Questions

This is a list of all the questions and their associated study carrel identifiers. One can learn a lot of the "aboutness" of a text simply by reading the questions.

identifier	question
32492	A root of a tree meeting with a ditch in its progress, is laid open to the air; what follows?
32492	And why should it be?
32492	What better can an animal do for its welfare?
32492	With a knowledge of these four games, who would pass a dull hour in the dreariest day of winter; or who would sit idly by the fire?
32368	Let go top( egg?)
32368	Now take up pistol and fire at egg(?)
32368	While calling attention once more to the egg in the handkerchief and to the empty(?)
12343	As Hey_ Fortuna, furia, nunquam, Credo_, passe passe, when come you Sirrah?
12343	Birlady, birlady sir, you of all the rest are most welcome, what how doth your stomack after your carrowsing banquet?
12343	O no quoth the Smith I may not tell you: not tell me quoth the fellow, why what ist?
12343	O quoth the Smith, for a thing that if I could finde, I should be made for euer: why quoth the fellow what I prethee ist?
12343	The application heereof needes no interpretation: Fantasie and foolery who can please?
12343	Who doe I see?
12343	and desire who can humour?
12343	what gorge vpon gorge, egges vpon egges, and sack vpon sack, at these yeares?
12343	what the lustie lad of the Myter, that will binde beares, and ride his golden Asse to death but he will haue his will?
435	''What do you mean by it?'' 435 Fire- king--I ask you, on your honor as a gentleman, is this genuine unmixed poison?"
435	Fire- king--"Is there any medical gentleman here who will examine it?"
435	Have you prepared yourself with phosphorus, or will you take some of mine, which is laid on that table?"
435	Some said there must be a confederacy between the challenger and the challenged, and others asked whether any money had been deposited?
435	The Fire- king--"Then wherefore did you send me a challenge?
435	The question now is, were the fifteen auditors of Mr. Sothern fooled and deceived, or was this a genuine manifestation of extraordinary power?
435	When my opening added a third sensational surprise, one of the London dailies asked,"Is this going to be another Georgia Magnet fiasco?"
27353	Now what colour will you have?
27353	Wet or dry?
27353	Can anyone imagine an Indian conjuror dreaming of a new trick?
27353	Having completed the average programme of our Jadoo- wallah, I feel sure that people will say to each other"Yes"but what about the Rope trick?
27353	How can it be done?
27353	How does he know that he took a photo?
27353	How on earth is it done?
27353	How then, can he describe what he saw when he comes to?
27353	I do not know what this Latin quotation means, but I would like it to convey"do n''t you think it rot yourself?"
27353	Or remember anything at all about it?
27353	Or that anyone else took one?
27353	Why does he not make people believe that he is Mahatma Ghandi and the Ali brothers rolled into one?
27353	Wonderful is n''t it?
27353	Wonderful is n''t it?
34375	quantitie of linfoyl and quicksilverand"put your linfoyl in a crucible"["linfoyl"should be"tinfoyl"?]
34375	But now said I to my Ostesse, Ostesse, what will you say if with a tricke I have, I make these six Crownes to fetch all the rest thorow the Table?
34375	Would you know whence it first came?
34375	_ COurteous Reader, doe you not wonder?
34375	why, from= Bartholomew= Fayre: would you know whither it''s bent?
36513	If there were any trickery about this it would be a transparent fraud, would n''t it? 36513 Now then,"you say to your audience,"do you think that I can drink the water without lifting the hat?"
36513	16] The Milk Cans You have seen the toy milk cans in a shop?
36513	Do you remember what card was chosen and placed on the top of the pack?
36513	Have you done that?
36513	How are you to do it?
36513	How can there be anything in a bowl which is held upside down?
36513	How does the conjurer manage to get rid of the"fake"containing the water?
36513	Now, can you balance a glass half full of water on the top of the card?
36513	Of course you could do the trick in about half the time by merely asking:"Can you do this?"
36513	The question therefore arises-- How are you to prepare for the trick in a drawing- room?
36513	Where does the water go to?
36513	Why not take lessons?
36513	Why should you not put it at the side of the bag if there is room for it there?
36513	Why was he so jolly careful to get the same quantity of water in each glass?
36513	Would you mind having a look at them?"
36513	You do?
36513	You would like the trick done quickly?
36513	You''ll know the card again when you see it?
42723	''But,''the King added, taking out of the box a carefully sealed packet,''can the handkerchiefs, by possibility, be in this?'' 42723 ''How can that be?
42723	''I can not deny it, Sire; but what would my magic powers avail me if I could not perform incomprehensible tricks? 42723 ''Only that, Sire?
42723	''Will your Majesty deign to inform me?'' 42723 After making my Sosia repeat my signature a thousand times, I gave it this question:''What o''clock is it?''
42723	Charles Bertram who wrote"Is n''t it Wonderful?"
42723	Do you know what this card proposes?''
42723	For who has not heard the cry of the modern Bosco,"Eat-''em- alive"?
42723	Has your brain deceived your eyes, or your eyes your brain?
42723	I had just laid the first sheet of paper before my writer and asked him this question:''Who is the author of your being?''
42723	Should I drop off and see Herr Frikell, or wait for my appointment on the morrow?
42723	The mason''s wife chose the question,"What is the emblem of fidelity?"
42723	What could he present to the public in opposition to the second sight, the suspension, and the inexhaustible bottle?
42723	What could it mean?
42723	What did Anderson have to offer in opposition to Robert- Houdin''s much- vaunted Suspension, Second Sight, and Inexhaustible Bottle?
