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 Caesar_?

(_b_) How does Antony characterize Lepidus?

(_c_) Describe in detail the scene between Brutus and Portia.

II (_a_) The earliest printed editions of _Comus_ ent.i.tle the piece "A Mask presented at Ludlow Castle." Explain fully the circ.u.mstances of its presentation. What pa.s.sages in the Mask itself refer to these circ.u.mstances?

(_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 subst.i.tuted 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._