(Note: Some confusion between the Seven Bishops, and the Five Members; Bishop Lake of Chichester, and Admiral Blake.)
It is evident that the acquaintance which such candidates had with English history was limited: but one would think it safe to ask pupil-teachers, aged 18-20, or assistant teachers, aged 20-30, about the Young Pretender. These were the results of rash confidence on the part of an optimist examiner:
Q. Who was the Young Pretender?
A. (1) The son of Oliver Cromwell.
(2) ... also known as William Pitt.
(3) The son of Edward VI the old Pretender. So called because he pretended to be the little Earl of Warwick. Some people believed is story but more than half the people disbelieved him. He was tried and executed.
(4) Warren Hastings was known as the Old Pretender. The Duchess of Burgundy helped him.
(5) ... was Prince Charles Edward who claimed to be one of the little Princes murdered in the Tower. He was found to be a deceiver, and was put into the king’s kitchen to work.
(6) The son of the old Pretender William Pitt, who was a claimant to the throne in George 3’s time. He was one of the greatest statesmen that ever lived. He was created Earl of Orford.
(7) [He] was quite harmless as may be seen from the way in which he suffered himself to be hid by the maid in Scotland.