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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. According to Reginald, in "Reginald on House-Parties", who does one never really know?

2. What, according to Clovis' host, is "becoming a habit" with Clovis?

3. What does Emily accuse all men of being?

4. What kind of dog does Olga keep?

5. Who asks Clovis if he was a matchmaker?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Mrs. Olston so protective of the buzzards and their eggs?

2. Why does Mrs. Packletide believe that she needs to kill a tiger in India?

3. Why does the Major, in "The Baker's Dozen," believe that if he and Mrs. Carewe would marry it would be unlucky?

4. Why does Clovis believe that oysters are "more beautiful than any religion"?

5. What begins the feud in "The Blood-Feud of Toad-Water"?

6. While looking for buried treasure, what does Vasco find?

7. What does Clovis do to insure that Jane has left before Dora shows up at his home?

8. What does Reginald state as the estimable qualities of Jews?

9. What does Reinald say one comes to know at a host's home?

10. What does the outing to kill a tiger actually cost Mrs. Packletide?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many of Saki's texts seem to have an unbelievable or an outrageous meaning. Which of the stories did you find the most unbelievable or outrageous? Why? What, specifically, gave the story its outrageous storyline?

Essay Topic 2

Given that Saki is male, and many of his main characters are male, what do you think Saki prided men upon? Do you think that he held a patriarchal idea in regard to society? Why/Why not? Support your answer using a combination of hypothetical and textual reasoning.

Essay Topic 3

Negligence was a theme that seemed to run rampant throughout the texts. Detail and describe three different instances where a character was negligent to react given the surroundings.

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