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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. How does Dora's father react to the relationship between David and Dora?

2. Who seems to follow David and Agnes around when they try to talk about Dora?

3. What is the major problem in David and Dora's marriage?

4. When do the last two chapters of the novel take place in relation to the previous chapters?

5. What happens with Emily in Chapter 51?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 42, what is revealed about Jack Maldon, and how does Dr. Strong react?

2. What happens when David confronts Agnes in Chapter 62?

3. After learning of his newly impoverished state, what does David decide to do, and what happens as a result?

4. How does Dora's father react when he learns of the affair between David and Dora?

5. What happens when David tries to improve Dora's thinking?

6. What does David learn about Traddles when he returns to London in Chapter 59?

7. How does David manage to meet with Dora in Chapter 41?

8. Who travels in Chapter 57, and where do they go?

9. How does the action in Chapter 64 sum up the lives of all the characters in "David Copperfield"?

10. What does David realize in Chapter 58?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does social class play in "David Copperfield"? What different classes are represented, and by which characters?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast David and Steerforth.

Essay Topic 3

What is the significance of wealth in this novel? What events are driven by wealth and poverty? How are characters viewed based on their pecuniary successes?

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