Vanity Fair Quizzes

Vanity Fair Quiz 1

1 Miss Rebecca Sharp's final act upon leaving Miss Pinkerton's Academy is
tearfully saying goodbye to Miss Jemima

leaving a thank you note for Miss Pinkerton

tossing Miss Jemima's gift in the garden

stealing a crystal candle holder from the study
2 Rebecca is placed with Miss Pinkerton at her academy
because of her family's insistence she become fluent in French

as a result of her status as Miss Amelia Sedley's mistress

upon being orphaned when her father dies

when the convent she lives in burns down
3 Meeting Amelia Sedley's older brother Joseph for the first time, Rebecca
is overly disgusted by his appearance

faints

feigns attraction to gain his attention

ignores his romantic overtures
4 The reaction Rebecca has to drawings Amelia had sent from the Academy can best be described as
sadness in remembering her father

fondness for those depicted in the drawings

anger at the torment she received while living there

indifference
5 The dinner party at the Sedley house attended by Amelia, Rebecca, Joseph and George Osborne featured all of the following, except
singing by Rebecca and Amelia

a thunderstorm

a proposal of marriage

tales of India told by Joseph
6 William and George Osborne become friends
while stationed in the same army company in India

only after fighting each other

while attending Dr. Fishtail's school

while growing up in Manchester
7 The party at Vauxhall featured
Amelia singing

a marriage proposal

Dobbin's stories of military successes in India

Joseph's inebriation
8 Joseph Sedley leaves town following the party
after Rebecca rebukes him

on direct orders from his father

after George describes his behavior

to accept a military commission
9 Amelia reacts to being told Rebecca has stolen items from her by
telling her father to throw Rebecca out of the house

defending her

instructing the housekeeper to spy on her

confronting Rebecca about it
10 At Rebecca's first meeting with Sir Pitt Crawley
the coachman introduces her

they discussed her duties at lunch

she is impressed by his stately manner

none of the above
11 Rebecca's first letter to Amelia after settling with the Crawleys describes
Lady Crawley's beauty

the miserly nature of Sir Pitt Crawley

the reservations she has of George Osborne's character

the beautiful mansion and estate where she now resides
12 Soon after entering the Crawley household, Rebecca
began her duties as governess to the young Crawley boys

becomes a favorite of Sir Pitt Crawley

is pursued romantically by Young Pitt Crawley

none of the above
13 Reverend Bute Crawley can best be described as
a miserly man obsessed with maintaining his estate

a pious man of the cloth

the spiritual advisor to Rebecca

the drinking, gambling, fun-loving, debt-ridden brother of Sir Pitt
14 All of the following can be said of Rawdon Crawley, except that
he dances with Rebecca

he fought three duels

he is his rich aunt's favorite nephew

he graduated from Cambridge
15 Which of the following relationships can be described as the strongest?
Miss Crawley and Rebecca

Sir Pitt and Bute Crawley

Young Pitt and Rawdon Crawley

Young Pitt and Miss Crawley
16 George's sisters thought of Amelia with
contempt

fondness

jealousy

all of the above
17 Amelia and George's relatinship was discovered by his mess-room companions when
George blurted out her name while drunk

Dobbin defended Amelia's honor at breakfast

Correspondence from Amelia was mistakenly delivered to Ensign Stubbles

George mentioned her to the assistant-surgeon Cackle
18 George's father is opposed to the marriage of his son and Amelia
unless she has a large dowry

after finding out her mother was in the theater

after finding out about George's gambling

because he hopes to marry him off to his friend's daughter
19 Rebecca refuses Sir Pitt's proposal of marriage
and confesses her marriage to another man

because she is the daughter of paupers

because she thinks he is a disgusting old man

none of the above
20 Miss Crawley disinherits Rawdon due in large part
to the efforts of Mrs. Reverend Bute's wife

to her mental illness

to the efforts of Reverend Bute

none of the above
21 Upon hearing the news that his son is married and has been ordered to Belgium, Mr. Osborne
duels Mr. Sedley

takes steps to get George out of the army

disinherits George

reconciles with George
22 Amelia's reaction to the news of her husband's disinheritance is
anger at George's failure to convince his father to support them

to run into the arms of William Dobbin

to return to her parents' house

happiness in belief that money is the root of their problems
23 Miss Crawley agrees to meet with Rawdon only after
receiving a leffer from Amelia and him

Mrs. Bute leaves the house to tend to her injured husband

neither a nor b

both a and b
24 Upon receiving money from his father shortly after the wedding, George instructs Amelia to
invest the money

travel to see her parents

hide the money from his creditors

buy some clothes and other goods
25 Amelia's mood changes in Brussels primarily due to
the arrival of George's father

the arrival of Rebecca and Rawdon

her fear for her husband's safety

guilt over overtures made by William Dobbin

What does "Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children" mean?

This alludes to the fact that for little children.... their mothers are everything.

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Answered by jill d #170087 on 3/12/2017 8:26 PM

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what is the form of Vanity Fair?

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What is Bunyan allegorizing in his description of Vanity Fair? How do the fair’s origins support Bunyan’s allegory?

There is the allegory of capitalism at its vain and self-serving worst. Many critics feel that Bunyan is attacking the profit motive that represented Rome and the spirit of Capitalism.

Asked by Roxana Z #481773

Answered by Aslan on 11/21/2015 8:33 PM

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by William Makepeace Thackeray

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