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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. How does Corky make a fortune at the end of the story?

2. What title does Jeeves come up with for the work Corky sells?

3. Who is Edwin?

4. What is Bicky's full name?

5. What is Bicky's apartment like?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Lady Malvern?

2. When Bertie returns from the country, where is Wilmot?

3. What does Jeeves suggest Bicky do to impress his uncle while he visits?

4. What does Jeeves tell Bertie he did with Willoughby's book, and how does Bertie react?

5. What does Florence tell Bertie to do in order to ruin Willoughby's plan to publish a book?

6. Where does Bertie pack a suitcase to go to avoid Wilmot?

7. What does Bertie find Wilmot has been up to when he returns home after a couple of nights away?

8. Why does Willoughby search Bertie's room, and what does he find?

9. On their first meeting, what inspires Bertie to hire Jeeves as his valet right away?

10. Right after Lady Malvern leaves, how does Wilmot show that he will be more trouble than his mother promised?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Wodehouse's use of the older wealthy relative character. Why does Wodehouse include so many older relatives, particularly aunts and uncles? What might he be conveying to the reader?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motifs of duty and honor. What are some examples of dutiful and honorable characters in the stories? How do they show their sense of duty and honor?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the character of Wooster. What are his defining character traits? What is his role in the stories? How does he affect the tone and plot of the stories?

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