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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 the Osborne sisters as seen in chapter 21?

2. Who is Horrocks?

3. Who is Bute Crawley?

4. What kind of a couple is Major and Mrs. O'Dowd?

5. Whom does the item, that is being bid on, initially belong to?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What happens when Rawdon Crawley is bailed out from jail?

8. What does the death of Lady Rose Crawley really say about the characters of the novel?

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

10. How does the author show the re-entry of Becky Sharp to the plot of the novel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

The author makes a very intelligent use of names of the characters, for example, Becky "Sharp", the "Crawleys", etc. How does the author draw a parallel between the names of the characters and their personalities?

Essay Topic 3

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

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