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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 does William Dobbin tell George Osborne that softens his heart towards Amelia Sedley?

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

3. What item do Becky Sharp and Rawdon Crawley bid on at a public auction?

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

5. What is true about the Osborne sisters as seen in chapter 21?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the character of Lady Southdown?

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

5. How is selfishness depicted through the characters in chapter 30?

6. What is true of John Osborne as seen in chapter 42?

7. How does the Crawley household react when Matilda Crawley visits them?

8. How does the narrator describe the character of Sir Pitt Crawley?

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

10. What is true of Becky Sharp from chapter 51?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Irony plays a crucial part in the novel. Do you agree? If so, how and why?

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