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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. Why does Becky Sharp come to the Crawley residence?

2. Whom does Amelia Sedley celebrate her marriage with?

3. Which character is a political activist and a philosopher?

4. Who meet in the park where Becky Sharp and Rawdon Crawley are riding?

5. Which of the Crawley's is NOT befriended by Becky Sharp?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Becky Sharp being treated by people as we seen in chapter 64?

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

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

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

5. Upon hearing about his son George Osborne marrying Amelia Sedley, what does John Osborne do and why?

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

7. What is Becky Sharp's relation with her son?

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

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

10. What insight does the narrator give into the Crawley family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you think Becky Sharp deserves the ending she is given by the author in the novel? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

How is humor being used by the author in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

What is the narrative technique in Vanity Fair? How does the author present himself throughout the novel?

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