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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. Which character is introduced first at the beginning of chapter five?

2. What does the Belgium nobility think of George Osborne?

3. Whom does Becky Sharp write a letter to?

4. What is true of Becky Sharp's attitude towards Joseph Sedley?

5. Why is it that Becky Sharp does not like William Dobbin?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the narrator set up the character of Amelia Sedley as seen in chapter 12?

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

4. Why does Becky Sharp marry Rawdon Crawley even though she does not like him?

5. What is the similarity between Mrs. Bute and Becky Sharp, as we see in chapter 19?

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

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

8. What is Becky Sharp up to in chapter 29 to raise her social status?

9. What happens to Sir Pitt in chapter 39?

10. Why does Becky Sharp dislike Lady Jane and vice versa?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is Vanity Fair a unified novel in terms of themes, plot etc.? Give examples.

Essay Topic 2

Appearances and social status play a very big role in the novel. How do these two aspects bring about the characters' downfall?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Thackeray shown rejection of motherhood in the novel?

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