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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. Where does the architect live?

2. What does Crimplesham say to his junior partner after Peter leaves in Chapter 5?

3. What does Peter realize after meeting Crimplesham?

4. What does Bunter organize in the kitchen at Levy's house?

5. What does Peter note about Milligan's head?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Parker say in Chapter 5 when Peter compares the prints at Levy's house to the ones at Thipps' apartment?

2. In Chapter 3, what statement given by Thipps to the police was later contradicted by a servant?

3. What does Peter's mother tell him on the telephone in Chapter 1?

4. How does Thipps explain the bruise on his face in Chapter 1?

5. What does Bunter reveal in his photos in Chapter 4?

6. What clues lead Parker and Peter to believe that the dead man in the bathtub had recently lost his employment?

7. What is characteristic of a set of fingerprints found in Levy's house in Chapter 5?

8. What does Peter learn from his meeting with the Honorable Freddy Arbuthnot?

9. At the inquest, what does the servant Gladys admit she did on the night before the body appeared in the Thipps' bathroom?

10. What motive does Peter think Milligan could have for harming Levy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Peter enjoys detective work. He does detective work as a hobby rather than a job, as it would be improper for him to do work of this nature. What does Peter enjoy about detective work? How does he go about doing detective work when he is not an official detective? How does his attitude towards this line of work compare to the attitude of Parker?

Essay Topic 2

Lord Peter Wimsey is an example of the gentleman detection archetype. What are the traits of this archetype? Why is Peter an example of this archetype? What other famous characters are also examples of this archetype?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and interpret Peter's relationship with Bunter, his manservant. What kind of relationship do they have? Do their stations in life create a barrier between the two? How do they show their loyalty towards one another?

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