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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. At what time does Mr. Salter arrive at Boot Magna Hall?
2. How much money per year is the contract Mr. Salter offers William at Boot Magna Hall?
3. What is unique about the stones William bought from Kätchen?
4. What objects fill the heavy bag belonging to the girl who previously occupied William's room in the Pension Dressler?
5. Where is William Boot, on his return to England, first met by a <i>Daily Beast</i> representative?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Part of Waugh's satirical presentation of the newspaper industry is the attitude of the journalists. Compose an analytical essay which discusses the various ways in which the journalists chase after stories. How do they attempt to get a leg-up on the competition? What sort of loyalties do they form, and how are they broken? Do they really care about the news or just about reporting it? What is implied about the industry by the actions of the journalists?
Essay Topic 2
While in London, William encounters members of both Ishmaelite Legations and is told their political ideologies. Despite being hidden for some time after that, the socialist ideology comes to play a prominent role in the Soviet coup staged by Dr. Benito. Nonetheless, both ideologies are made out to be ridiculous in Waugh's novel. Analyze in a carefully developed essay how Waugh satirizes the two ideologies, particularly that of the socialists. What actions and events make it out to be a ridiculous form of government? What statements made by the consul in the London legation reinforce the absurdity of the cause?
Essay Topic 3
The primary target of Evelyn Waugh's satirical novel Scoop is the newspaper industry as a whole. Though not explicitly attacked at any one moment in the story, the industry is repeatedly derided by the actions of those who represent it and the effects they produce by their actions. Analyze this satirization of the newspaper industry. What absurdities about the industry are revealed by Waugh's novel? What are the motivations of the papers in the story? What sort of journalism do they practice, and how is it shown to be lacking?
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