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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. Using bread for their ante, prisoners bet on

2. What might indicate that young Peter knows about his mother's business?

3. Silenus feels that life resembles

4. When Potts quits school for a new job, his father

5. Silenus sees himself as static, and Paul as

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Margot Beste-Chetwynde had been at King's Thursday only once before she purchased the property many years later. Discuss that visit.

8. What is the distinguishing characteristic of Paul Pennyfeather that makes him go to Marseilles on business he is not really sure about--to call on women at an address in the depths of the slums?

9. Describe the trait in Paul Pennyfeather that makes him ask Alistair Digby-Vaine-Trumpington to be his best man.

10. Paul is misunderstood as a misanthrope for wanting to stay in solitary confinement. Why does he prefer it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

If the Bollinger Club were a real entity, it would be a disgrace to its members' families. Do some research and determine whether Waugh based the idea of this club on a real club or organization. Write about how being part of a line of princes, kings and nobility can affect the ideals and morals of its members, according to Waugh. Are the Bollingers good people? Bad people? Explain your position.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on the history of class struggle in Britain, beginning with the 1920s. Into what categories were the people divided, how did they interact, how were they rated by one another and what were the advantages and disadvantages of being members of any of them?

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