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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what name does Bunter expect to find mail for the dead man?
(a) Stephen Driver.
(b) Nobby Cranton.
(c) Bill Frankel.
(d) Jacques Andrea.

2. To whom is Mary Thoday married when Mrs. Wilbraham's emeralds are stolen?
(a) To Potty Peakes.
(b) To Nobby Cranton.
(c) To Hezekiah Lavender.
(d) To Jeff Deacon.

3. What is Bunter's relationship to Lord Peter Wimsey?
(a) He's Lord Peter's cousin.
(b) He's Lord Peter's neighbor.
(c) He's Lord Peter's friend.
(d) He's Lord Peter's butler.

4. About what does the sluice-keeper complain when Lord Peter and Bunter drive past the sluice gates?
(a) The weather.
(b) His poverty.
(c) His rheumatism.
(d) The state of his gates.

5. What color is Hilary Thorpe's hair?
(a) Blonde.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Tailor Paul made?

2. Why does M. Rozier want Lord Peter to dine with him at his home?

3. About what has Reverend Venables written a brochure that he gives Lord Peter to read?

4. Why does Sir Henry have little money to leave his daughter after his death?

5. What does Lord Peter do during World War I?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the relationship between Lord Peter and Bunter?

2. How does a letter for Paul Taylor eliminate Cranton as the corpse from Lady Thorpe's grave?

3. What is the interior of Fenchurch St. Paul like?

4. What unique narrative techniques does Dorothy L. Sayers use in The Nine Tailors?

5. With what important ceremony does Reverend Venables hope to bring in the new year at Fenchurch St. Paul and how does Lord Peter Wimsey assist in the ceremony?

6. What is known about the manner of the death of the unknown male corpse in Lady Thorpe's grave?

7. Why does Nobby Cranton return to Fenchurch St. Paul after his release from prison?

8. Why do Superintendent Blundell and Lord Peter suspect that the Thoday brothers may have been involved in the death of Jean Legros?

9. Why does Sir Henry Thorpe end up broke due to the theft of Lady Wilbraham's emerald necklace?

10. How well does Hilary Thorpe get along with her Uncle Edward?

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