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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. Why does Milligan agree to see Peter?
(a) Peter is a 'Lord'.
(b) Peter offers him dinner.
(c) Peter threatens to have him arrested.
(d) Peter puts on an American accent.

2. What is Peter's manservant named?
(a) Brown.
(b) Bolton.
(c) Bunter.
(d) Bullmer.

3. What does Peter note about Milligan's head?
(a) It is bleeding.
(b) It is bruised just like Thipps'.
(c) It is too large for Levy's hat.
(d) It is sweating.

4. Why was there an outcry when Levy's wife decided to marry him?
(a) He was poor.
(b) He was Jewish.
(c) He was an American.
(d) He was an ex-convict.

5. How do the investigators know the dead man had lost his employment?
(a) He looks underfed.
(b) His fingernails are long.
(c) His calluses are softening.
(d) He has bags under his eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Peter tell Milligan his mother is planning in Chapter 4?

2. What does Julian Freke speculate could have inspired an attack on the man in the bathtub?

3. Who is the first arrested in connection with the dead man's murder?

4. Which of the following is NOT characteristic of the discovered corpse?

5. What had happened to the dead man after he died?

Short Essay Questions

1. What motive does Peter think Milligan could have for harming Levy?

2. What does Peter's mother tell Peter about Reuben Levy's wife Christine?

3. At the inquest, what does Thipps explain he did on the night before the body appeared in his bathroom?

4. How does Thipps explain the bruise on his face in Chapter 1?

5. How do Peter and Parker conclude that the body in the bathtub is not Reuben Levy?

6. What does Bunter reveal in his photos in Chapter 4?

7. Why does Peter suggest that the killer is smart and cool under pressure?

8. Where is Lord Peter Wimsey at the beginning of the novel, and why does he find he needs to return home?

9. Why does Thomas Crimplesham write to Peter in Chapter 5? What was in the letter?

10. At the inquest, what does the servant Gladys admit she did on the night before the body appeared in the Thipps' bathroom?

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