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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. Who travels with the Micawbers, Mr. Peggotty, and Emily in Chapter 57?

2. To what does David attribute all of his good fortune?

3. Why does Miss Betsey send David to Dover to attend to some business for her?

4. Who does Dr. Strong blame for his wife's affair?

5. Who do Mr. Peggotty and David search for in hopes of learning more information about Emily in Chapter 47?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. When David visits Agnes in Chapter 39, why does Mrs. Heep follow them around?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

How is foreshadowing used in "David Copperfield"? Choose one major instance of foreshadowing and follow it through the book, finishing with how the event is fulfilled.

Essay Topic 3

How are the different symbols(the sea, flowers, etc.) used throughout the novel to represent abstract concepts? Detail and explain how the symbols are used to describe certain abstract concepts and which concepts they describe.

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