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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 Mrs. Canty decide to do to test Edward?
2. What does Edward and the youth not realize?
3. What clothes does Tom wear for the ceremony in question #53?
4. How does Hertford react to St. John thinking that Tom is an impostor?
5. What must the king do in order to finish up the affair with the Duke of Norfolk?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who lives in the Canty's house besides the family?
2. Who arrives at the Guildhall as Hendon takes the prince to safety? What is the result of this arrival?
3. What does Tom do on the first day in which they believe he is the king?
4. What does Canty do with the prince when he gets to his house? What does Canty tell the prince to do? How does Mrs. Canty react?
5. What does Hertford tell the king when Henry awakes? What does the king need to do about it? Why can't Henry do it?
6. What happens when Lady Jane Grey visits Tom as the prince?
7. Why does John tell the family they must leave the house? How does Edward finally escape from them?
8. What do Hertford and St. John decide individually and together about Tom?
9. Where does Edward take Tom after he is ruffed up by the palace guards? What does Edward tell Tom about his family?
10. What is Tom prepared for in Chapter 16? How does he do with the event?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
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
Twain uses Chapter 9 to depict the majesty and spectacle of a court pageant. His goals in elaborately describing the pomp and finery of the procession are to impress upon the reader the remarkable esteem in which the future king is held and to make the point that the position itself is, in many ways, more important than the individual who holds it.
1. Discuss what is meant by the above statement.
2. Defend or rebut the following statement: Since it is the position, not the person, that is more important in a monarchy such as in this book, it doesn't matter who becomes a king or queen.
3. How did Tom's short service as the king demonstrate the truth of the above statement? How did it rebut the statement? Use examples from The Prince and the Pauper to support your ideas.
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