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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. What is true about George Osborne's personality from chapter 13?

2. When Rawdon Crawley is leaving for the war, what is Becky Sharp busy thinking about?

3. Whom does Amelia Sedley love?

4. Whom does Becky Sharp flatter, as seen in chapter 31?

5. What is true of Rawdon Crawley and Becky Sharp's relationship with each other?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author tell the readers about the character of Georgy Osborne?

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

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

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

5. What happens to Sir Pitt in chapter 39?

6. What is the relationship between Becky Sharp and Lord Steyne?

7. Why does Matilda Crawley write a nasty letter to Becky Sharp?

8. What aspect of Amelia Sedley's personality does chapter 38 highlight?

9. How does the author show instances of greed and selfishness in chapter 23?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Relationships hold no importance for anyone in Vanity Fair. How do relationships ebb and fall in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

There are many themes found in the novel. Expand on any two themes that is relevant to the novel and substantiate with examples how the theme is worked into the novel with the help of characters, settings, etc.

Essay Topic 3

Give examples of imagery used in Vanity Fair and how it helps further the plot of the novel.

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