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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 Mr. Micawber's position in Australia?

2. Who does Dora specifically send for on her deathbed?

3. Who does David first visit when he returns after his travels abroad?

4. What career move does David make in Chapter 48?

5. Who dies while attempting to rescue another man during the storm in Chapter 55?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dora say it's better for her to die now?

2. What does David do when he returns home in Chapter 40?

3. Why does Mr. Creakle write to David in Chapter 61?

4. What does Littimer tell David in Chapter 46?

5. What is the major problem that David discovers about his marriage to Dora in Chapter 44?

6. Why does David travel, and where does he go?

7. What does David realize in Chapter 58?

8. How does Dora react when David tells her of his poverty?

9. In Chapter 43, how does David prepare to marry Dora?

10. What happens when David sees Ham in Chapter 55?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would the story be different if David's mother had lived?

Essay Topic 2

Is David Copperfield a self-portrait of Charles Dickens? Use textual evidence and biographical support to argue your opinion.

Essay Topic 3

How is speech used to indicate social class in "David Copperfield"? Providing specific examples from the text, which characters are evidence of this motif? What social classes are represented by differences in speech?

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