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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. Grimes is in prison, convicted of

2. Paul's train ride to Kings Thursday foreshadows

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

4. Young Peter, in his drunkenness, seems a bit

5. Returning to Scone college in disguise, Paul learns that

Short Essay Questions

1. What is ironic about Captain Grimes, besides the fact that he keeps showing up in Paul's life?

2. What does Waugh's final passage about Paul's reading say about Paul?

3. On his way to Egdon-Heath, what does Paul learn ?

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

5. Briefly, discuss how Paul escapes the prison at Egdon-Heath.

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

7. Grimes has supposedly met with a terrible death in the bogs. Does Paul mourn his passing?

8. 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?

9. How does the judge see Paul's involvement in the crime for which he is convicted?

10. On whom can we blame the death of Prendergast?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a biography of Evelyn Waugh. Did he become famous for his writing while he was alive? Did he become wealthy from his work, or was he an unknown until later? Where was he born and educated, and where did he live his adult life? What characteristics about Waugh led him to have the social insights he seems to possess?

Essay Topic 2

The story offers many ideas, words and concepts that are obsolete. Leaf through the book and find at least three of these references that are strange or unfamiliar to you. Research each and write a 3-part essay on what you find. Remember that, in addition to being written in England, the book was written around eighty years ago.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on the history of the Ritz Hotel in London, where Paul Pennyfeather stayed as his wedding was under preparation. Include information on the founders, the accommodations, the changes the hotel has undergone if it still exists, and the services and accommodations they offer.

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