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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 is Jane?

2. Whom does Matilda hate?

3. What does John Osborne do when at the study room?

4. What item do Becky Sharp and Rawdon Crawley bid on at a public auction?

5. Who does not march for the war as seen in chapter 30?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does William Dobbin get angry when he reads Amelia Sedley's letter?

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

4. How does the narrator describe the character of Sir Pitt Crawley?

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

6. What is the lifestyle of Rawdon Crawley and Becky Sharp when living in Paris?

7. Why is Amelia Sedley upset at William Dobbin?

8. What is Becky Sharp up to in chapter 29 to raise her social status?

9. What is the character of Lady Southdown?

10. How does Becky Sharp manage to come back into the society?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is the title "Vanity Fair" apt for this novel? Give examples.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Thackeray shown rejection of motherhood in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Do you think Becky Sharp deserves the ending she is given by the author in the novel? Why or why not?

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