What chapter are we discussing?
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
What month is it?
October
What happened in October?
Goldsmith returned to town and resumed his usual haunts
Where did he go?
to a dinner
Who was giving the dinner?
A dinner that was to be followed by the reading by Bickerstaff
Who was Isaac Bickerstaff?
An author
What did he write?
Love in a Village, Lionel and Clarissa, and other successful dramatic pieces.
What was he going to read?
a new play
who else was attending?
Paul Hiffernan
What was his profession
a physician
Do he do anything else?
a scribbler for the newspapers, and a dramatic critic,
Was he drunk?
yes
What did that cause him to do?
He began to nod, and at length snored outright
Was he loud?
Yes
What country was he from?
He was Irish in decent
Did the snoring make him quit?
Bickerstaff didn't stop his reading
Who encouraged him to continue?
Goldsmith
Did Hifferman ever take advantage of Goldsmitih?
yes
Did they know where he lived?
It doesn't explicitly say
Where did he get his money when he could?
sponging wherever he had a chance, and often of course upon Goldsmith