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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. Who does Biff plan to see when he returns home?

2. Where do Biff, Bertie, and Jeeves meet?

3. What does Rocky say he does until five o'clock most days?

4. Which of Rocky's aunts sends him a letter in "The Aunt and the Sluggard"?

5. What is Rocky's vocation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Dr. Glossop turns up at the Pringles' house?

2. Why did Dr. Glossop end Bertie's engagement to his daughter?

3. What advice does Bertie give Sippy in order to avoid his relatives?

4. Who is Heloise Pringle?

5. What does Jeeves do, which confuses Bertie?

6. What does Aunt Isabel think of Bertie when she arrives at his flat?

7. What scheme does Bertie come up with to help Freddie win Elizabeth back?

8. What solution does Jeeves come up with so that Sippy's aunt doesn't find out he hasn't visited his family?

9. What does Bertie realize about Sippy's distant relatives?

10. How does Sippy's aunt react to the news of Sippy's incarceration?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Wodehouse's use of the older wealthy relative character. Why does Wodehouse include so many older relatives, particularly aunts and uncles? What might he be conveying to the reader?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss love and romance in Wodehouse's short stories. Is romance and love often a focus of his stories? What are some examples of stories which center around the romance of the protagonist and his love interest?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss humor in "Carry on, Jeeves". How is humor used? What types of comedy are present? Does Wodehouse approach all of his short stories in the same humorous manner?

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