“Go on, Jemmy—like black-eyed Susan—all in the Downs”—“Smart chap that
cabman—handled his fives well—but if I’d been your friend in the green
jemmy—punch his head—pig’s whisper—pieman, too.”
Elucidate the expression, “the Spanish Traveller,” and the “narcotic
bedstead.”
3. Who were Mr. Staple, Goodwin, Mr. Brooks, Villam, Mrs. Bunkin, “old
Nobs,” “cast-iron head,” “young Bantam?”
4. What operation was performed on Tom Smart’s chair? Who little thinks
that in which pocket, of what garment, in where, he has left what,
entreating him to return to whom, with how many what, and all how big?
5. Give, approximately, the height of Mr. Dubbley; and, accurately, the
Christian names of Mr. Grummer, Mrs. Raddle, and the fat Boy; also the
surname of the Zephyr.
6. “Mr. Weller’s knowledge of London was extensive and peculiar.”
Illustrate this by a reference to the facts.
7. Describe the Rebellion which had irritated Mr. Nupkins on the day of
Mr. Pickwick’s arrest?
8. Give in full Samuel Weller’s first compliment to Mary, and his
father’s critique upon the same young lady. What church was on the
valentine that first attracted Mr. Samuel’s eye in the shop?
9. Describe the common Profeel-machine.
10. State the component parts of dog’s nose; and simplify the expression
“taking a grinder.”
11. On finding his principal in the pound, Mr. Weller and the
town-beadle varied directly. Show that the latter was ultimately
eliminated, and state the number of rounds in the square which is not
described.
12. “Any think for air and exercise; as the wery old donkey observed ven
they yoke him up from his deathbed to carry ten gen’lmen to Greenwich in
a tax-cart.” Illustrate this by stating any remark recorded in the
Pickwick Papers to have been made by a (previously) dumb animal, with the
circumstances under which he made it.
13. What kind of cigars did Mr. Ben Allen chiefly smoke, and where did
he knock and take naps alternately, under the impression that it was his
home?
14. What was the ordinary occupation of Mr. Sawyer’s boy? whence did Mr.
Allen derive the idea that there was a special destiny between Mr. S. and
Arabella?
15. Describe Weller’s Method of “gently indicating his presence” to the
young lady in the garden; and the Form of Salutation usual among the
coachmen of the period.
16. State any incidents you know in the career of Tom Martin, butcher,
previous to his incarceration.
17. Give Weller’s Theories for the extraction of Mr. Pickwick from the
Fleet. Where was his wife’s will found?
18. How did the old lady make a memorandum, and of what, at whist? Show
that there were at least three times as many fiddles as harps in
Muggleton at the time of the ball at Manor Farm.
19. What is a red-faced Nixon?
20. Write down the chorus to each verse of Mr. S. Weller’s song, and a
sketch of the mottle-faced man’s excursus on it. Is there any ground for
conjecturing that he (Sam) had more brothers than one?
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