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1. As the Pickwickians set off in chapter two, they run into a pugnacious and paranoid cab driver who challenges the entire lot of them to a fight. To the rescue comes Mr. Jingle, with whom we are not immediately introduced by name. By what color coat is this 'tall, thin young man' identified in this opening scene?
2. To which small town are the Pickwickians off to in the second chapter?
3. Within this second chapter we see the first act of chicanery from Mr. Jingle. Jingle angers a certain doctor, who fancies himself the toast of the town, by dancing with a widow with whom the doctor has been sharing his attention. The bellicose doctor publicly challenges Jingle, who seems emotionally unmoved by the affair. What is the name of this angry doctor?
4. The belligerent doctor, so put out by Jingle's behavior, proposes a duel the following morning. However, Jingle has committed an additional act of trickery. It seems he is wearing the jacket of one of the Pickwickians which has on it a button labeled 'P.C.' Hence, the doctor's servant is sent not to see Jingle but rather to meet which unwitting member of the Pickwick Club?
5. In chapter three, we are regaled with the first of many short tales within the novel. What is the tale called here, as told by a fellow with the unfortunate moniker 'Dismal Jemmy'?
6. Chapter four includes the introduction of the Wardle family, the patriarch being a friend of Mr. Tracy Tupman, one of our faithful Pickwickians. We also meet with the servant boy of the Wardle family, a slothful boy who goes by what given name?
7. While dining with the Wardles, Mr. Tracy Tupman takes a strong liking to one of Mr. Wardle's beautiful daughters.
8. Chapter five now and our friends are riding to Manor Farm, Dingley Dell. What unfortunate incident befalls the Pickwickian friends on their way to this destination?
9. The Pickwickians make it out to the Wardles' country house after an exhilaratingly long walk. After freshening up they are reunited with the Wardle family, including the charming old mother of Mr. Wardle. From what disability does she suffer?
10. The Wardles play host not only to the Pickwick Club members, but also to an old clergyman who, in chapter six, enlightens the club members with a tale about a man named John Edmunds. John Edmunds is most aptly described as which of these?
11. Dingley Dell has a cricket match against another local town in chapter seven. To which other team do they lose, badly, in this game of cricket?
12. The old mother Wardle is witness to the scandalous kissing incident involving Mr. Tupman in the Wardle family garden (chapter eight).
13. Of Isabella or Emily, which of the two Wardle daughters captures the affection of Mr. Trundle?
14. After Mr. Jingle's machinations in Dingley Dell, a wonderful chase scene commences (chapter nine). Pickwick and the very angry Mr. Wardle finally catch up with Jingle and the mesmerized Rachael (who has been taken in by Jingle) in London. Through the negotiations of Pickwick's obsequious lawyer, Jingle is bought off at what sum?
15. And what is Mr. Pickwick's lawyer's name?
16. In chapter ten we first meet up with a good friend, the charming Mr. Sam Weller. At which inn is he working when he makes his first appearance?
17. After settling the score with Jingle, the Pickwickians are again forced off, this time to retrieve the lovesick Tupman. They find him in Cobham, a place where Pickwick makes a startling discovery of antiquarian significance! Upon a broken stone which had been partially buried in the ground, they discover an indecipherable inscription. What does the first line read?
18. What is the name of the frightful manuscript that Pickwick reads before he goes to sleep the night they meet Tupman in Cobham?
19. Poor Mr. Pickwick is involved in an event that will shape his future life in chapter twelve. It seems that his landlady Mrs. Bardell, for whom he has been a lodger for several years, mistakenly believes that he has come to propose marriage to her. On which street are Pickwick's lodgings, cared for by the somewhat delusional Mrs. Bardell?
20. The next destination of the Pickwick Club members is the politicized town of Eatenswill, which is divided between two major political parties; but what are these political parties called?
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