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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At Matilda Crawley's house, who becomes the household matriarch?
(a) Amelia Sedley.
(b) Lady Southdown.
(c) Lady Jane.
(d) Becky Sharp.

2. Who takes over as a health advisory and pharmacist for Matilda Crawley?
(a) Becky Sharp.
(b) Lady Southdown.
(c) Lady Jane Sheepshanks.
(d) Amelia Sedley.

3. What do the readers come to know of Mrs. Bute's character in chapter 19?
(a) That she wants to nurse Matilda Crawley back to health.
(b) That she is cunning and manipulative.
(c) That she is very kind and genuine.
(d) That she is selfless in her devotion to Matilda Crawley.

4. What are Beck Sharp's thoughts on the Crawley home?
(a) That it's bright and lovely.
(b) That it's glum and old fashioned.
(c) That it's very modern.
(d) That it's very, very small.

5. What is Becky Sharp's father's profession?
(a) An artist.
(b) A writer.
(c) A painter.
(d) A singer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Amelia Sedley celebrate her marriage with?

2. Where does Mr. Bullock take the Osborne sisters to?

3. Which character is a political activist and a philosopher?

4. Whom is Miss Swartz trying to get married to?

5. What is true about George Osborne's personality from chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Matilda Crawley write a nasty letter to Becky Sharp?

2. What happens to Sir Pitt in chapter 39?

3. Why is Amelia Sedley upset at William Dobbin?

4. How does the Crawley household react when Matilda Crawley visits them?

5. How is selfishness depicted through the characters in chapter 30?

6. How does the author show the re-entry of Becky Sharp to the plot of the novel?

7. What does the death of Lady Rose Crawley really say about the characters of the novel?

8. How does chapter 13 further establish George Osborne's true personality?

9. What is true of Becky Sharp from chapter 51?

10. What is the conversation between Pitt and Becky Sharp as seen in chapter 55?

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