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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. What is the breakfast that fortifies Bertie in Chapter 6?

2. What is the big trick when planning a singularly fruity binge or war maneuver?

3. Where do the Glossops live?

4. Why does Bingo Little love little Oswald?

5. What has Aunt Agatha convinced Sir Roderick of?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Bertie runs into old Bittlesham on St. James Street, at the beginning of Chapter 10, why is the older man so shaken?

2. Who is Meadowes?

3. What does Bittlesham's worry cause him to do in terms of his nephew, Bingo?

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

5. What is the song that is woven through Chapter 7 as a motif and focus?

6. What is the disguise that Bingo Little has worked up for himself so that he can pretend to be a Bolshevist?

7. Who is McIntosh?

8. Upon popping into the oyster bar at Buck's, who does Bertie run into?

9. Why does Tuppy Glossop not hear Bertie singing "Sonny Boy"?

10. Why are there three cats in Bertie's bedroom during the lunch with Sir Roderick?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Hyperbole is exaggeration in writing and is used in both comedy and drama. Show how Wodehouse uses hyperbole to heighten the comedy of these stories. Pick four concrete examples, explain why they are hyperbole, and analyze them in terms of what they do in the story.

Essay Topic 3

Contrast the written dialogue of Bertie and Jeeves. What are the characteristics of Bertie's speech? Find three of the best examples of things only Bertie could/would say. What are the characteristics of Jeeves' dialogue? Find three examples of specifically Jeeves-like dialogue. Contrast and compare the two men verbally.

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