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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. Whom does Amelia Sedley love?

2. What is true about Lady Crawley's character as seen in chapter nine?

3. What is the relationship between Amelia Sedley and Becky Sharp?

4. By the end of chapter 20, what is the author portraying about all the characters in this novel?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Rawdon Crawley is bailed out from jail?

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

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

5. What insight does the narrator give into the Crawley family?

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

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

8. What is true of John Osborne as seen in chapter 42?

9. What is true of Amelia Sedley's social growth as seen in chapter 60?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are many themes found in the novel. Expand on any two themes that is relevant to the novel and substantiate with examples how the theme is worked into the novel with the help of characters, settings, etc.

Essay Topic 2

Irony plays a crucial part in the novel. Do you agree? If so, how and why?

Essay Topic 3

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

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