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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. Where is Isabella getting married?

2. What does Peter Magnus do when he finds out Pickwick and his fiance have already met?

3. What does Mrs. Bardell do when she thinks Pickwick is proposing to her?

4. What does Blotton do that gets him expelled from the club?

5. Who pays the rent at Mrs. Bardell's house for Pickwick?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sam do for Mr. Pickwick when he moves out of Mrs. Bardell's house?

2. Why is Tupman challenged to a duel in Rochester?

3. What do Tupman and Pickwick fight about before the breakfast?

4. What does Mr. Perker tell the Pickwickians about the parties in the election?

5. What does Pickwick learn when he and Sam go to Dodson's and Fogg's office?

6. Who misleads Pickwick and Mr. Wardle when they go to rescue Rachael?

7. What causes Pickwick and Wardle to continue their journey to rescue Rachael on foot?

8. What does Mr. Pickwick do when Alfred leaves after being bought off?

9. How does Pickwick get locked in a boarding school?

10. What does Bob Sawyer do that makes Winkle very jealous?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What effect does Reverend Stiggins's company have on Susan, and how does this affect her important familial relationships?

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the ways Winkle and Arabella show their love to each other, and how do these displays alter the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

How does the relationship between Emily and Snodgrass change throughout the course of the plot, and how do these changes affect the characters around them?

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