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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 architect which the caller tells Peter about in Chapter 1 working on?

2. Where did the architect discover a body?

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

4. What had happened to the dead man after he died?

5. Who is on the telephone for Lord Wimsey when he returns home?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the inquest, what does the servant Gladys admit she did on the night before the body appeared in the Thipps' bathroom?

2. What does Peter's mother tell him on the telephone in Chapter 1?

3. What does Peter's mother tell Peter about Reuben Levy's wife Christine?

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

5. How is the body discovered to have been moved into the bathroom in Chapter 4?

6. What motive does Peter think Milligan could have for harming Levy?

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

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

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

10. Why did Parker take an interest when he heard a nude corpse has turned up in the Thipps' bathtub?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of disguise in the novel "Whose Body?" What are some examples of disguise in the novel? What are the reasons for these disguises? How do Peter and the other investigators discover the disguises?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and interpret the secondary characters of the novel. Why might Peter or the other investigators have suspected them of murder at times? What motives could these characters have had for murder? Which characters bring a comedic element to the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the British class system of the 1920s. What class is Peter a part of? What is the class of the other principal characters members? How does the class system come into play during the novel?

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