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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. To where does William walk after returning to his hotel, following the incident in Croydon?

2. How much of the <i>Francmacon</i>'s deck is given up to the captain's quarters?

3. How many members of the Boot family live in Boot Magna Hall?

4. How much does William's toothbrush purchased from the hotel cost?

5. What has Nannie Bloggs promised William if ever she wins the Irish Sweepstakes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does William not travel with the rest of the journalists to Laku?

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

3. For what reason is William and Mr. Salter's first meeting rather awkward for both men?

4. 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?

5. How do William and Corker both feel about Dr. Benito at the meeting of the Foreign Press Association?

6. What is further revealed about William when he receives his first cable from the <i>Daily Beast</i>?

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

8. What begins to bother William professionally towards the end of Chapter 2?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

A significant theme in Evelyn Waugh's novel is the double-faced interaction of the journalists with one another. All desperate to score a big story, they frequently sabotage and undermine one another in order to get ahead. These very common actions are part of the satirical presentation of the journalistic profession as given in Scoop. In a well-structured and composed essay, analyze the significance of Waugh's satirization of the journalists throughout the story. What is important to the satire about how they treat one other? How does their conduct reflect upon the journalistic profession?

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