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'Lucky Jim' By Kingsley Amis

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"A few questions on Kingsley Amis's first and possibly funniest novel."


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


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


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
    Bertrand and Michel
    Bernard and Marcel
    Bartholomew and Miles


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


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?
    Caroline Cavendish
    Christine Callaghan
    Catherine Cookson
    Cynthia Calloway


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 can't get their car started
    They're spattered with bolognese sauce after a meal of spaghetti
    They're wearing each other's hats


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


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