“THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB.”
_Cambridge_, 1857.
1. Mention any occasions on which it is specified that the Fat Boy was
_not_ asleep; and that (1) Mr. Pickwick and (2) Mr. Weller, senr., ran.
Deduce from expressions used on one occasion Mr. Pickwick’s maximum of
speed.
2. Translate into coherent English, adding a note wherever a word, a
construction, or an allusion, requires it:
“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?