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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 old man tell Miles about Edward's whereabouts?

2. How many servants does Tom add to his retinue?

3. Who offers to take the lashes for Edward?

4. What is sleeping with Edward in the barn when he wakes?

5. Why is Edward relieved?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Tom adapted to his role as king?

2. What does Miles do as a test when he sees Edward on the throne? What is Edward's response?

3. Who interrupts the hermit's plans for Edward? How does he miss seeing Edward?

4. What does the woman in the house think of Edward? What does she ask him to do, and how does he do it?

5. How do Miles and Edward get away from the constable?

6. For how long is Miles sentenced after being taken from Hendon Hall? How does Edward compound the problem?

7. What happens when Miles arrives at Edward's side?

8. What happens with Hugh Hendon and Edith in the Conclusion?

9. Whom does Edward meet the morning after he escapes from Canty and the gang? What do they do with him?

10. What does Edward do about his situation at Hendon Hall? How does Miles mess up Edward's plan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following to discuss:

1. Choose two significant symbols and trace and analyze their appearance in The Prince and the Pauper. Are these universal symbols? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other symbols that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Twain chooses the symbols he does?

2. Choose two important metaphors and trace and analyze their appearance in the novel. Are these universal metaphors? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other metaphors that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Twain chooses the metaphors he does?

3. Discuss Twain's use (or lack ) of literary device (such as foreshadowing, cliff hangers, deux ex machina, etc...), and how they add or detract from the story. Does Twain use too many or too little literary techniques? State which of the five major elements of fiction the literary device is related to (style, character, plot, setting, theme).

Essay Topic 2

For his first royal dinner, Tom is conducted to an ornate room where a table is set for one. He is surrounded by courtiers who stand in his presence as he eats.

1. If Edward often ate alone with simply his courtiers around him, how do you think that may have affected his emotions and his perceptions of the world? Use examples from The Prince and the Pauper to support your ideas.

2. Discuss, in depth, how you would feel if you had to eat every night like Tom did for his first royal dinner.

3. What are the kinds of false thinking that might be engendered by this type of dining? Could one gain an inflated sense of self? Use examples from The Prince and the Pauper to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 3

It is interesting that the hermit thinks of himself as a holy man, yet he is angered by how Henry VIII thwarted the hermit's ambition. In retaliation, the hermit wants to kill the king's son and, because the hermit is crazy, he has no trouble believing that Edward is the prince. Twain seems to be making a point that religion, like Nature, has two sides. It can be nurturing or it can produce dangerous behavior.

1. Explain some examples of religion as a nurturing force in the world.

2. Explain some examples of religion as a destructive force in the world.

3. Overall, in the history of the world, and considering all major religions, do you think religion has been a positive or negative force in the world? Explain your reasoning.

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