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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 is Mr. Merdle held by the Society?

2. What kinds of lessons does Amy arrange for her sister?

3. Who is Arthur surprised to get a visit from one day in his office?

4. Where do the Meagles live?

5. How old is Maggy when the reader first meets her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What allows Arthur to get away once Flora starts talking about rekindling their relationship?

2. What happened to Maggy that makes her character unique in "Little Dorrit"?

3. What does Mr. Merdle's physician say about him at a dinner party in Book 1?

4. What does Arthur decide to do when he sees a man being taken to the hospital after walking with Pancks for the first time?

5. How did John Edward Nandy come to know William Dorrit?

6. What is Franny's first relationship with Mrs. Merdle like?

7. Why does Amy refuse Arthur's offer to pay off her father's debts?

8. What does Arthur realize about Pet and Henry when he first meets them during dinner at the Meagles's?

9. What does Pet confide in Arthur during a private conversation between the two of them?

10. What is the purpose of the Circumlocution Office?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fanny is often portrayed as an unkind character even though her marriage to Sparkler, while loveless, gives her father the life he always wanted and felt he deserved. Discuss how Fanny is actually a very kind, considerate character, discuss at least three specifics from the text that support this position.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the character of Maggy. Discuss: 1) what role she plays in the text, 2) what she symbolizes, and 3) what the reader learns about at least one other character through her.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze three separate scenes where Marshalsea is used as a setting and discuss the symbolism of the debtors' prison in each scene in particular as well as the symbolism of the prison in the novel as a whole.

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