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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 finally earns a place of honor in Paris?

2. Who is Joseph Sedley?

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

4. What is Becky Sharp's father's profession?

5. Which of the Crawley's is NOT befriended by Becky Sharp?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the women at the military party get jealous of Amelia Sedley?

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

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

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

5. Why does Becky Sharp dislike Lady Jane and vice versa?

6. Why does Amelia Sedley become such a frustrated a character, as seen in chapter 26?

7. What is the similarity between Mrs. Bute and Becky Sharp, as we see in chapter 19?

8. How does the narrator set up the character of Amelia Sedley as seen in chapter 12?

9. What does the author tell the readers about the character of Georgy Osborne?

10. What is the relationship between Becky Sharp and Lord Steyne?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is Vanity Fair a unified novel in terms of themes, plot etc.? Give examples.

Essay Topic 2

Why does William Thackeray call this novel "a novel without a hero"?

Essay Topic 3

What is the symbolism used in the novel? Elucidate with examples from the text.

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