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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. How does Chips describe the Edwardian decade which followed Queen Victoria's death?

2. How did Chips cause controversy in Chapter 10?

3. How many Brookfield students died in the Battle of the Somme?

4. What began to spring up quite near to Brookfield in 1915?

5. In Chapter 10, what event is mentioned as having been witnessed by Chips and Katherine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Chips do in his retirement? What was a topic of conversation at many dinners that Chips attended?

2. What troubled a student named Grayson in Chapter 10?

3. What does Chips still have memorized in Chapter 9?

4. What troubles did Chatteris tell Chips about in Chapter 13?

5. In Chapter 13, what would Chips sit and listen to every Saturday night?

6. What did Chatteris ask Chips to do since many younger teachers were away fighting in the War?

7. What did Chips and Headmaster Ralston argue about in Chapter 11?

8. When did Chips arrive at the decision to retire?

9. In Chapter 10, what event does Chips recall witnessing? What did it make him consider about England's future?

10. In Chapter 16, what does Chips note that he enjoys doing in winter and summer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is irony? What are some examples of irony in the novel "Good-bye, Mr. Chips"? How do those examples affect the tone of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss at least three of the different historical events mentioned in the novel, and their connection to the characters in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the death motif in the novel, "Good-bye, Mr. Chips". Who dies in the novel? How was Chips affected by those deaths? How do those deaths affect the tone of the novel?

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