CHAPTER LXII
A BAD THING
America was thus clearly top nation, and History came to a .
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.