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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 kind of mines does Mr. Penricarde own?

2. What is the name of the Mullets' daughter that Mr. Penricarde admires?

3. Who "harms" the buzzards at the end of "The Forbidden Buzzards"?

4. What food passion does the Royal duchess have?

5. What is wrong with Vanessa Pennington's husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Reginald refuse to learn Russian geography at school?

2. What is the "only consolation" that the condemned man asks for?

3. What does Reginald state about hors d'oeuvres?

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

5. Why is Mrs. Mullet unhappy that Mr Penricarde had purchased the Brogue?

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

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

8. According to the Duchess in "Reginald at the Theater," what are the things "you can't get away from"?

9. Name at least two things that the narrator finds offensive that Reginald does at the McKillops' garden party.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The section titled "The Square Egg" showed a very different side of Saki. Why do you think that the writings from this section were so different from the other sections? How did the happenings in Saki's life at this point change his writing? What seemed to be his focus?

Essay Topic 2

Many of Saki's writings included some type of humor. Humor seemed to be a way for Saki to engage the reader in an otherwise mundane storyline. Find three examples of humor in a text that depended upon humor. Explain why the humor was necessary, what type of humor was used and what the result of the humor had on the text itself.

Essay Topic 3

Saki used many literary techniques in his writing. Chose a literary technique that you believe was prevalent in many of the texts. Describe Saki's use of the technique in at least three of his stories. What is the technique? What was the story? How was it used?

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