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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. The wedding between Paul and Margot promises to be
(a) Ostentatious.
(b) Refined.
(c) Tasteful.
(d) Intimate.
2. Wilfred Lucas-Dockery forces Paul to
(a) Socialize more with the wardens.
(b) Go into serious therapy.
(c) Gradually begin to socialize with other prisoners.
(d) Start an arts and crafts project.
3. Not surpisingly, Paul runs into his old friend,
(a) Grimes.
(b) Prendy.
(c) Potts.
(d) Dr. Fagan.
4. When Paul presses Potts about his line of work, Potts
(a) Admits he is doing divorce shadowing.
(b) Lies and says he is with the League of Nations.
(c) Admits he is a spy for the government.
(d) Lies and claims he works with sea life.
5. Professor Silenus decides to stay on at Margot's house, since
(a) He has no money.
(b) He wants to wait for Margot.
(c) He is sleeping better.
(d) He has no ambition.
Short Answer Questions
1. After the interviews, Paul and Margot go to lunch and see
2. Grimes escapes prison under a cloud of
3. When Potts arrives, on Grimes' trail, Paul
4. Again, Paul is living the good life now, as
5. Young Peter, in his drunkenness, seems a bit
Short Essay Questions
1. When Margot announces her upcoming marriage to Maltravers, what is Paul's reaction?
2. Grimes has supposedly met with a terrible death in the bogs. Does Paul mourn his passing?
3. Margot Beste-Chetwynde had been at King's Thursday only once before she purchased the property many years later. Discuss that visit.
4. As they approach King's Thursday, Paul seems to be in reverie. What do his daydreams mean?
5. What is Paul's response to the mysterious diagnosis, the trip to the hospital and his freedom?
6. The author gives us a clear glimpse of Pennyfeather's future at the end of this chapter. Discuss this seemingly awkwardly-placed revelation.
7. What comparable trait can be said to be possessed by both Margot and Grimes?
8. Sir Wilfred Lucas-Dockery represents a certain type of character in Waugh's coterie of nuts. Describe him.
9. How is Paul given the news of Prendergast's death?
10. Describe the trait in Paul Pennyfeather that makes him ask Alistair Digby-Vaine-Trumpington to be his best man.
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