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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 type of swimming stroke does Oswald excel at?

2. What type of suit would Jeeves prefer Bertie wear?

3. What does "S to the core" mean?

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

5. In Chapter 2, whom does Bertie describe as a plague spot?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the hot water bottle in Sir Roderick Glossop's bed get punctured twice?

2. What happens at Goodwood with the race that Ocean Breeze is running?

3. Whom is Bingo Little in love with in Chapter 2?

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

5. Why does Bertie want to go to Skeldings for Christmas?

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

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

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

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

10. What happens to the Sermon Handicap favorite?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Through out these stories, there is an element of great self-interest on the part of everyone, from Bertie to Jeeves, to the Bolshevist, to Claude and Eustace. Comedy often plays on the flaws and undisguised desires of its characters. Chose several examples of bold self-interest, and show how Wodehouse finds comedy in that.

Essay Topic 2

Stock characters are a strong part of this book. Describe at least five characters and assign a type to them. Discuss why these types are so effective in a story with Bertie as the protagonist.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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