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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why must the young man rather than Bert Tyler drive?
2. The man employed by the Ishmaelite government waiting for William at Frau Dressler's is former welterweight champion of what university?
3. To where does William move after two photographers join his and Corker's room at the Hotel Liberty?
4. Who writes the final report from Ishmaelia to <i>The Daily Beast</i>?
5. At whose villa does Dr. Benito attempt to persuade William to stay?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Though changed from the time of Rudyard Kipling's 1899 poem "The White Man's Burden," Waugh sarcastically implies that many in Europe still feel an interventionist need to help those of less-fortunate countries. Write an analytical essay which broadly outlines the idea of the white man's burden and how such plays a role in the European interest in the Ishmaelite civil war. How does this interest show itself? In what ways is Europe interested in Ishmaelia? Does this interest seem more active or passive?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the Boot family in a thoughtful and carefully-structured essay, explaining how the individual members form a whole, and what role the family plays in the story. How do they contrast with the rest of the world that William faces? What do they represent for William, and how is this representation shown? On what is this representation founded?
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