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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bertie singing in his bath at the beginning of Chapter 7?

2. In her note, when does Aunt Agatha expect her dog back?

3. What is Mrs. Penworthy good at?

4. Who is running the Great Sermon Handicap?

5. How does Bertie describe Tuppy's opera singer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This collection of short stories is presented as a book.

What are the themes that tie the short stories together and make it a cohesive collection of tales? What characters carry through many of the episodes? What is the overarching story told by the smaller episodes?

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

Wodehouse parodies the upper class mercilessly. In fact, during his lifetime, this parody was not appreciated by Britian's ruling class. What in these stories would offend an upper-class person? How would they feel about Jeeves being much more intelligent and powerful than his foppish master, Bertie? Would the upper-class reader be threatened by Jeeves?

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