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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 Thurber say keeps him tethered to physicians?

2. What other subject does Thurber say causes him trouble?

3. What country does Thurber visit one summer?

4. Who calls Thurber the main trouble with this university?

5. What word best describes Bassum's character?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Thurber say about hypnotism?

2. Why does Thurber fail to graduate from university?

3. Why does Thurber claim that even Lord Jim found it difficult to run away?

4. How does Thurber cope with the military drills?

5. How does Muggs deal with mice?

6. Summarize chapter nine.

7. What problems does Father have with the servants?

8. Why does Vashti's lover leave her?

9. Why does Muggs stop entering the house?

10. How does Thurber get out of the draft?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way could Thurber's memoirs be described as farce? How despite the farce does Thurber communicate the deep and at time complicated relationships he has with his family?

Essay Topic 2

How does Thurber's memoirs differ from other memoirs? How does Thurber use humor and exaggeration to still create an accurate representation of his upbringing?

Essay Topic 3

What does Grandfather's reaction to the First World War say about the older generation's attitude to war? What is Thurber's opinion on war and how does he express it? How would Thurber have coped if he was drafted?

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