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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the capital city of Ishmaelia?
2. What does the Boot family give up for the sake of the war effort in 1914?
3. How does Lord Copper intend to honor William Boot on his return to England?
4. What is unique about the stones William bought from Kätchen?
5. What regular Ishmaelite practice has kept the country from being colonized?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Though the novel is full of bizarre, extraordinary characters, perhaps the most strongly exaggerated and therefore striking character in Scoop is Mr. Baldwin. In a well-structured essay, analyze Mr. Baldwin by answering these questions:
1) What character traits set Mr. Baldwin apart from everyone else in the story?
2) By what actions does Mr. Baldwin demonstrate himself to be unlike the rest of the story's characters?
3) What is the significance of Mr. Baldwin to the satirical nature of the story?
Essay Topic 2
In a carefully developed analytical essay, define satire, explain how a work of fiction may be satirical, and then demonstrate how Evelyn Waugh's Scoop is a satirical novel. Which characters and actions are satirical in nature? What is satirized and how? How are the elements of satire (irony, sarcasm, exaggeration, contrast) employed by Waugh?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the Boot family in a thoughtful and carefully-structured essay, explaining how the individual members form a whole, and what role the family plays in the story. How do they contrast with the rest of the world that William faces? What do they represent for William, and how is this representation shown? On what is this representation founded?
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