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