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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. What did Freke put on immediately after he killed Levy?

2. What is Peter unable to find in Chapter 8?

3. In Chapter 7, when Bunter says the term "Her Grace," to whom is Bunter actually referring?

4. What is Freke said to admire in Chapter 10?

5. Where had Freke found the glasses that he placed on the dead body in the bathtub?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Peter suggest Freke committed the murder of Reuben Levy in Chapter 10?

2. What do Peter, Parker, the Dowager, and others do at the cemetery in Chapter 12?

3. What information does Bunter learn from Freke's manservant?

4. Why does Peter decide to go to the luncheon in Chapter 7?

5. What does Parker tell Peter in the telegram he sends in Chapter 9? What delights Peter at the end of the telegram?

6. What does Peter doubt in Chapter 12?

7. Why did Freke put glasses on the body?

8. Why does Peter decline to reveal who he believes the murderer is in Chapter 9?

9. How does Freke's confession letter end in Chapter 13?

10. What two accidents does Freke speak of in his confession letter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine and describe the background and career of Dorothy L. Sayers, the author of the novel. What are some of her more famous works? Does she always write in the mystery genre? Was she recognized in the literary world during her lifetime?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Sayers' use of foreshadowing in the novel "Whose Body?" What are some examples of foreshadowing in the novel? What do these examples foreshadow? How do these examples affect the tone of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and interpret the antagonist of the novel, Dr. Julian Freke. What are his defining characteristics? Why is he the antagonist of the novel? As the reader, did you suspect Freke of being the murderer prior to the reveal? Why or why not?

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