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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Oxford students are marooned with Eustace & Claude?

2. What does young Master Blumenfeld compare Bertie to?

3. What is Mr. Blumenfeld's profession?

4. Who breaks up the fight between Bingo and Butt?

5. Who does he hear on Sunday morning in Chapter 9?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The life of the idle rich is often of interest to us. Bertie floats from place to place with no real purpose but to eat, drink, and be merry. What is it about this life of Bertie's that draws the reader in?

What is Bertie's daily life like as described in this book? What is his purpose in life? Why are readers drawn in by this kind of life and character?

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