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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. Who is Miss Swartz?
(a) A heiress.
(b) A singer.
(c) A dancer.
(d) A writer.

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

3. Whom does Amelia Sedley love?
(a) Rawdon Crawley.
(b) Bute Crawley.
(c) William Dobbin.
(d) Geroge Osborne.

4. Who is Mr. Bullock?
(a) Mr. Sedley's associate.
(b) Sir Pitt Crawley's associate.
(c) William Dobbin's associate.
(d) John Osborne's associate.

5. Which character is quite smitten by William Dobbin's charms?
(a) One of George Osborne's sisters.
(b) One of George Osborne's cousins.
(c) One of George Osborne's girlfriends.
(d) One of George Osborne's aunts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Miss Pinkerton?

2. Where is an auction being held?

3. Who is Georgy?

4. Where is George Osborne actually going when he lies to Amelia Sedley and tells her that he is going on business?

5. Who is Bute Crawley?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Sir Pitt in chapter 39?

2. Why do Amelia Sedley and Polly have an argument?

3. What is true of the characters of William Dobbin and George Sedley from chapters five and six?

4. Why is William Dobbin called "figs"?

5. What is the significant event in chapter 32?

6. What is the lifestyle of Rawdon Crawley and Becky Sharp when living in Paris?

7. What is the setting of the novel and what idea do we get about the characters of Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley as seen in chapter one?

8. Why is Amelia Sedley very annoying to the readers in chapter 57?

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

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

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