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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 George Osborne's personality from chapter 13?

2. Whom does Becky Sharp marry?

3. What aspect of George Osborne's character is revealed in chapter six?

4. Who is Horrocks?

5. Who runs all the affairs of Queens Crawley?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Sir Pitt in chapter 39?

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

3. Why is John Osborne so cold to Amelia Sedley?

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

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

6. Why does William Dobbin get angry when he reads Amelia Sedley's letter?

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

8. What else do we get to know about the character of Becky Sharp when she visits the Sedleys?

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

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

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

Essay Topic 2

Give a detailed character analysis of Rawdon Crawley.

Essay Topic 3

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

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