Vanity Fair Quizzes

Vanity Fair Quiz 1

1 Miss Rebecca Sharp's final act upon leaving Miss Pinkerton's Academy is
tossing Miss Jemima's gift in the garden

stealing a crystal candle holder from the study

tearfully saying goodbye to Miss Jemima

leaving a thank you note for Miss Pinkerton
2 Rebecca is placed with Miss Pinkerton at her academy
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

because of her family's insistence she become fluent in French
3 Meeting Amelia Sedley's older brother Joseph for the first time, Rebecca
faints

feigns attraction to gain his attention

is overly disgusted by his appearance

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

indifference

anger at the torment she received while living there

fondness for those depicted in the drawings
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 proposal of marriage

a thunderstorm

tales of India told by Joseph
6 William and George Osborne become friends
while growing up in Manchester

only after fighting each other

while stationed in the same army company in India

while attending Dr. Fishtail's school
7 The party at Vauxhall featured
a marriage proposal

Joseph's inebriation

Dobbin's stories of military successes in India

Amelia singing
8 Joseph Sedley leaves town following the party
to accept a military commission

after Rebecca rebukes him

on direct orders from his father

after George describes his behavior
9 Amelia reacts to being told Rebecca has stolen items from her by
instructing the housekeeper to spy on her

defending her

telling her father to throw Rebecca out of the house

confronting Rebecca about it
10 At Rebecca's first meeting with Sir Pitt Crawley
she is impressed by his stately manner

the coachman introduces her

they discussed her duties at lunch

none of the above
11 Rebecca's first letter to Amelia after settling with the Crawleys describes
the reservations she has of George Osborne's character

Lady Crawley's beauty

the beautiful mansion and estate where she now resides

the miserly nature of Sir Pitt Crawley
12 Soon after entering the Crawley household, Rebecca
is pursued romantically by Young Pitt Crawley

becomes a favorite of Sir Pitt Crawley

began her duties as governess to the young Crawley boys

none of the above
13 Reverend Bute Crawley can best be described as
the drinking, gambling, fun-loving, debt-ridden brother of Sir Pitt

the spiritual advisor to Rebecca

a pious man of the cloth

a miserly man obsessed with maintaining his estate
14 All of the following can be said of Rawdon Crawley, except that
he fought three duels

he graduated from Cambridge

he dances with Rebecca

he is his rich aunt's favorite nephew
15 Which of the following relationships can be described as the strongest?
Sir Pitt and Bute Crawley

Miss Crawley and Rebecca

Young Pitt and Rawdon Crawley

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

contempt

fondness

all of the above
17 Amelia and George's relatinship was discovered by his mess-room companions when
George mentioned her to the assistant-surgeon Cackle

George blurted out her name while drunk

Correspondence from Amelia was mistakenly delivered to Ensign Stubbles

Dobbin defended Amelia's honor at breakfast
18 George's father is opposed to the marriage of his son and Amelia
after finding out about George's gambling

because he hopes to marry him off to his friend's daughter

unless she has a large dowry

after finding out her mother was in the theater
19 Rebecca refuses Sir Pitt's proposal of marriage
because she thinks he is a disgusting old man

because she is the daughter of paupers

and confesses her marriage to another 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
disinherits George

takes steps to get George out of the army

reconciles with George

duels Mr. Sedley
22 Amelia's reaction to the news of her husband's disinheritance is
to run into the arms of William Dobbin

to return to her parents' house

anger at George's failure to convince his father to support them

happiness in belief that money is the root of their problems
23 Miss Crawley agrees to meet with Rawdon only after
both a and b

neither a nor b

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

receiving a leffer from Amelia and him
24 Upon receiving money from his father shortly after the wedding, George instructs Amelia to
travel to see her parents

hide the money from his creditors

buy some clothes and other goods

invest the money
25 Amelia's mood changes in Brussels primarily due to
the arrival of George's father

guilt over overtures made by William Dobbin

the arrival of Rebecca and Rawdon

her fear for her husband's safety

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.

Asked by khy elliot

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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Answered by Aslan on 1/8/2017 7:58 PM

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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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