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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many clergy are in the handicap?
2. Where is Beefy Bingham working?
3. How much does Lord Bittlesham give his nephew to investigate the situation?
4. What does young Master Blumenfeld compare Bertie to?
5. Who is Bingo in love with in Chapter 11?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
The relationship between Jeeves and Bertie (a higher intelligence watching over a less capable soul) is similar to the one between Bertie and Bingo.
Describe the similarities between Jeeves and how he takes care of Bertie, and Bertie's attempts to do this with Bingo. What is the dynamic operating between caretaker and taken-care-of in this book? What does Bertie need from Jeeves? What does Bingo need from Bertie?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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