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.