What prominent traits of Scott's character can be traced to his
ancestors (pp. 9, 10)?
How did he regard the members of his clan, especially the chief (pp. 19,
20)?
What characteristic is represented in his refusal to learn Latin and
Greek at school?
What was his own method of obtaining an education? In what did he become
proficient (p. 12)?
How did he regard his legal studies? How did they benefit him in his
later work?
How was he first interested in ballad-writing?
Tell of the composition, publication, and popularity of his first poems
(pp. 20 ff.).
In what business venture did he become involved, and what was the final
outcome? What defect in his character is it charged that his business
relations brought to light (pp. 24, 25)?
Tell of the composition of his novels. Why were they published
incognito?
What can you say of his last years and his struggle to pay off the debts
incurred by his connection with Ballantyne?