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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 Peter's manservant ask him to purchase in Chapter 2?

2. What is the name of Crimplesham's junior partner?

3. Where did the architect discover a body?

4. How did Mr. Thipps get the bruise on his face?

5. What makes Parker think the killer is cool under pressure?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain the disappearance case Parker is working on in Chapter 2, and some of the observations he has made.

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

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

5. What is characteristic of a set of fingerprints found in Levy's house in Chapter 5?

6. What is noted to have happened to the dead man in the bathtub after his death?

7. In Chapter 4, based on the evidence found at Levy's home, what do Peter and Parker deduce happened the night before Levy's disappearance was discovered?

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

9. On what grounds does Peter decide Crimplesham cannot be the murderer of the man in the bathtub?

10. How is the body discovered to have been moved into the bathroom in Chapter 4?

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

Analyze the conclusion of the novel "Whose Body?" What happens at the end of the novel? Is it a happy ending? Why or why not? Who is the murderer? Is this surprising?

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