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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 arrives announced at the university in this chapter?

2. Where is Sebastian sick?

3. What does Charles find most shocking about Sebastian's family?

4. Who picks up Charles from the station?

5. How his Julia related to Sebastian?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Cordelia bring about her brother, Sebastian?

2. In what does Charles show his difference from the others in the first chapter?

3. How do Charles and Julia spend their time at Brideshead in Book 2, Chapters 3 and 4?

4. Describe Waugh's writing style.

5. How does Charles travel to Venice in Chapter 4?

6. How did Sebastian injure his foot in Chapter 3?

7. Why do you think Sebastian is not mentioned in the conversation between Nanny Hawkins and Charles?

8. What is Charles Ryder's state of mind in the opening chapter?

9. What happens to Sebastian during the Christmas holidays?

10. From whose point of view is the story told?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In 2008, Brideshead Revisited was made into a film starring Emma Thompson. Why do you think the themes and ideas in the book are still relevant 50 years later? Do you think the ideas are timeless and universal? Why do you think this is the first time the novel has been made into a film?

Essay Topic 2

What did the upper classes lose after the Second World War? Does the book suggest they were already losing their identity? In what ways do you think the upper classes were important for Britain at that time and in the past?

Essay Topic 3

Compare the characters of Charles and Julia.

1) In what ways are their ideas different?

2) What is their relationship to each other?

3) Do you think they are the perfect match?

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