The purpose of this examination is to test (1) the candidate's knowledge and appreciation of certain specified works, and (2) his ability to write correctly. As bearing on the latter point, he is advised to go over his paper carefully before the end of the time allowed, correcting any inaccuracies, not neglecting capitals and punctuation. _Write about two hundred words on each of three topics selected by yourself from the following list (of a pair of subjects enclosed in brackets, choose but one):_ { Jessica's Escape from her Father's House. { { Launcelot Gobbo. Sir Roger at Church. The Encounter of Fitz-James and Roderick Dhu. { Goldsmith's Life as a Student. { { The Circumstances of the Composition, the First { Performance, and the Publication of _She Stoops { to Conquer_. { Lynette's Behavior toward Sir Gareth. { { The History of "the nine-years-fought-for diamonds." Carlyle's Defense of Burns's Personal Character. (Only candidates taking _final_ examinations may choose the last.) B 1 (_a_) Explain the significance of the italicized words and phrases: "_Memorize_ another _Golgotha_"; "To _alter favor_ ever is to fear"; "Wicked dreams _abuse_ The curtained sleep"; "But in them _nature's copy's_ not _eterne_"; "His two chamberlains Will I with wine and _wassail_ so _convince_." (_b_) What important persons of the drama are absent from the banquet? Where is each at that time? How far do these circumstances influence any later events in the play? (_c_) Give the substance of Malcolm's actions and utterances as far as they are presented on the stage. 2 (_a_) What is said respecting the parentage of Mirth and Melancholy in _L'Allegro_ and _Il Penseroso_? Interpret the meaning of each of the various suggestions. (_b_) What was that snaky-headed Gorgon shield That wise Minerva wore, unconquered virgin, Wherewith she freezed her foes to congealed stone, But rigid looks of chaste austerity, And noble grace that dashed brute violence With sudden adoration and blank awe? _Locate the above quotation as exactly as you can, and show its relation to the general subject of the poem. Explain fully the allusions in the first three lines._ 3 (_a_) "First, then, I cannot admit that proposition of a ransom by auction, because it is a mere project.... Secondly, it is an experiment which must be fatal in the end to our Constitution.... Thirdly, it does not give satisfaction to the complaint of the Colonies." What was "that proposition"? Give the substance of Burke's objections under the above headings. What is the relation of this part of the speech to the whole? Was the "proposition" accepted? (_b_) What connection with the main argument has Burke's discussion of slave-holding in the Colonies? 4 (_a_) Macaulay's remarks on _Comus_; (_b_) on Addison as a critic. (1906) A