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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 souvenirs had the Oxford boys picked up in London?

2. What, according to Bertie, is the essence of rescue?

3. How does Bertie describe Jeeves upon meeting him at the door for the first time?

4. Where does Bertie live?

5. Whom is Bertie engaged to in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Comrade Butt find out the real identity of Bingo Little?

2. What are the Heralds of the Red Dawn doing in the park?

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

4. What is it that Jeeves does upon arrival that endears him to Bertie?

5. What does Bittlesham's worry cause him to do in terms of his nephew, Bingo?

6. What does Bertie do to assure that the young Master Blumenfeld is happy about Bobbie Wickham's mother's play?

7. What does Jeeves serve Sir Roderick for lunch, and why?

8. What is the disguise that Bingo Little has worked up for himself so that he can pretend to be a Bolshevist?

9. Who wins the Sermon Handicap?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This collection of short stories is presented as a book.

What are the themes that tie the short stories together and make it a cohesive collection of tales? What characters carry through many of the episodes? What is the overarching story told by the smaller episodes?

Essay Topic 2

Stock characters are a strong part of this book. Describe at least five characters and assign a type to them. Discuss why these types are so effective in a story with Bertie as the protagonist.

Essay Topic 3

What is the style of writing that Wodehouse chooses for this book? Relate this to his famous quote: "I believe there are two ways of writing novels. One is mine, making a sort of musical comedy without music and ignoring real life altogether; the other is going right down deep into life and not caring a damn."

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