Which themes of Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist does this excerpt from the novel touch on?The houses on either side were high and large, but very old, and tenanted by people of the poorest class: as their neglected appearance would have sufficiently denoted, without the concurrent testimony afforded by the squalid looks of the few men and women who, with folded arms and bodies half doubled, occasionally skulked along. . . . Some houses which had become insecure from age and decay, were prevented from falling into the street, by huge beams of wood reared against the walls, and firmly planted in the road; but even these crazy dens seemed to have been selected as the nightly haunts of some houseless wretches, for many of the rough boards which supplied the place of door and window, were wrenched from their positions, to afford an aperture wide enough for the passage of a human body. The kennel was stagnant and filthy. The very rats, which here and there lay putrefying in its rottenness, were hideous with famine. A. extreme poverty B. society's treatment of the poor C. good versus evil D. child labor

What can be inferred from this excerpt from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens?Occasionally, when there was some more than usually interesting inquest upon a parish child who had been overlooked in turning up a bedstead, or inadvertently scalded to death when there happened to be a washing—though the latter accident was very scarce, anything approaching to a washing being of rare occurrence in the farm—the jury would take it into their heads to ask troublesome questions, or the parishioners would rebelliously affix their signatures to a remonstrance. A. Workhouse authorities were extremely careless in their duties. B. Parishioners wrongly criticized parish officials. C. The legal system carefully monitored parish affairs. D. Parish children were extremely weak due to poor nourishment.

The following text is adapted from Charles Dickens’s 1837 novel Oliver Twist. [The Artful Dodger] was a snub-nosed, flat-browed, common-faced boy enough; and as dirty a juvenile as one would wish to see; but he had about him all the airs and manners of a man. He was short of his age: with rather bow-legs, and little, sharp, ugly eyes. His hat was stuck on the top of his head so lightly, that it threatened to fall off every moment—and would have done so, very often, if the wearer had not had a knack of every now and then giving his head a sudden twitch, which brought it back to its old place again. He wore a man’s coat, which reached nearly to his heels. He had turned the cuffs back, half-way up his arm, to get his hands out of the sleeves: apparently with the ultimate view of thrusting them into the pockets of his corduroy trousers; for there he kept them.Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?To evoke the reader's sympathy for the Artful DodgereliminateTo clarify the reason why the Artful Dodger wears a man’s coateliminateTo characterize the Artful Dodger through physical descriptioneliminateTo relate the Artful Dodger's history and what led him to his current circumstances

1. How does Dickens use the setting to convey the mood right at the opening?

The following text is adapted from Charles Dickens’ 1861 novel Great Expectations. The speaker and Joe are in a cottage on a cold night. Joe made the fire and swept the hearth, and then we went to the door to listen for the chaise-cart. It was a dry cold night, and the wind blew keenly, and the frost was white and hard. A man would die to-night of lying out on the marshes, I thought. And then I looked at the stars, and considered how awful it would be for a man to turn his face up to them as he froze to death, and see no help or pity in all the glittering multitude.Which choice best describes the function of the underlined sentence in the text as a whole? It illustrates a character’s prediction of the future.eliminateIt reveals a character’s lack of empathy. eliminate It continues the previous sentence’s detailed description of the setting. eliminate It establishes a scenario a character is imagining.

1. How does Dickens use the setting to convey the mood right at the opening?2. How does Dickens contrast the convict and Pip? In what ways are these two characters similar?3. How does Dickens arouse our sympathies for certain characters?4. What object that Pip takes the convict makes him feel guilty and nearly gets him discovered?