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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 is the name of the woman who attends William in the equipment emporium?

2. What word describes William Boot's opinion of his visits to London?

3. On what animal has William Boot composed one of his "more finished essays," as reported in Book 1, Chapter 2?

4. How many times has Corker left England previous to the Ishmaelia expedition?

5. For how long has Mrs. Stitch been stranded in her car when William arrives?

Short Essay Questions

1. What characterizes the speech of the black Ishmaelian speaking in Hyde Park when William takes a walk through?

2. Why is the French colonial administrator aboard the <i>Francmacon</i> perplexed by William going to Ishmaelia?

3. By what misunderstanding is William Boot mistaken for the Boot that Lord Copper asked Mr. Salter to find?

4. How do the journalists generally treat one another?

5. In what way does Kätchen abuse William's attraction to her?

6. With what common and well-practiced activity is William content to live out his life?

7. What is revealed about the priorities of the <i>Daily Beast</i> by the man asking for William's passport as he is about to depart?

8. How do Mr. Salter and the Managing Editor decide to see which of the two will take the blame for not having a Boot present at Lord Copper's banquet?

9. What has happened to Corker and Pigge on their journey to Laku?

10. In what way is Uncle Theodore unlike any of Lord Copper's banquet guests of honor, before or after?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Though changed from the time of Rudyard Kipling's 1899 poem "The White Man's Burden," Waugh sarcastically implies that many in Europe still feel an interventionist need to help those of less-fortunate countries. Write an analytical essay which broadly outlines the idea of the white man's burden and how such plays a role in the European interest in the Ishmaelite civil war. How does this interest show itself? In what ways is Europe interested in Ishmaelia? Does this interest seem more active or passive?

Essay Topic 2

As the organ which puts the whole story in motion, The Daily Beast is of central importance both to the plot and the satire of Evelyn Waugh's Scoop. In an analytical essay, describe and evaluate the commercial machinations of The Daily Beast, focusing on how it is portrayed to be ridiculous. What is ironic about the paper? What is implied about the newspaper industry by the Beast serving as an exemplar? How do characters act towards the company?

Essay Topic 3

An essential and amusing part of Evelyn Waugh's Scoop is the use of telegrams, or cables for short. Write an analytical essay on their significance to the story, both in terms of character development and of satirization of the newspaper industry. What do the cables demonstrate about the particular characters in the story? What do they tell the reader about the newspaper industry?

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