[2] See suggestions for teaching "The Lay of the Last Minstrel," in The Teaching of English, by Percival Chubb, pp. 161-166.
[3] Though there may be some doubt as to whether The Deserted Village is strictly a lyric, the plan of study will naturally follow that of lyric poetry.
APPENDIX
COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS IN ENGLISH
COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION BOARD
(1905)
A—Reading and Practice[4]
Select one subject from each of the following groups and write upon each a composition at least two pages in length. Be careful to keep to the subject. Pay special attention to the structure of sentences and paragraphs.
- Group I
- A scene from Ivanhoe in which one of the following characters is a principal figure: Robin Hood, Friar Tuck, Wamba, Rowena, Isaac of York.
- The Vicar finds Olivia.
- The scene as it might have appeared to one standing just outside the castle gate, as Sir Launfal emerged from his castle in his search for the Holy Grail.
- The ship of the Ancient Mariner is becalmed.