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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. What is the breakfast that fortifies Bertie in Chapter 6?

2. Where has Bertie been invited for Christmas?

3. What does the Duke of Ramfurline believe he is?

4. What is the name of Uncle Willoughby's book?

5. What does Sir Roderick NOT partake of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who in the family may have inherited Uncle Henry's eccentricities?

2. Who is Bingo Little's rival when it comes to Charlotte Rowbotham?

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

4. How does Bertie deduce that Uncle George is planning to marry?

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

6. When Jeeves is going on a vacation, he finds a temporary replacement. What does he tell the replacement about Bertie?

7. Where had Bertie and Jeeves met the father and son team of the Blumenfelds previously?

8. Why did Prudence Baxter end up winning the egg and spoon race?

9. What is it about Bertie that inspires brainy girls like Honoria and Florence to try to turn him into a better, smarter man?

10. What is the reaction of the crowd when Tuppy comes out to sing "Sonny Boy"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The central relationship in this book is between Bertie and Jeeves. In Chapter 1, Jeeves is introduced for the first time. Wodehouse writes many short stories and novels about these two, and they have become a classic pair in literature (and later in the television version).

How does P.G. Wodehouse introduce Jeeves? What is the relationship that is immediately set up? What does Bertie think of Jeeves? What sort of first impression does he have? How does this set up the rest of the stories?

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

A protagonist is one who undergoes some change. Jeeves is a fully formed and never-changing character, so it follows that Bertie must be the protagonist in the book.

What changes does Bertie undergo? What is Bertie's story line? What challenges does he face? How does Bertie overcome the challenges? Is he a true protagonist? Does he have any real shift of perception, or is he simply a one-dimensional comic figure?

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