2. How does Thackeray's definition of a "Snob" compare with your conception of this type of person?
3. From your own knowledge of Charles II, do you consider him worthy of the title "snob"?
4. Compare Chesterfield's ideas of a gentleman with Thackeray's. III, 240-247.
5. Thackeray wrote several parodies of successful novels; which type does he satirize in the opening paragraph of this essay?
6. 'The Baron of Bradwardine' refers to Scott; do you agree with Thackeray's condemnation of Scott's conduct? Why? Why not?
FOR REFERENCE
"Life of Thackeray."—Benjamin.
"Thackeray."—Chesterton.
"Great English Novelists."—Jackson.