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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. Who informed the police that Thipps actually came home just before midnight?
2. What is Mr. Levy said to be fastidious about?
3. What does Bunter organize in the kitchen at Levy's house?
4. What does Peter say of the killer in Chapter 3?
5. What makes Parker think the killer is cool under pressure?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Parker find written in Levy's diary in Chapter 5, and to whom do he and Peter assume Levy is referring?
2. What happens when Peter voices a wish to be more involved with the investigation of the dead man in the bathtub?
3. At the inquest, what does the servant Gladys admit she did on the night before the body appeared in the Thipps' bathroom?
4. How is the body discovered to have been moved into the bathroom in Chapter 4?
5. At the inquest, what does Thipps explain he did on the night before the body appeared in his bathroom?
6. What does Peter's mother tell Peter about Reuben Levy's wife Christine?
7. Where is Lord Peter Wimsey at the beginning of the novel, and why does he find he needs to return home?
8. Why does Thomas Crimplesham write to Peter in Chapter 5? What was in the letter?
9. What clues lead Parker and Peter to believe that the dead man in the bathtub had recently lost his employment?
10. Whom does Peter wish to avoid when he first goes to Thipps' apartment?
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
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?
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