This is a list of all the questions and their associated study carrel identifiers. One can learn a lot of the "aboutness" of a text simply by reading the questions.
| identifier | question |
|---|---|
| 40170 | What is the use of a baby? |
| 40170 | What is the use of a balloon, anyway? |
| 40170 | But a man equipped with wings is a fairly heavy object; where is the force that is to lift him and carry him soaring into the sky? |
| 40170 | How could he fire a gun from the bow of his machine without striking the propeller blades as they whirled swiftly about in front of him? |
| 40170 | The experimenters had to solve this problem: What shall we do when owing to loss of gas the balloon envelope begins to get flabby? |
| 40170 | What use can be made of the large photographing planes that have been developed during the war to such a degree of perfection? |
| 40170 | Why must the aviator be physically perfect? |
| 40170 | Women, seeing the unusual object from a distance, fell on their knees to pray, thinking it a sign in the heavens, that portended, who knew what? |
| 793 | But can credence be placed in these statements? |
| 793 | But have these anticipations been fulfilled? |
| 793 | But what has been the result? |
| 793 | But what of a duel between an aeroplane and a dirigible? |
| 793 | Does the unfortunate vessel drop to earth like a stone, or does it descend steadily and reach the ground uninjured? |
| 793 | Had he been killed? |
| 793 | How could she be docked? |
| 793 | How could she be manipulated upon the ground? |
| 793 | How then can a heavier- than- air machine triumph over the unwieldy lighter- than- air antagonist? |
| 793 | How would such a monster craft come to earth? |
| 793 | What are the vulnerable parts of the aeroplane? |
| 793 | What happens when two aeroplanes meet in dire combat in mid- air and one is vanquished? |
| 793 | Whereas the latter asks,"How much will it save me on the dollar?" |
| 793 | Which holds the advantage? |
| 793 | Will Germany invade Great Britain by air? |
| 31211 | Do n''t you think this trigger''s a damned good idea? |
| 31211 | Got''em all? |
| 31211 | How is it,said one man in faded uniform,"that the British always manage to keep themselves correct and shaven?" |
| 31211 | Seen anything? |
| 31211 | What''s up now? |
| 31211 | Where are the others? |
| 31211 | ... What are your feelings, dear lady, as you watch the airships that pass in the night and hear the explosion of their bombs? |
| 31211 | A great death, you say? |
| 31211 | And the reward? |
| 31211 | And what would be the effect on our own public if giant raids on British towns were of weekly occurrence? |
| 31211 | Are they Huns? |
| 31211 | As evidence that they both were of the right stuff, neither of them platitudinised:"It''s a small world, is n''t it?" |
| 31211 | As we turned, he glared at me, and knowing nothing of the fire, shouted:"Why the hell have n''t you fired yet?" |
| 31211 | Beaumont Hamel? |
| 31211 | Could we do it? |
| 31211 | Did it suit him? |
| 31211 | Four machines crossed the lines on the expedition; where is the fourth? |
| 31211 | Have you ever sucked bull''s- eyes, respected sir or madame? |
| 31211 | He began, however, to suspect that something was wrong when a newsboy shouted,"Where jer get that''at, leftenant?" |
| 31211 | He pinched, punched, and pressed it, and finally said:"My dear boy, why the devil did n''t you report this? |
| 31211 | His service overseas? |
| 31211 | How could one think of the wilderness with the bright hop- fields of Kent chasing past the windows? |
| 31211 | How, you continue, did a creature so strenuous as the anti- aircraft gun come by the flippant name of Archie? |
| 31211 | I fly my wings( did I tell you I had wings?) |
| 31211 | Number one leads off with the Peer Gynt Suite, and number two counters with the record that choruses:"Hello, how are you?" |
| 31211 | Stuff Redoubt? |
| 31211 | Sun- helmets? |
| 31211 | Was it not right, therefore, that they should be given preferential treatment? |
| 31211 | Why should I not treat him with familiarity? |
| 31211 | Will you please tell me if this"--pointing to me--"is the captive baby- killer?" |
| 31211 | Wound or sickness? |
| 31211 | You will remember how, months ago, our machine landed on an abandoned trench, after being damaged in a scrap? |
| 31211 | You will remember our old friend Marmaduke, dear lady? |
| 31211 | You''ll come and see me again to- morrow evening, wo n''t you?" |
| 30047 | Any passengers? |
| 30047 | But how did you get the scalp of this U- boat? |
| 30047 | But what made it hang fire so long? |
