Teachers' outlines for studies in English, based on the requirements for admission to collegeBlakely, Gilbert Sykes
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Teachers' outlines for studies in English, based on the requirements for admission to college
Blakely, Gilbert Sykes
English language -- Study and teaching
4 What does Burke say, (_a_) of American commerce;
(_b_) of American fisheries; (_c_) of
precedents for conciliation.
(1906)
A
The candidate is advised to be careful in paragraphing, spelling,
punctuation, and form of expression.
_Write short compositions (containing about one hundred words each) on
four subjects chosen from this list. One of these must be number 1, the
others must be chosen from three different works. The Idylls of the King
is to be regarded as one work._
1 My Preparation for this Examination.
2 The Discovery of the Murder of Duncan.
3 The Elopement of Jessica.
4 Gareth's Arrival at King Arthur's Court.
5 Sir Roger and Moll White.
6 Athelstane.
7 Nancy Lammeter.
8 Gawain's Search for the Winner of the Tournament.
9 The Sleep-Walking Scene in _Macbeth_.
10 The Stealing of Silas Marner's Gold.
B
_The questions should be answered in order:_
I (_a_) How does Artemidorus figure in _Julius Cæsar_?
(_b_) How does Antony characterize Lepidus?
(_c_) Describe in detail the scene between Brutus and Portia.
II (_a_) The earliest printed editions of _Comus_ entitle the piece
"A Mask presented at Ludlow Castle." Explain fully the circumstances of
its presentation. What passages in the Mask itself refer to these
circumstances?
(_b_) Describe in detail the method of your preparation for the
examination on Milton's minor poems.
III (_a_) What successive steps in Burke's argument lead to the definite
resolutions which he introduces?
(_b_) What are the chief arguments by which Burke supports these
resolutions?
IV (_a_) What does Macaulay say of Addison's _Cato_?
(_b_) Of Addison's poem, _The Campaign_?
(_c_) What information does Macaulay give concerning "Johnson's Club"?
N. B.--For IV (_a_) and (_b_) may be substituted the following:
(1) What does Macaulay say of Milton's minor poems?
(2) Of _Paradise Lost_ and _Paradise Regained_?
(1907)
B
_Answer all questions fully and in order:_
I (_a_) Discuss the relation of Addison's literary fame to his political
preferment.
(_b_) How did Johnson come to write _The Lives of the Poets_?
II (_a_) What was the occasion, and what the nature of _Lycidas_?
(_b_) Describe the part played by the Attendant Spirit, from first to
last, in _Comus_.
III Trace the successive steps by which Brutus was won to the
conspiracy.
IV How did Burke's plan of conciliation with the colonies differ from
other plans?
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
(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:
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