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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 bird, according to "Birds on the Western Front," is attracted to the rats and mice?
2. What kind of caravan does Elaine pass as she is out riding her horse?
3. What is the last thing Dmitri does in the story?
4. What do Francesca's enemies know of her to lack?
5. What suggested Dimitri's "death" for Dr. Stronetz?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Dr. Stronetz suggest to Dimitri regarding a speedy death? ("The Death Trap.")
2. What do some of the boys tell Lancelot Chetrof his punishment will be for missing football practice?
3. What does Saki say he will do about giving the poultry farmer a loan to get back his hens?
4. What does the poultry farmer say that he has done to solve the round problem of eggs?
5. What were the demands of Mrs. Umberleigh's "captives" regarding her ransom? ("The Disappearance of Crispina Umberleigh.")
6. Where does Jane lose her niece Louise?
7. What does Dimitri plan to do because of his illness? ("The Death Trap.")
8. What is the irony regarding Dr. Stronetz's plan to save Dimitri's life? ("The Death Trap.")
9. What is the legend surrounding the castle in "The Wolves of Cernogratz"?
10. What was to happen on the day that Mrs. Umberleigh disappeared?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Based upon the research and study of Saki and his works, what did you learn about Saki as a person? What did his writing allow you to divulge about him? What kind of person do you see him to be? What are his characteristics? What do you believe were his strengths? His weaknesses? Why?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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.
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