| 30047 | Did it make you sick? |
| 30047 | Did it satisfy the Admiralty? |
| 30047 | Did she carry cargo? |
| 30047 | How far away can you use a torpedo? |
| 30047 | How was that? |
| 30047 | Is it true that you and your brother had a compact not to fly together? |
| 30047 | Of what use is a new- born child? |
| 30047 | Philip,I said half an hour later, as the hot coffee was thawing out our insides,"what kind of a civilized bomb do you call that?" |
| 30047 | Vot did she weigh? |
| 30047 | Vot? |
| 30047 | What if your engine should break down, so that you could n''t pump the water out of the water compartments? |
| 30047 | What ship was dot? |
| 30047 | What, in your opinion, has the present war demonstrated regarding the relative advantages of airplanes and Zeppelin airships? |
| 30047 | Why not fasten a pan below the mouth of the bag,said she,"and put your fire in that? |
| 30047 | Why not fill a big paper bag with smoke and make it lift objects into the air? |
| 30047 | You think that the use of flying machines for scouting purposes will be of considerably more importance than their use as a means of attack? |
| 30047 | And what will they effect? |
| 30047 | And why were the engines above us raving at intervals in a way that made the whole boat roar from stem to stern? |
| 30047 | But how long would we be able to endure this? |
| 30047 | But how often in rugged and densely populated New England, or Pennsylvania is there a vacant level field half a mile in length? |
| 30047 | But how to shift the bow? |
| 30047 | But how would it be delivered and where, and what force would the enemy bring to it? |
| 30047 | But to what good? |
| 30047 | By all that is wonderful how did that happen? |
| 30047 | Could there be a more touching record of the way in which a brave man met death? |
| 30047 | Did he think to flee? |
| 30047 | Do you know that to- day the eyes of an army are its airplanes? |
| 30047 | How could his device be used for the benefit of his country and against the British ships which were then threatening New York City? |
| 30047 | I began to think the depth of the Chesapeake Bay must have some limit; we surely could not be heading for the bottomless pit? |
| 30047 | I called to my companion:"Are you dancing?" |
| 30047 | I quote from it as a matter of curiosity:"Do you remember, my dear Alberto, when we played together''Pigeon Flies!''? |
| 30047 | In such event what will be the future of aircraft; what their part in the social and industrial organization of the world? |
| 30047 | Is there any doubt of the creation of an aërial passenger service under such conditions? |
| 30047 | Most of us observe it, but the philosophical mind alone inquired"Why?" |
| 30047 | The next question put to the French experts was:"Why do we need to make a great effort to obtain the superiority in the air?" |
| 30047 | Then, too, what chance has a merchant vessel unprotected by patrol boats to escape the torpedo of a hidden submarine? |
| 30047 | Was it needful to depress the bow? |
| 30047 | Was there no way of guiding these ships in the air, as a ship in the ocean is guided? |
| 30047 | What had caused this unnatural inclination of the boat? |
| 30047 | What had happened? |
| 30047 | What think you would be the result on that sector of the battle line? |
| 30047 | What was I to do? |
| 30047 | Who, then, was this mechanical genius who was responsible for these far- going changes in submarine construction? |
| 30047 | Why was the balloon fluttering an empty end causing all this extra danger? |
| 30047 | Why? |
| 30047 | Why? |
| 30047 | Will the Englishman yield so soon? |
| 30047 | _ Admiral Peary_: Have you any idea as to how many airplanes there are along that western front on the German side? |
| 30047 | _ Admiral Peary_: That means, then, about 10,000 in all, at least? |
| 30047 | _ Salvaging H-3, View III._]"Who''s got a knife? |
| 30047 | _ Senator Kirby_: Beyond the battle front? |
| 30047 | _ Senator Kirby_: How far was it from your battle front that you went? |
| 30047 | _ Senator Kirby_: How many men do you carry? |
| 30047 | _ Senator Kirby_: Something in the nature of a range- finder? |
| 30047 | _ Senator Kirby_: What is the equipment of a battle plane such as you use? |
| 30047 | _ Senator Kirby_: When they started on the retreat? |
| 30047 | _ Senator Sutherland_: You drive and fight at the same time? |
| 30047 | _ The Chairman_: Are you always attacked from above? |
| 30047 | _ The Chairman_: What do you think of the function of the airplane as a determining factor? |
| 30047 | what''s up?" |