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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 intervenes with Hugo's revenge?

2. Tom reminds Edward of what event?

3. What is Edward's greatest concern?

4. Who sees Miles outside the palace?

5. Who takes Edward to court?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Miles when he first arrives at the palace and asks to see Sir Humphrey?

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

4. What do Edward and Miles do when they leave Hendon Hall?

5. Where do Miles and Edward go after leaving the constable? Describe the place.

6. What does the hermit tell Edward and what does he do with Edward?

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

8. What does Hugh suggest as Edward's punishment? What happens as a result of the suggestion?

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

10. Who picks a fight with Edward? Who wins? What happens because of the fight's outcome?

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

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 3

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.

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