First List

  1. The Excursion to the Waterfall in The Princess.
  2. The Elopement of Jessica.
  3. Cedric's Escape from Front-de-Bœuf's Castle.
  4. Antony's Speech over Cæsar's Body.
  5. Sir Launfal and the Leper.
  6. Sir Andrew Freeport.
  7. Carlyle on the Sincerity of the Poetry of Burns.
  8. The Influence of Eppie upon Silas Marner.
  9. Carlyle on Burns as a Poet of Scottish Peasant Life.
  10. A brief Sketch of Goldsmith's Life.

Second List

  1. Sir Lancelot in Gareth and Lynette.
  2. Sir Lavaine in Lancelot and Elaine.
  3. Arthur's Sword, Excalibur.
  4. The Elopement of Jessica.
  5. The Witches in Macbeth.
  6. Sir Andrew Freeport.
  7. Cedric's Escape from Front-de-Bœuf's Castle.
  8. The Songs in The Lady of the Lake.
  9. The Influence of Eppie upon Silas Marner.
  10. Goldsmith's Acquaintance with Dr. Johnson.

B

1(a)Describe in detail the scene in which occurs the knocking at the gate of Macbeth's castle.
(b)How do Ross, Donalbain, and Hecate figure in the action in Macbeth?
(c)Trace throughout Macbeth the part of Macduff.
2(a)Justify fully the phrase "companion pieces" often applied to L'Allegro and Il Penseroso.
(b)Thoroughly explain the significance of the following portion of the complete title of Lycidas: "The Author ... by occasion foretells the ruin of our corrupted clergy, then in their height."
(c)Discuss the songs in Comus.
3(a)What, according to Macaulay, were the most important public questions with which Milton concerned himself?
(b)What does Macaulay say of Il Penseroso, L'Allegro, and Comus?
(c)Show clearly Macaulay's estimate of Richard Steele.
4What does Burke say,
(a)of American commerce;
(b)of American fisheries;
(c)of precedents for conciliation.

(1906)