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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 is Edwin?

2. What sent Worplesdon to France forever?

3. What club do Claude and Eustace want to join?

4. What is Ditteredge?

5. In Chapter 2, what does Aunt Agatha believe that the right wife would do for Bertie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the reaction of the crowd when Tuppy comes out to sing "Sonny Boy"?

2. What happens at Goodwood with the race that Ocean Breeze is running?

3. Why is Bertie unable to say no to these brainy, pushy young women?

4. How does Bertie deduce that Uncle George is planning to marry?

5. Why does Florence Craye give Bertie serious books to read?

6. Why does Tuppy do to Bertie at the Drones Club?

7. How does Bertie steal the dog McIntosh back from the Blumenfelds?

8. Who is Bingo Little's rival when it comes to Charlotte Rowbotham?

9. Who is McIntosh?

10. Why are Claude and Eustace in possession of a hat, a dead fish, and three cats?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Contrast the written dialogue of Bertie and Jeeves. What are the characteristics of Bertie's speech? Find three of the best examples of things only Bertie could/would say. What are the characteristics of Jeeves' dialogue? Find three examples of specifically Jeeves-like dialogue. Contrast and compare the two men verbally.

Essay Topic 2

Farce must have a fast and intricate plot. Chose one of the stories in the book, and plot the twists and turns of the story. Show how Wodehouse constructed the plot to move faster and faster. Show how the obstacles are thrown in and what surprising turns the plot takes.

Essay Topic 3

These stories are very much planted in a particular time and place, yet they seem to continue to be popular decades after they were written. What is it about Bertie and Jeeves that has timeless appeal? Why has the humor of these stories lasted? What are the key elements that seem to be evidently timeless?

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