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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 does "S to the core" mean?

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

3. What has Aunt Agatha convinced Sir Roderick of?

4. What, according to Bertie, is the essence of rescue?

5. What is the reason Bertie wants to go to Skeldings?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 4, what odd event happens to Sir Roderick on his way to the club?

3. What is it that Jeeves does upon arrival that endears him to Bertie?

4. How does Bertie deduce that Uncle George is planning to marry?

5. Who does Uncle George want to marry?

6. How does Jeeves come to apply for the valet position?

7. What is the malady from which the Duke of Ramfurline is suffering?

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

9. What does the title of the chapter "The Purity of the Turf" refer to?

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

Jeeves has become, over time, a very popular and enduring character. In some way, he has become an archetype. Describe the character of Jeeves, and discuss what it is about the character that is so interesting and has made such a mark upon popular culture. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Wodehouse loves to use literary allusions. Find several in the book and analyze them. Discuss the choice to have Bertie, a relatively negligible person with very little literary knowledge, narrate the book.

Essay Topic 3

What is the use of names in this collection of stories? Go through the names that Wodehouse chooses for his characters. What do they reveal about the characters? Why are they funny? How does the author use nicknames? How is class identity shown through the names characters are given?

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