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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 John Osborne do when at the study room?

2. What is true of Becky Sharp's attitude towards Joseph Sedley?

3. What does the Belgium nobility think of George Osborne?

4. Why is the trip to the vauxhall canceled?

5. Which character is quite smitten by William Dobbin's charms?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the author trying to tell the readers through chapter 22?

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

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

5. What is the relationship between Becky Sharp and Lord Steyne?

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

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

8. What is the significant event in chapter 32?

9. What is true of the characters of William Dobbin and George Sedley from chapters five and six?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Thackeray shown rejection of motherhood in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Contrast the two main female characters in the novel, namely Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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