1. The quoted Latin motto at the beginning of the essay “Ast Alli sex Et plures uno conclamant ore” is from:
2. Who is the inaugural member of the Spectator Club described as a Worcestershire gentleman of ancient descent and a baronet?
3. From which county is Sir Roger de Coverley known to hail, making him a familiar figure to its inhabitants?
4. To whom is credited the invention of the renowned country-dance bearing Sir Roger de Coverley's name?
5. Sir Roger's peculiar behaviors are attributed by the narrator to what underlying quality?
6. The next gentleman described in the Society is a bachelor, a member of the Inner Temple, a man of great probity, wit, and understanding, but:
7. This lawyer-figure is noted for knowing Aristotle and Longinus better than:
8. The third member introduced is Sir Andrew Freeport, a merchant of great eminence in the City of London, who holds the view that:
9. Sir Andrew calls the sea the “British Common.” This suggests his belief in:
10. Sir Andrew claims that England may be richer than other kingdoms by as plain methods as he himself is richer than other men; and although he has made his fortune himself, it is said that “there is not a point in the Compass but blows home a ship in which he is an owner.” This implies:
11. The next member described is Captain Sentry, a gentleman of great courage, good understanding, but invincible modesty. He is described as having:
12. The next character is Will Honeycomb, a gentleman who according to his years should be in decline, but because he has always been very careful of his person and had an easy fortune, time has made little impression either by wrinkles or in his brain. This shows him to be:
13. Will Honeycomb is very ready at the sort of discourse with which men usually entertain women. He:
14. Honeycomb can tell you from which of the French King’s wenches our wives and daughters had a particular manner of curling their hair; this implies he:
15. The final person mentioned is a clergyman, described as a very philosophical man of general learning, great sanctity of life, and the most exact good‐breeding. He has the misfortune to be of a very weak constitution and therefore cannot accept of such cares and business as preferments in his function would oblige him to. This indicates he is:
16. The purpose of describing these various club members in the essay is to:
17. Which of the following is NOT one of the club members described in the essay?
18. The club’s format — a group of gentlemen of different walks of life, observed by “Mr Spectator” — is a device to:
19. Will Honeycomb vitalizes the club's sedate exchanges via:
20. It is said Sir Roger stays in the town at:
