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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. At the beginning of Chapter 4, when does the blow fall?

2. How does Bertie describe Jeeves' manner of walking?

3. What type of suit would Jeeves prefer Bertie wear?

4. How does Jeeves describe Bertie to the temporary valet replacement?

5. Who is Mrs. Spenser Gregson?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the Sermon Handicap favorite?

2. Who is, surprisingly, part of the revolutionary group Heralds of the Red Dawn?

3. How does the hot water bottle in Sir Roderick Glossop's bed get punctured twice?

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

5. How does Jeeves come to apply for the valet position?

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

7. As his present fiance, Honoria makes a request that shocks Bertie to the core. What is it?

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

9. Who is Jeeves?

10. What does Aunt Agatha send Bertie off to East Dulwich to do after hearing that her brother wants to marry a waitress?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Wodehouse loves to use literary allusions. Find several in the book and analyze them. Discuss the choice to have Bertie, a relatively negligible person with very little literary knowledge, narrate the book.

Essay Topic 2

Contrast the written dialogue of Bertie and Jeeves. What are the characteristics of Bertie's speech? Find three of the best examples of things only Bertie could/would say. What are the characteristics of Jeeves' dialogue? Find three examples of specifically Jeeves-like dialogue. Contrast and compare the two men verbally.

Essay Topic 3

Farce must have a fast and intricate plot. Chose one of the stories in the book, and plot the twists and turns of the story. Show how Wodehouse constructed the plot to move faster and faster. Show how the obstacles are thrown in and what surprising turns the plot takes.

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