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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. Who is Horrocks?

2. Which character is promoted to a rank of a major?

3. Whom does Becky Sharp write a letter to?

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

5. Why does William Dobbin get angry at John Osborne when Osborne is making a speech to William Dobbin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is true of Amelia Sedley's social growth as seen in chapter 60?

2. Why does Amelia Sedley become such a frustrated a character, as seen in chapter 26?

3. What happens to Sir Pitt in chapter 39?

4. Which couple is reunited as seen in chapter 58?

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

6. What aspect of Becky Sharp's character do we see in chapter 41?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Thackeray shown rejection of motherhood in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Why does William Thackeray call this novel "a novel without a hero"?

Essay Topic 3

Becky Sharp is a character who lives by her wits. Explain with examples from the novel.

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