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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Paul is ordered by Secretary Maltravers to undergo
(a) Brain surgery.
(b) An appendectomy.
(c) Gall stone removal.
(d) A liver transplant.

2. Ironically, the women are being escorted to Rio by
(a) Mrs. Beste-Chetwynde.
(b) Captain Grimes.
(c) Paul Pennyfeather.
(d) Peter Beste-Chetwynde.

3. What might indicate that young Peter knows about his mother's business?
(a) He mentions his mother giving Flossie a job in South America.
(b) He leaves white-faced from the restaurant.
(c) He was present when his mother sent Paul to France.
(d) His mother treats him like the man of the house.

4. The women, whose "work" is questionable, were ultimately signed on as
(a) Train custodians.
(b) Waitresses.
(c) Truck drivers.
(d) Stewardesses.

5. The prison chaplain turns out to be
(a) Captain Grimes.
(b) Mr. Clutterbuck.
(c) Potts.
(d) Mr. Prendergast.

Short Answer Questions

1. The professor attracted Mrs. Beste-Chetwynde's attention with a rejected design

2. Rather than hold her accountable, Paul realizes that Margot

3. The author wants us to deduce that Otto Silenus is

4. Using bread for their ante, prisoners bet on

5. Margot Metroland, married to the former Maltravers,

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Professor Silenus' role in the renovation of King's Thursday. What does he set out to accomplish?

2. How is it that Prendergast is now a chaplain at the prison where Paul is incarcerated?

3. The author gives us a clear glimpse of Pennyfeather's future at the end of this chapter. Discuss this seemingly awkwardly-placed revelation.

4. Where does Paul fit into Silenus' description of the wheel of life?

5. How is Paul given the news of Prendergast's death?

6. What is about Margot that is so attractive to Peter? What personal motivation of Margot's does she make very clear to the men around her?

7. When Margot announces her upcoming marriage to Maltravers, what is Paul's reaction?

8. Why do you suppose Potts is intercepting Margot's interviewees across the street as they leave her residence?

9. Sir Wilfred Lucas-Dockery represents a certain type of character in Waugh's coterie of nuts. Describe him.

10. What is Peter Beste-Chetwynde doing at Scone College? How does Paul feel about him?

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