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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 kind of person does Peter suspect committed the murder in Chapter 9?

2. How does Freke describe the way in which he arranged the body in the bathtub?

3. According to Anderson, how had Levy seemed on the night of his disappearance?

4. Whom had Levy been seen talking to in Battersea Park on the night of his disappearance?

5. According to Parker, why is Sugg overlooking the fibers found on the roof?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Dowager say when Parker arrives at Peter's house in Chapter 9?

2. What does Parker tell Peter about Peruvian oil stock in Chapter 7?

3. Why did Freke put glasses on the body?

4. What are the important clues that Peter mentions after looking at Freke's latest book in Chapter 8?

5. What does Peter doubt in Chapter 12?

6. Why does Peter feel guilty about his role in the investigations in Chapter 7?

7. How do Peter and Parker extract some valuable information from Piggot?

8. What health problem does Peter share with Freke in Chapter 11? What does Freke advise Peter to do?

9. What does Peter do once he believes he has identified the killer in Chapter 8?

10. How does Peter initially deal with the lunch with Lady Swaffham in Chapter 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyst Sayers' use of suspense in the novel. When does she create a suspenseful mood? Why does she do this? How does she do this?

Essay Topic 2

Peter enjoys detective work. He does detective work as a hobby rather than a job, as it would be improper for him to do work of this nature. What does Peter enjoy about detective work? How does he go about doing detective work when he is not an official detective? How does his attitude towards this line of work compare to the attitude of Parker?

Essay Topic 3

Lord Peter Wimsey is an example of the gentleman detection archetype. What are the traits of this archetype? Why is Peter an example of this archetype? What other famous characters are also examples of this archetype?

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