Rigid as the examination system appears to be, it is yet very elastic. Not only has the candidate to choose one of the many avenues leading to a degree—no one has yet succeeded in calculating the total number of permutations and combinations which can be made to lead to a degree at Oxford—but he has abundant opportunity for election from a wide range of subjects required for the particular ‘School’ chosen. Moreover, all work for the B.A. degree—lectures, tuition, and examinations—is sharply divided into ‘Pass’ and ‘Honour’ work, and the course of study pursued will naturally depend on the student’s own choice. [Sidenote: University Examinations for the B.A.] All candidates for an Oxford B.A. degree, apart from satisfying the residence requirements of three years or more, are obliged to pass certain University examinations, viz. (1) Responsions, (2) an Intermediate Examination, as a part of which is generally taken the examination in Holy Scripture; and (3) a Final Examination. The University accepts as an equivalent for Responsions the qualifying examination which every American candidate for a Rhodes Scholarship is required to pass. There remain for the Rhodes Scholar, therefore, only the Intermediate (including Holy Scripture) and the Final Examinations. As the work for these is sharply divided into ‘Pass’ and ‘Honour’, four alternatives present themselves:— EXAMINATIONS FOR THE B.A. DEGREE.[58] ------------------+------------------------------+---------------------- _Before or upon | _Intermediate._[59] | _Final._ Admission._ | | ------------------+------------------------------+--------------------- |Holy Scripture or substituted | I. _Pass School._ |book (compulsory) and one of | |the following:— | Five Groups (see | | _Examination _Responsions_ | I. _Pass School_ (one only). | Statutes_, (compulsory). | | p. 38 ff.). (Rhodes |1. Pass Moderations. | Scholars |2. Jurisprudence Preliminary, | exempt, | with ‘Additional Subject’.| p. 69.) |3. Science Preliminary, with | | ‘Additional Subject’. | | | |I. 1. Qualifies for all | | examinations | | in the next column | | except II. 8. | | 2. Qualifies for all | | examinations | | in the next column | | except II. 1 and II. 8.| | 3. Qualifies for all | | examinations | | in the next column | _or_