'Lucky Jim' By Kingsley Amis

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

2. Jim teaches history in a university. What is the surname of the professor who is the head of his department? Walsh Welch Wills 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 Bertrand and Michel Bernard and Marcel Bartholomew and Miles

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

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'? W. S. Cato A. S. Paton L. S. Caton C. S. Layton

6. What is the name of the girl whom Jim successfully woos away from the professor's son? Christine Callaghan Catherine Cookson Caroline Cavendish 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? At Oxford On the staff of a satirical journal On a TV comedy show In Julius Gore-Urquhart's office

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 Dennis Price Peter Sellers Ian Carmichael