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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 David decide to do in order to make sure Dora gets the life she requires?

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

3. Who writes to David to request a secret meeting?

4. What is David unable to share with Dora?

5. Who is an attempt made to rescue in Chapter 55?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mr. Dick help Dr. and Mrs. Strong, and what is the result?

2. How is Mr. Peggotty reunited with Emily?

3. What does David hear about Agnes in Chapter 60?

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

5. How does Rosa Dartle react to Steerforth's death?

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

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

8. Describe Emily's adventures after leaving home.

9. How does Mr. Peggotty's visit in Chapter 63 tie up the loose ends of the novel?

10. What does David realize in Chapter 58?

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

How is physical beauty used to correspond to moral good in this novel? Which characters demonstrate the use of this motif?

Essay Topic 3

Which characters are present in the novel as the protagonist and the antagonist? Why are these characters labeled in this way?

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