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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. Who is Mrs. Spenser Gregson?

2. What sent Worplesdon to France forever?

3. What does Honoria tell the wet Bertie to do?

4. What does Honoria think she can do with Bertie?

5. What does Lord Worplesdon like to dine in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who in the family may have inherited Uncle Henry's eccentricities?

2. How does Bertie steal the dog McIntosh back from the Blumenfelds?

3. What does Aunt Agatha say is the slight snag in the marital plans of Honoria and Bertie?

4. Why did Prudence Baxter end up winning the egg and spoon race?

5. Who wins the Sermon Handicap?

6. What does Aunt Agatha announce at her lunch with Bertie in Chapter 2?

7. How does Comrade Butt find out the real identity of Bingo Little?

8. What are the Heralds of the Red Dawn doing in the park?

9. Why does Aunt Agatha call Jeeves Bertie's keeper?

10. Where had Bertie and Jeeves met the father and son team of the Blumenfelds previously?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Inherent in P.G. Wodehouse's work is the class system that existed in England (and still exists to some extent). The humor of Bertie and Jeeves is partly based on the absurdity of class. Bertie is clearly the lesser man, yet, in the English system, he has power over a man like Jeeves.

Describe the class system by using examples from the book. Where does the humor lie in the relationship between employer and servant? Why does it make us laugh when Jeeves is clearly the greater mind and man?

Essay Topic 2

What is the place of women in Bertie's world? What type of women (stock characters) appear in these stories? What is Bertie's relationship to them? Why does Jeeves keep rescuing Bertie from marrying?

Essay Topic 3

A protagonist is one who undergoes some change. Jeeves is a fully formed and never-changing character, so it follows that Bertie must be the protagonist in the book.

What changes does Bertie undergo? What is Bertie's story line? What challenges does he face? How does Bertie overcome the challenges? Is he a true protagonist? Does he have any real shift of perception, or is he simply a one-dimensional comic figure?

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