42723	What is the matter with my heart?
42723	[ Illustration: Charles Bertram( James Bassett), the English author and conjurer, who wrote"Is n''t it Wonderful?"
32788	But,some one will say,"how does KINI represent a Shakespearean quotation?"
32788	How many below six and how many above six?
32788	How many between the ace and knave?
32788	How many cards in the suit?
32788	How many suits?
32788	Name either below or above?
32788	What are their colours?
32788	What are they?
32788	Ask your friends how many more hurdles would be required to enable the enclosure to contain two hundred sheep?
32788	By how many 9''s is the result divisible?
32788	FOUR NINES PROBLEM How can four 9''s be written so that they will make 100?
32788	Hold up one parcel, and say to each person:"Is the card you thought of in this lot?"
32788	How many nines are obtainable in the result?
32788	How many suits are there in red?"
32788	Is the result odd or even?"
32788	No?
32788	Of course, you take the tip from him; but how?
32788	SOLUTION.--When the number thought of is multiplied by 3, you ask the question,"Is the result odd or even?"
32788	Shuffle the pack and again show the bottom card,"Is this your card?"
32788	Then put the following questions:"How many cards are there in a full pack?"
32788	WHAT ARE MATCHES MADE OF?
32788	WHERE IS THE ACE?
32788	We will try again?"
32788	What are the numbers below six?"
32788	Your reply is obvious:"Ca n''t you see KINI is''a little more than kin, but rather less than kind''?"
36659	How is this? 36659 My dear sir,"you remark,"what are you doing to that handkerchief?
36659	ASTRONOMY: The Sun and His Family By Julia MacNair Wright Can you tell what causes day and night, seasons and years, tides and eclipses?
36659	Are you ready, sir?
36659	Do you know how soon the coal fields of the world are likely to be exhausted, or how the speed of a moving train may be told?
36659	HANDBOOK OF PRONUNCIATION By John H. Bechtel What is more disagreeable than a faulty pronunciation?
36659	Is it not because they can not say the right thing in the right place?
36659	JOURNALISM By Charles H. Olin What is news, how is it obtained, how handled, and how can one become a Journalist?
36659	LETTER WRITING By Agnes H. Morton Why do most persons dislike to write letters?
36659	Once among your audience you exclaim,"What is that?
36659	One said to the other,''Do n''t you see where he gets those handkerchiefs?
36659	PARLOR GAMES By Helen E. Hollister"What shall we do to amuse ourselves and our friends?"
36659	PHYSIOGNOMY By Leila Lomax How can we judge whether a man may be trusted to handle money for us?
36659	SLIPS OF SPEECH By John H. Bechtel Who does not make them?
36659	Says Arprey Vere on this subject:"What, then, will you ask, becomes of all the machinery?
36659	Shall I perfume it for you, madam?"
36659	THINGS WORTH KNOWING By John H. Bechtel Can you name the coldest place in the United States or tell what year had 445 days?
36659	What are meteors and shooting stars?
36659	What should you do first if you got a cinder in your eye, or your neighbor''s baby swallowed a pin?
36659	What, you wo n''t receive it?"
36659	Which of the three do you prefer, the right or the left, or the one behind?"
36659	Which one shall I take, the right or the left?"
36659	Why is the sky blue and Mars red?
36659	You do n''t believe me?
36659	¶ How can a woman analyze a man who would marry her?
36659	¶ What would you not give for the ability to be rid of this embarrassment?
36659	¶ Why not avoid them?
50903	Eight, and four I have here, will make twelve, will they not? 50903 A little spirit? 50903 Did you not see them go?
50903	Excuse me, but will you allow me to finish my experiment?"
50903	Gin, perhaps?
50903	How can anything be in my palm?
50903	I see, I have n''t the ghost of a chance against you with this hand; have I?"
50903	If the one containing the watch be chosen, say,"Are you quite sure, now, that you would not like the other one?"
50903	If you have brought the card to the bottom, then say,"At what number from the bottom shall the card appear?"
50903	It is as well to use the words"port, sherry, or what?"
50903	Just as he is stepping forward to take the proffered articles, he says to one of the audience,"Would you kindly hold these pennies for an instant?"
50903	Look neither surprised nor satisfied, merely exclaiming"No?"
50903	Madam, will you be so good as to squeeze one, and see that it is solid?"
50903	Now hold the eight of hearts to the person whom you addressed, saying,"Is not that your card?"
50903	Now sir, what have you done with them?"
50903	On giving the portion of the card to be held, say to the gentleman,"Will you kindly keep the piece, sir?"
50903	Remove the one selected and say, without exhibiting the slightest appearance of embarrassment,"That leaves two; which one shall I now take?"
50903	Ruffle these cards with the thumb and say,"Did you not hear it go?"
50903	Say to one of the audience,"Will you be so kind as to hold one end of the wand with either hand?"
50903	The company would naturally say,"If there be really nothing wrong with it, why does he not place it in our hands for examination?"
50903	This card is then placed upon the table, its face being accidentally(?)
50903	To prevent the possibility of my doing this, will some gentleman kindly tie his handkerchief firmly round the box?"
50903	Two divisions will now remain, and you ask the lady to point to one of them, using the words,"Now, which do you prefer of the two?"
50903	What does he like, then?
50903	What is it?
50903	Whilst he is doing this, palm the other pack, and say,"Have you any more cards, sir?
50903	You will explain that your reason for having two cards chosen is to prove that you do not"force"any card, and then say,"Now, which card shall I take?"
50903	exclaims the reader,"how can one possibly palm a card?"
50903	in my palm, sir?
50903	this box does all I want-- at least, quite well enough for me-- so why should I take the trouble to learn to do it without?"
50903	you heard it go?"