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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 leaves the Sedley home at the end of chapter six?

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

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

4. Where does Mr. Bullock take the Osborne sisters to?

5. Who is Miss Briggs?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Sir Pitt in chapter 39?

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

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

4. Why is William Dobbin called "figs"?

5. How does the Osbornes split after the death of John Osborne?

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

7. What is the significant event in chapter 32?

8. How does Rawdon Crawley feel when his son is sent away to boarding school?

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

10. Why does Lady Steyne have tears in her eyes as seen in chapter 49?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Why does the author use the character of William Dobbin in the novel? Is it merely to further the plot?

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