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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. About what does Mr. Salter interrupt Lord Copper's drawing at the beginning of Book 3?
2. How many gorillas does Hitchcock jokingly claim to have seen after his "return" from Ishmaelia's interior?
3. Which animal attacks the former welterweight champion who had come to visit William at Frau Dressler's?
4. How much money per year is the contract Mr. Salter offers William at Boot Magna Hall?
5. From what correspondence school has Bateson graduated?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
In contrast to his journalistic experiences, William, at the end of Scoop, returns to his beloved Lush Places column. Write an analytical essay which compares and contrasts the life that accompanies writing Lush Places with that which accompanies the covering of big news stories. Why would William prefer the former over the latter? In what ways is Lush Places superior to that of covering wars and foreign expeditions? Are there any perks to the position William forsakes? What does William's decision say about the newspaper, as the scenario is portrayed in Scoop?
Essay Topic 3
Throughout Scoop, Waugh takes things that are ordinarily considered to be serious or important, and at once exaggerates their importance to some people while utterly discarding it to others. Analyze this satirical, sarcastic exaggeration in an essay that addresses the politics of Ishmaelia, the newspapers, British high society, wealth, and fame. What characters consider these things important? Which consider them unimportant, if they consider them at all? What is implied about the importance of such things by these contrasted considerations?
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