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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 food does Mrs. Venables serve Lord Peter and Bunter when she first meets them?
2. What decorative aspect of the church's roof impresses Lord Peter when he first glimpses it?
3. Who does Lord Peter think the man he sees on New Year's Day in Fenchurch St. Paul might be?
4. What is the weather like in the opening chapter of the book?
5. What does Potty Peak claim to have witnessed happening to Legros in the church?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do Superintendent Blundell and Lord Peter suspect that the Thoday brothers may have been involved in the death of Jean Legros?
2. What does the sluice-keeper complain about in the chapter entitled "Tailor Paul is Called Before With a Single," and what does his complaint foreshadow?
3. How well does Hilary Thorpe get along with her Uncle Edward?
4. Who is Potty Peake and how reliable is his testimony considered?
5. Why is Batty Thomas considered an unlucky bell?
6. Who does Potty Peake's claim to have seen in the church with Legros, and what does his claim imply and how reliable is it considered?
7. How does the pseudonym of Paul Taylor for the French letter's recipient reinforce the motif of the church bells?
8. What unique narrative techniques does Dorothy L. Sayers use in The Nine Tailors?
9. Why do the police believe Jeff Deacon is dead?
10. What story does Jenkins tell Lord Peter about a stolen emerald necklace?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast any three female characters in the novel. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
A number of red herrings appear in The Nine Tailors. Discuss at least three examples of red herrings from the novel.
Essay Topic 3
Each chapter in The Nine Tailors begins with an epigraph. Discuss the author's technique of using epigraphs to introduce her chapters. How do the epigraphs relate to the chapters they introduce? What do you think Dorothy L. Sayers intends to convey or accomplish through this technique? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
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