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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 phrase does Corker tell William to cable back to London regarding Aden's military preparedness?

2. What side of the Ishmaelite conflict does Lord Copper insist is in the right?

3. Which novel of John Boot's does Mrs. Stitch praise while abed?

4. What items does Lord Copper especially impress upon William to take on his trip?

5. What was Mr. Salter's most recent previous position with <i>The Daily Beast</i>?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nannie Boggs misunderstand Mr. Salter's visit to Boot Magna Hall?

2. What are the names of two places named for General Cruttwell?

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

4. How does Dr. Benito treat William when he discovers that the latter is not going to Laku?

5. For what reason does William move out of the Hotel Liberty and into the Pension Dressler?

6. What is the primary point of the thesis of Smiles Soum's manifesto?

7. Why has Mrs. Stitch ended up with her car unfortunately stuck after driving down a flight of stairs?

8. How has Sir Jocelyn Hitchcock left the service of Lord Copper's <i>Daily Beast</i>?

9. Why do the newspapers routinely return from the sickrooms "hopelessly mutilated" at Boot Magna Hall?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

An element of satire that is particularly prevalent in Evelyn Waugh's Scoop is irony. Compose an essay which demonstrates the prevalent usage of irony in the novel by discussing these points:

1) What is irony?

2) How can irony be comic?

3) What are examples of comic irony in Scoop?

Essay Topic 2

The primary target of Evelyn Waugh's satirical novel Scoop is the newspaper industry as a whole. Though not explicitly attacked at any one moment in the story, the industry is repeatedly derided by the actions of those who represent it and the effects they produce by their actions. Analyze this satirization of the newspaper industry. What absurdities about the industry are revealed by Waugh's novel? What are the motivations of the papers in the story? What sort of journalism do they practice, and how is it shown to be lacking?

Essay Topic 3

Though the novel is full of bizarre, extraordinary characters, perhaps the most strongly exaggerated and therefore striking character in Scoop is Mr. Baldwin. In a well-structured essay, analyze Mr. Baldwin by answering these questions:

1) What character traits set Mr. Baldwin apart from everyone else in the story?

2) By what actions does Mr. Baldwin demonstrate himself to be unlike the rest of the story's characters?

3) What is the significance of Mr. Baldwin to the satirical nature of the story?

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