| [Letter] | [A4] | Entire question | |
| [Letter] | [A4] | 1. | Whether backbiting is suitably defined as the blackening of another's character by secret words? |
| [Letter] | [A4] | 2. | Whether backbiting is a mortal sin? |
| [Letter] | [A4] | 3. | Whether backbiting is the gravest of all sins committed against one's neighbor? |
| [Letter] | [A4] | 4. | Whether it is a grave sin for the listener to suffer the backbiter? |