Some sample questions from this category:
* In chapter 31 Mr. Pickwick, along with Sam and his personal lawyer Perker, go to converse with the attorney assigned to defend Pickwick. What is this rather disinterested fellow's name?
* Sam Weller writes a charming 'walentine' to his dear Mary in chapter 33. After a bit of thought on the issue, and some discussion with his father, how does he sign his love letter?
* During the trial, which friend of Pickwick, through his complete ineptness, ends up hurting Pickwick's case?
* The most entertaining testimony during the trial comes from the inimitable Sam Weller. When asked whether he spells his name with a 'W' or a 'V', what is his first response?
* What are the damages awarded to Mrs. Bardell in the case?
* Very fortunately, we are reintroduced to Sam Weller's love Mary in chapter 39. She is now in the service of another charming lady, Arabella Allen. In which town, near Bath, has Arabella Allen taken up residence?
* What gadget of Pickwick's provokes the curiosity of the 'scientific gentleman' in chapter 39?
* Pickwick finds himself sadly on his way to the Fleet debtor's prison in chapter 40. In the process of entering the prison, Sam Weller (faithfully at Pickwick's side) creates a clever new twist on which Latin law term?
* What is the name of the 'turnkey' who first guides Pickwick through the dank Fleet prison?
* Which of these individuals or groups does not come to the Fleet to visit either Sam or Pickwick?
* When we meet Pickwick's accuser Mrs. Bardell again in chapter 46, which of these married couples is visiting her at her home?
* Mrs. Bardell, in an interesting twist of events, joins Pickwick and Sam in the Fleet in chapter 46 thanks to her erstwhile lawyers Dodson and Fogg. What is the name of the document that allows them to enforce this maneuver?
* Whose words finally convince Pickwick to end his stay in the Fleet?
* What is the full title of "The Pickwick Papers"?
* Which of the following gentlemen was NOT one of Pickwick's travelling friends?
* What was the name of Mr Pickwick's landlady?
* In which year was the book originally published?
* What is the name of the bullying red-faced lawyer in the novel?
* Which place inspired Dickens to write the story?
* What article of dress characterises Mr Pickwick?
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