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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 Mr. Parker's profession?

2. How do the investigators know the dead man had lost his employment?

3. What does Peter's manservant ask him to purchase in Chapter 2?

4. Who is Mrs. Munns?

5. At what time did Thipps initially tell the police he came home?

Short Essay Questions

1. On what grounds does Peter decide Crimplesham cannot be the murderer of the man in the bathtub?

2. What is noted to have happened to the dead man in the bathtub after his death?

3. How does Thipps explain the bruise on his face in Chapter 1?

4. Whom does Peter wish to avoid when he first goes to Thipps' apartment?

5. Explain the disappearance case Parker is working on in Chapter 2, and some of the observations he has made.

6. What does Parker find written in Levy's diary in Chapter 5, and to whom do he and Peter assume Levy is referring?

7. What does Peter tell Bunter before he leaves to investigate at Thipps' apartment?

8. What does Bunter reveal in his photos in Chapter 4?

9. Upon arriving home in Chapter 2, what does Peter find Bunter has accomplished, and what does he offer Bunter?

10. In Chapter 3, what statement given by Thipps to the police was later contradicted by a servant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the genre of the novel "Whose Body?" This book is an example of what genre? What elements of this genre can be found in the novel? What are some other examples of famous works which belong to the same genre?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and interpret the protagonist of the novel, Lord Peter Wimsey. What are his defining characteristics? What are his interests and hobbies? Why is he interested in murder mysteries?

Essay Topic 3

Lord Peter Wimsey is an example of the gentleman detection archetype. What are the traits of this archetype? Why is Peter an example of this archetype? What other famous characters are also examples of this archetype?

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