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?

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.