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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 is Lord Rainsby?

2. Where has Bertie been invited for Christmas?

3. Who is the butler for Uncle Willoughby?

4. What does Sir Roderick suspect of Bertie?

5. What does Bertie feel like when submerged in the pond?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whom is Bingo Little in love with in Chapter 2?

2. Who wins the Sermon Handicap?

3. What is Bertie's plan for Bingo regarding Oswald?

4. Why does Tuppy Glossop not hear Bertie singing "Sonny Boy"?

5. What is the betting opportunity down in the country, at Twing Hall?

6. In contrast to Bertie's opinion of Honoria Glossop, what does Bingo Little think of her?

7. Once Bertie and Bingo no longer have an advantage in the Choir Boys' Handicap, what do they turn to for profit?

8. Whom is Bingo Little in love with in Chapter 3?

9. When Bertie runs into old Bittlesham on St. James Street, at the beginning of Chapter 10, why is the older man so shaken?

10. What does Aunt Agatha say is the slight snag in the marital plans of Honoria and Bertie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the use of names in this collection of stories? Go through the names that Wodehouse chooses for his characters. What do they reveal about the characters? Why are they funny? How does the author use nicknames? How is class identity shown through the names characters are given?

Essay Topic 2

Hyperbole is exaggeration in writing and is used in both comedy and drama. Show how Wodehouse uses hyperbole to heighten the comedy of these stories. Pick four concrete examples, explain why they are hyperbole, and analyze them in terms of what they do in the story.

Essay Topic 3

Wodehouse parodies the upper class mercilessly. In fact, during his lifetime, this parody was not appreciated by Britian's ruling class. What in these stories would offend an upper-class person? How would they feel about Jeeves being much more intelligent and powerful than his foppish master, Bertie? Would the upper-class reader be threatened by Jeeves?

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