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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 Dr. Glossop feel about seeing Bertie?

2. What does Bertie see Elizabeth giving to a boy on the beach?

3. Who tells Sippy he must visit some distant relatives?

4. What does Jeeves plan to teach the small boy to say?

5. What is used to train the small boy to say a certain phrase?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jeeves suggest he can do to help Rocky deceive his aunt?

2. What happens when Dr. Glossop turns up at the Pringles' house?

3. What happens at the end of the story when Elizabeth offers the small boy a candy?

4. What does Jeeves do, which confuses Bertie?

5. After going out with Jeeves, what does Aunt Isabel beg Rocky to do?

6. What happens when Freddie takes the small boy to Elizabeth?

7. What solution does Jeeves come up with so that Sippy's aunt doesn't find out he hasn't visited his family?

8. What scheme does Bertie come up with to help Freddie win Elizabeth back?

9. Who do we discover that Mabel is related to at the end of the story?

10. What does Aunt Isabel decide to do after receiving some letters from Rocky?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character, Jeeves. Why is he considered the most popular of Wodehouse's characters? What are his defining character traits? Why is he a 'gentleman's hero'? What stories is he featured in, and what happens in these stories?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of deception. Who deceives who, and why? What tone are these deceptions written in?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the schemes which take place in some of the short stories. Which characters plan and act out schemes? Why is Ukridge a schemer? Is he a successful schemer?

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