1. What emotion did the banker feel towards himself after reading the letter?
2. What time did the lawyer escape?
3. What does the lawyer’s journey through books symbolize?
4. Where did the lawyer go after escaping?
5. Who were present at the banker’s party?
6. Why did the banker decide to read the lawyer’s letter first?
7. What did the lawyer’s letter reveal about his view on human existence?
8. What was the banker’s initial attitude towards the bet?
9. What did the banker believe was his mistake in making the bet?
10. What would happen if the lawyer violated the agreement?
11. What was the lawyer’s reading pattern in the last two years?
12. What did the banker bet the lawyer?
13. How did the banker initially describe capital punishment?
14. Where was the lawyer imprisoned?
15. What was the banker’s financial situation at the end of fifteen years?
16. What was heard from the lawyer’s room in the first year?
17. What did the banker offer as a warning to the lawyer?
18. Where did the banker keep the lawyer’s letter?
19. What emotion did the banker feel towards the lawyer?
20. Why did the lawyer renounce the money?
21. What did the lawyer do in the fifth year?
22. How many years did the lawyer agree to stay in imprisonment for the bet?
23. Who informed the banker about the lawyer’s escape?
24. What did the lawyer say about books in his letter?
25. What did the lawyer start studying in the sixth year?
26. Which book did the lawyer read for nearly a year after the tenth year?
27. What was the final fate of the banker?
28. What type of punishment did the majority of guests support?
29. How old was the lawyer at the time of the bet?
30. What kind of books did the lawyer read in the first year?
31. How did the lawyer leave the garden wing?
32. What did the lawyer do with his writings in the fifth year?
33. How long was the lawyer supposed to remain in imprisonment?
34. How many books did the lawyer request in four years?
35. How did the banker feel about the bet after fifteen years?
36. What was the banker’s attitude toward money at the time of the bet?
37. What did the banker say the lawyer would lose in the bet?
38. Why did the banker feel regret about the bet?
39. What did the banker find strange about the lawyer’s reading habits in the tenth year?
40. How did the lawyer’s reading habits change over time?
