"Mr. Know-All" by W. Somerset Maugham

1. What is the setting of this story? Is it important to the story? Why?
2. What sort of things does Max Kelada do that gets him labelled as "Mr. Know-All"?
3. Why didn't Mrs. Ramsay want Mr. Kelada to look at her pearls?
4. Did your opinion of Max Kelada change by the end of the story? How?
5. What do you think happened by the end of the story, from the dinner party to the end of the tale? Use evidence from the story to support your answer.
6. What is the theme, or message in this story?
7. What literary devices are used in this story? Provide examples to support your answers.

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