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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. What does Peter realize he has forgotten and must return home for in Chapter 1?
(a) His pocket watch.
(b) His hat.
(c) His catalog.
(d) His wallet.

2. Whom does Freke ask to speak to after the proceedings in Chapter 6?
(a) Peter.
(b) Parker.
(c) Mr. Thipps.
(d) Sugg.

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

4. Where does the police inspector emerge from as Peter leaves the architect's residence?
(a) A telephone booth.
(b) A police car.
(c) A neighbor's house.
(d) An ambulance.

5. In Chapter 2, how has Peter's manservant made out at the auction?
(a) He never made it to the auction due to traffic.
(b) He has failed to purchase anything for Peter.
(c) He has purchased what Peter wanted at a low price.
(d) He has overspent at the auction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What cripples Mr. Crimplesham?

2. Who does Arbuthnot want to marry?

3. What was the only thing worn by the body the architect found?

4. What was Levy's wife's first name?

5. Who does Peter believe the police inspector suspects in the murder?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whom does Peter wish to avoid when he first goes to Thipps' apartment?

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

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

4. Upon arriving home in Chapter 2, what does Peter find Bunter has accomplished, and what does he offer Bunter?

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

6. What does Peter learn from his meeting with the Honorable Freddy Arbuthnot?

7. Why did Parker take an interest when he heard a nude corpse has turned up in the Thipps' bathtub?

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

9. What clues lead Parker and Peter to believe that the dead man in the bathtub had recently lost his employment?

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

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