(Spring, 1907)

Note.—"No candidate will be accepted in English whose work is notably defective in spelling, punctuation, idiom or division into paragraphs."—Extract from the University Catalogue.

A

1 Analyze the following sentence and parse the words italicized:

I grant there is one subject on which it is pleasant to talk on a

journey; and that is, what one shall have for supper when we get

to our inn at night.

2 Write a paragraph of about fifty words on each of the following

subjects taken from the books of which a general knowledge is required:

a Goldsmith's Hardships in London.

b King Arthur's Last Battle.

c The Character of Macduff.

d The Contents of the Caskets.

e Sir Roger at the Theater.

B

  1. How did Antony think the motive of Brutus in killing Cæsar differed from that of the other conspirators.
  2. What attitude toward slavery is revealed in Burke's speech?
  3. Tell the story of Comus.
  4. Tell where the following passage is found; in what measure it is written; scan it; and explain the italicized words:

Sometimes with secure delight,
The upland hamlets will invite,
When the merry bells ring round,
And the jocund rebecks sound
To many a youth and many a maid
Dancing in the chequered shade;
And young and old come forth to play
On a sunshine holiday,
Till the livelong daylight fail:
Then to the spicy nut-brown ale,
With stories told of many a feat,
How faery Mab the junkets eat.