2. Why was fifty dollars
a week not enough for Mr. Kenneth Stockton
to live on? Explain three
ways in which he augmented his income.
3. What is a “colyumist”? Give one notorious example.
4. Comment on Don Marquis’s attitude toward
(a) vers libre poets
(b) beefsteak and onions
(c) the cut of his trousers (Explain in detail)
(d) The Republican Party
5. Who is Robert Cortes Holliday, and for what is he notable?
6. Where was Vachel Lindsay
fumigated, and why? 7. Who is “The Head
of the Firm”?
8. How much money did the author spend on cider in July, 1911?
9. Who was Denis Dulcet, and what did he die of?
10. When did William McFee live in Nutley, and why?
11. How are the works
of Harold Bell Wright most useful in Kings,
Long Island?
12. Where is Strychnine,
and what makes it so fascinating to the
tourist? Explain
(a) The Gin Palace
(b) Kurdmeister
(c) unedifying Zollverein
13. What time did Mr. Simmons get home?
14. What is a “rarefied
and azure-pedalled precinct?” Give three
examples.
15. Who are the Dioscuri of Seamen, and what do they do?
16. How many pipes a
day do sensible men smoke? Describe the ideal
conditions for a morning pipe.
17. When did Mr. Blackwell light the furnace?
18. Name four American writers who are stout enough to be a credit to the profession. 19. “The fumes of the hearty butcher’s evening meal ascend the stair in vain.” Explain this. Who was the butcher? Why “in vain”?
20. In what order of
the Animal Kingdom does Mr. Pearsall Smith
classify himself?
21. “I hope he
fell on the third rail.” Explain, and give
the
context. Who was “he,”
and why did he deserve this fate?
22. Who was “Mr.
Loomis,” and why did he leave his clothes lying
about the floor?
28. What are the Poetry Society dinners doing to Vachel Lindsay?
24. Why should the Literary
Pawnbroker be on his guard against Mr.
Richard Le Gallienne?
25. What is the American
House of Lords? Who are “our prosperous
carnivora”? Why
do they wear white margins inside their waistcoats?
26. What is minestrone? Name three ingredients.
27. What are “publisher’s readers,” and why do they smoke pipes?
28. What was the preacher’s advice to George Fox?
29. Give three reasons
why Mr. Gerald Stanley Lee will not like this
book.
30. Why should one wish
to grasp Drs. Oppenheimer and Gottlieb by
the hand?