(_b_) What does Burke think should be the attitude of one nation toward another in such a crisis as the one under discussion? (_c_) Cite any reasons that appeal to you as helping to explain the fame of Burke's _Speech on Conciliation with America_. IV (_a_) Write an account of Johnson's early years in London. (_b_) Macaulay says of Johnson: "No human being who has been more than seventy years in the grave is so well known to us." Discuss the grounds for this statement. WELLESLEY COLLEGE (1906) A--Reading and Practice _Answer two of the following questions:_ 1 What qualities do Lady Macbeth and Portia of Belmont have in common, and at what point do their characters diverge? 2 Which of the three required _Idylls of the King_, viz. _Gareth and Lynette_, _Lancelot and Elaine_, _The Passing of Arthur_, seems to you more beautiful, and why? 3 Compare the life of Goldsmith with that of Dr. Johnson. Which life seems to you the more successful? B--Study and Practice _Answer two of questions_ 1, 2, 3, _question_ 4, _and either question_ 5 _or_ 6: 1 What makes the play of _Julius Cæsar_ great? 2 Compare the nature pictures in _L'Allegro_ with those in _Il Penseroso_, using, if you prefer, Milton's own language. 3 What were Burke's strong points as an orator? 4 Write a well-constructed paragraph of about two hundred words on the character of Samuel Johnson as presented by Macaulay. Give your reasons for the arrangement of the ideas in your paragraph. Show how the principles of unity and coherence are illustrated by the arrangement of the ideas or material of your paragraph. 5 (_a_) Give two examples of each of the following kinds of sentences: simple, complex, compound. (_b_) Punctuate the following passage: "And night came down over the solemn waste And the two gazing hosts and that sole pair And darkened all and a cold fog with night Crept from the Oxus soon a hum arose As of a great assembly loosed and fires Began to twinkle through the fog for now Both armies moved to camp and took their meal The Persians took it on the open sands Southward the Tartars by the river merge And Rustum and his son were left alone." 6 (_a_) Give explicit reasons for the correctness or the incorrectness of the following sentences: (1) He, in a moment of excitement and affection, did this act of beneficence and of which he was very proud. (2) We know that Oliver Goldsmith was himself not unlike the Vicar of Wakefield, which may partly account for the charm of the book. (3) I neither regarded myself as rich nor poor. (4) The book will not fail of a permanent place in literature, because it is badly written. (_b_) Give examples of the correct use of the following words: affect, complement, mad, nice, fellow. WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY. (1907) _Allow one hour for each division of the examination._