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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 meet in the park where Becky Sharp and Rawdon Crawley are riding?
(a) The Crawleys and William Dobbin.
(b) The Osbornes and the Crawleys.
(c) The Osbornes and Amelia Sedley.
(d) The Osbornes and William Dobbin.

2. Who does not march for the war as seen in chapter 30?
(a) William Dobbin.
(b) George Osborne.
(c) Joseph Sedley.
(d) Rawdon Crawley.

3. Whom does Becky Sharp flatter, as seen in chapter 31?
(a) William Dobbin.
(b) Major O'Dowd.
(c) Joseph Sedley.
(d) George Osborne.

4. At Matilda Crawley's house, who becomes the household matriarch?
(a) Lady Southdown.
(b) Becky Sharp.
(c) Amelia Sedley.
(d) Lady Jane.

5. What is Becky Sharp's background?
(a) Her parents are teachers.
(b) Her father is bankrupt and mother is a dancer.
(c) Her parents are singers.
(d) Her parents are very rich.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is an auction being held?

2. Who is Bute Crawley?

3. Which character is quite smitten by William Dobbin's charms?

4. Who is Matilda's Crawley's new companion?

5. The novel is set in what time period?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the character of Sir Pitt Crawley?

2. What is the decision Amelia Sedley takes as seen in chapter 50?

3. How is Becky Sharp being treated by people as we seen in chapter 64?

4. What is true of John Osborne as seen in chapter 42?

5. What is true of the Osborne family's reaction to George Osborne marrying Amelia Sedley?

6. What is true of George Osborne's character, as seen in chapter 28?

7. How does the Crawley household react when Matilda Crawley visits them?

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

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

10. What is happening to the relationship between Rawdon Crawley and Becky Sharp?

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