, and St. John quickly retracts. When St. John leaves, Hertford begins to wonder if the boy could be an impostor, but then he reflects that the child denies being the prince, which no impostor would do. He decides that it must mean that the prince has gone mad.
1. What are the implications for a political system that a thought that is true could be labeled treasonous? Use examples from The Prince and the Pauper and other sources to support your ideas.
2. How does an idea that is true being treasonous in a 1500 era monarchy relate to a modern country, for example, China, whose citizens are not allowed to speak truth that conflicts with official positions? Use examples from The Prince and the Pauper to support your ideas.
3. When Hertford decides Tom is mad, not an impostor, he does so with what might be termed circular reasoning. What do you think is meant by the term circular reasoning? Discuss why Hertford's thinking might qualify as such.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Tom's charmed existence continues, while Edward's troubles only deepen, until he finally gets help from Miles Hendon. Just as this brave soldier rescues the boy, Tom reacts to news of the king's death by issuing a command to rescue the Duke of Norfolk from execution. Again, the contrast between Edward's helplessness and Tom's power is forcefully made.
1. Discuss the above statement in terms of power. Use examples from The Prince and the Pauper to support your ideas.
2. Discuss the ways in which Edward and Tom can both adapt to the huge changes in their lives. Use examples from The Prince and the Pauper to support your ideas.
3. Overall, how believable is the plot of this book? Discuss why it could seem real and why it seems completely unbelievable. For example, when the guards first pushed Edward out the gate, is it believable that palace guards wouldn't recognize their prince even dressed in rags? Use examples from The Prince and the Pauper to support your ideas.
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