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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. What is the scene in Belgium when the characters reach?
(a) Festive and high spirited.
(b) Dull and depressing.
(c) Peaceful and quiet
(d) Very tense.

2. What is true of Becky Sharp's attitude towards Joseph Sedley?
(a) It is a false polite front.
(b) It is genuine.
(c) It is very friendly.
(d) It is arrogant.

3. What do Amelia Sedley and George Osborne do in Brighton?
(a) They have come there for their honeymoon.
(b) They have come there to meet someone.
(c) They have come there to pick up someone.
(d) They have come their to buy a home.

4. Which character is promoted in the military?
(a) William Dobbin.
(b) Rawdon Crawley.
(c) Joseph Sedley.
(d) George Osborne.

5. What does William Dobbin encourage Amelia Sedley and George Osborne to do?
(a) To buy a home.
(b) To elope.
(c) To get married right away.
(d) To invest in a piece of land.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At Matilda Crawley's house, who becomes the household matriarch?

3. What is the vauxhall?

4. What is true about Becky Sharp and Rawdon Crawley's role as parents as seen in chapter 36?

5. What do the readers come to know of Mrs. Bute's character in chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of an ending does the narrator envision for Amelia Sedley and William Dobbin?

2. What is true of George Osborne's character, as seen in chapter 28?

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

4. What aspect of Becky Sharp's character do we see in chapter 41?

5. Why does Rawdon Crawley go to his brother's house?

6. Why does Becky Sharp marry Rawdon Crawley even though she does not like him?

7. How does the author show instances of greed and selfishness in chapter 23?

8. How does the Osbornes split after the death of John Osborne?

9. How is Becky Sharp being treated by people as we seen in chapter 64?

10. Why do Amelia Sedley and Polly have an argument?

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