'Lucky Jim' By Kingsley Amis

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1. What is Jim's surname? Nixon Dixon Jackson Robertson

2. Jim teaches history in a university. What is the surname of the professor who is the head of his department? Welch Wills Walsh Willis

3. The professor has two sons. One is a painter: the other, not seen till the end of the novel, is a writer. What are their first names? Bertram and Michael Bartholomew and Miles Bernard and Marcel Bertrand and Michel

4. Who is Catchpole? The local mayor The vice-chancellor of the university Margaret Peel's ex-boyfriend One of Jim's students

5. What is the name of the editor to whom Jim submits his article on 'The Economic Influence of the Developments in Shipbuilding Techniques, 1450 to 1485'? A. S. Paton W. S. Cato C. S. Layton L. S. Caton

6. What is the name of the girl whom Jim successfully woos away from the professor's son? Cynthia Calloway Caroline Cavendish Christine Callaghan Catherine Cookson

7. What is the subject (chosen by the professor) of the lecture which Jim delivers at the end-of-term College Open Week? Answer: (Two Words - M***** E******)

8. Jim is sacked from the university after the fiasco of his lecture, but he is immediately offered another job. Where? In Julius Gore-Urquhart's office On a TV comedy show At Oxford On the staff of a satirical journal

9. The novel ends with Jim on the way to the station with his girl to catch the London train. Outside a tea-shop they see the professor's family. Why does Jim burst out laughing at the professor and his son? They're drunk They're wearing each other's hats They're spattered with bolognese sauce after a meal of spaghetti They can't get their car started

10. Who played Jim in the Boulting Brothers' 1957 film of 'Lucky Jim'? Terry-Thomas Ian Carmichael Peter Sellers Dennis Price