Decline and Fall Test | Final Test - Medium

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Decline and Fall Test | Final Test - Medium

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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. When Potts quits school for a new job, his father
(a) Encourages him heartily.
(b) Does not approve.
(c) Congratulates him.
(d) Disowns him.

2. Official papers are signed that say
(a) Dingy is actually a nurse.
(b) The surgeon was too drunk to operate.
(c) Paul died under anesthesia.
(d) A girl died under anesthesia.

3. Paul seems to believe now in
(a) Taking chances.
(b) Being adventurous.
(c) Fate.
(d) Being static.

4. The author wants us to deduce that Otto Silenus is
(a) A talented artist.
(b) Warm and friendly.
(c) A traditional architect.
(d) Cold and inhuman.

5. Why do the officials in France laugh at Paul's comment about the absurdity of the League of Nations?
(a) Because they know he is going to jail.
(b) Because they feel the same.
(c) Because the ladies have turned him in.
(d) Because he is incredibly naive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Returning to Scone college in disguise, Paul learns that

2. At Egdon Heath, the convicts recently heard a lecture delivered by

3. What can we assume about Paul's friend, Potts, at this point?

4. Margot asks Paul to help the young women she is sending to Rio, because

5. After the interviews, Paul and Margot go to lunch and see

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Paul fit into Silenus' description of the wheel of life?

2. Discuss Dr. Fagan's current state of affairs at Llanabba.

3. Margot Beste-Chetwynde had been at King's Thursday only once before she purchased the property many years later. Discuss that visit.

4. On whom can we blame the death of Prendergast?

5. Sir Wilfred Lucas-Dockery represents a certain type of character in Waugh's coterie of nuts. Describe him.

6. Briefly, discuss how Paul escapes the prison at Egdon-Heath.

7. The author gives us a clear glimpse of Pennyfeather's future at the end of this chapter. Discuss this seemingly awkwardly-placed revelation.

8. What is Peter Beste-Chetwynde doing at Scone College? How does Paul feel about him?

9. Why do you suppose Potts is intercepting Margot's interviewees across the street as they leave her residence?

10. Describe the trait in Paul Pennyfeather that makes him ask Alistair Digby-Vaine-Trumpington to be his best man.

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