Chapter LXII: A Bad Thing

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TEST PAPER V

UP TO THE END OF HISTORY

1. Sketch vaguely, with some reference to the facts: (1) The Southsea
Bubble, (2) The Ramillies Wig.

2. Would it have been a Good Thing if Wolfe had succeeded in writing
Gray’s Elegy instead of taking Quebec?

3. Analyse and distinguish between The Begums of Oudh. Would they
have been deceived by the Banana Sahib?

4. “An Army marches on its stomach” (Napoleon). Illustrate and
examine.

5. Account (loudly) for the success of Marshal Ney as a leader of
horse.

6A. “What a city to boot!”. Who said this, Wellington or Blücher or
Flora McNightingown?

6B. Did anybody say “I know that no one can save this country and
that nobody else can”? If not, who did say it?

7. Ruminate fearlessly on (1) Lord Cardigan, (2) Clapham.

8. Do not attempt to remember what Mr. Gladstone said in 1864 but
account for the paramountcy of (1) Milk Puddings, (2) Bags, in his
political career.

9. Comment _Quietly_ on (_a_) Tariff Reform.
(_b_) Mafeking Night.
(_c_) The Western Front.

10. Refrain from commenting on The Albert Memorial, The September
Massacres, The Dardanelles, The O.B.E., or any other subjects that
you consider too numerous to mention. (The better the fewer.)

11. Write not more than two lines on The Career of Napoleon
Buonaparte, _or_ The Acquisition of our Indian Empire _or_ The
Prime Ministers of England.

12. What price Glory?

N.B.--Do not on any account attempt to write on both sides of the paper at once.

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