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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. When the characters head to Belgium by sea, which of them gets seasick?
(a) Joseph Sedley.
(b) Amelia Sedley.
(c) George Osborne.
(d) William Dobbin.

2. Who takes over as a health advisory and pharmacist for Matilda Crawley?
(a) Lady Southdown.
(b) Becky Sharp.
(c) Lady Jane Sheepshanks.
(d) Amelia Sedley.

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

4. Which character is a political activist and a philosopher?
(a) Sir Pitt Crawley.
(b) Rawdon Crawley.
(c) Pitt Crawley, junior.
(d) Lady Crawley.

5. Which is true of Joseph Sedley's character?
(a) He is a dandy
(b) He is shy around women.
(c) He loves to be in the company of women.
(d) He is a vagabond.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it about the O'Dowds that people make fun of?

2. Which of the characters dies in the war?

3. Whom does Matilda Crawley leave her fortune for?

4. Who does not march for the war as seen in chapter 30?

5. Who finally earns a place of honor in Paris?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Becky Sharp manage to come back into the society?

2. Upon hearing about his son George Osborne marrying Amelia Sedley, what does John Osborne do and why?

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

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

5. What does the letter written to Amelia Sedley by John Osborne contain?

6. Why does William Dobbin get angry when he reads Amelia Sedley's letter?

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

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

9. What is the conversation between Pitt and Becky Sharp as seen in chapter 55?

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

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