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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is true of Rawdon Crawley and Becky Sharp's relationship with each other?
(a) Rawdon Crawley makes fun of his wife openly.
(b) Both hate each other a lot.
(c) Both love each other a lot.
(d) Becky Sharp makes fun of her husband openly.

2. What kind of a couple is Major and Mrs. O'Dowd?
(a) Jolly and loud.
(b) Arrogant.
(c) Vulgar.
(d) Soft and gentle.

3. Whom does Amelia Sedley celebrate her marriage with?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her cousins.

4. What does William Dobbin tell George Osborne that softens his heart towards Amelia Sedley?
(a) That Amelia Seldley is going to marry someone else.
(b) That Amelia Sedley is dying.
(c) That Amelia Sedley is dead.
(d) That Amelia Sedley is going to kill herself.

5. The novel is set in what time period?
(a) 1820s.
(b) 1800s.
(c) 1850s.
(d) 1830s.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mr. Bullock?

2. Who is Miss Swartz?

3. What are Beck Sharp's thoughts on the Crawley home?

4. Who is the little boy with Corporal Clink at the park?

5. What does the narrator reveal about Amelia Sedley's feelings towards William Dobbin in the beginning of chapter 25?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is selfishness depicted through the characters in chapter 30?

2. Why does Amelia Sedley become such a frustrated a character, as seen in chapter 26?

3. What is Becky Sharp's relation with her son?

4. How does Rawdon Crawley feel when his son is sent away to boarding school?

5. Why does Lady Steyne have tears in her eyes as seen in chapter 49?

6. Why does Amelia Sedley scream at Becky Sharp when both see each other?

7. Why does Rawdon Crawley go to his brother's house?

8. What happens to Sir Pitt in chapter 39?

9. What is the author trying to show in chapter 62?

10. What kind of an ending does the narrator envision for Amelia Sedley and William Dobbin?

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