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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 do all of Amelia Sedley's peers despise her?

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

3. Who is engaged to Lady Jane Sheepshanks?

4. Where is George Osborne actually going when he lies to Amelia Sedley and tells her that he is going on business?

5. Who is Corporal Clink?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Amelia Sedley very annoying to the readers in chapter 57?

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

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

6. Why do the women at the military party get jealous of Amelia Sedley?

7. How does chapter 13 further establish George Osborne's true personality?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is the title "Vanity Fair" apt for this novel? Give examples.

Essay Topic 2

There are many themes found in the novel. Expand on any two themes that is relevant to the novel and substantiate with examples how the theme is worked into the novel with the help of characters, settings, etc.

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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