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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 becomes a source of information for Miles while Miles is being detained?
2. What does Miles refuse to do?
3. What is sleeping with Edward in the barn when he wakes?
4. Whom does Edward meet in the barn?
5. What does Miles know about the five servants who remain in the household after he has left?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where do Miles and Edward go after leaving the constable? Describe the place.
2. How does Hugh react to Miles? What does he tell Miles? What is Miles' response?
3. What do Edward and Miles do when they leave Hendon Hall?
4. What does Miles do when he and Edward get separated?
5. What does Edward do about his situation at Hendon Hall? How does Miles mess up Edward's plan?
6. Who picks a fight with Edward? Who wins? What happens because of the fight's outcome?
7. What does Hugh suggest as Edward's punishment? What happens as a result of the suggestion?
8. For how long is Miles sentenced after being taken from Hendon Hall? How does Edward compound the problem?
9. Describe Tom's appearance during the recognition procession. What custom does he follow?
10. What happens when Edith comes into the room to see Miles?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the following:
1. In your opinion, what are the characteristics of a successful novel?
2. Analyze and discuss The Prince and the Pauper based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if The Prince and the Pauper is a successful novel. Explain your rationale with specific examples.
3. Do you think the fact that The Prince and the Pauper is primarily for entertainment changes the criteria upon which its success should be judged? Explain.
Essay Topic 2
The king declares that his son is not permanently mad, and, in any case, he will succeed to the throne.
1. Discuss how Henry declaring his son only temporarily mad illustrates the power of kings. Use examples from The Prince and the Pauper to support your ideas.
2. Henry declares even if Edward is permanently mad he will still inherit the throne. Discuss the implications of this declaration as to the pros and cons of hereditary leadership positions.
3. Do you think a monarch in the world today would allow an insane son or daughter to inherit the throne? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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