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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 does Sugg decline to answer questions about in Chapter 6?

2. Who informed the police that Thipps actually came home just before midnight?

3. Where does Crimplesham say he lost his glasses?

4. Where did Mr. Thipps go with a friend the night before the body appeared in his bathtub?

5. Where does Mr. Reuben Levy reside?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Peter's mother tell him on the telephone in Chapter 1?

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

3. What happens when Peter voices a wish to be more involved with the investigation of the dead man in the bathtub?

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

5. What does Peter tell Bunter before he leaves to investigate at Thipps' apartment?

6. What does Parker find written in Levy's diary in Chapter 5, and to whom do he and Peter assume Levy is referring?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the British class system of the 1920s. What class is Peter a part of? What is the class of the other principal characters members? How does the class system come into play during the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of disguise in the novel "Whose Body?" What are some examples of disguise in the novel? What are the reasons for these disguises? How do Peter and the other investigators discover the disguises?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Sayers' use of humor in the novel. What kind of humor does she use? What does Sayers' poke fun at? What are some examples of Sayers' use of humor during darker moments? Why might Sayers have decided to use humor at this time?

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