d not mount, but ran with
Dogger's stirrup-leather to the lodge gates. Here Mr. Dance
dismounted, and taking me along with him, was admitted at a word
into the house."

1 State as to each of the verbs in the sentences in the preceding
passage whether it is (_a_) transitive or intransitive, (_b_) active
or passive, (_c_) regular or irregular.

2 State which of the verbs here used transitively may be used
intransitively, and which used intransitively may be used transitively.

3 Give the principal parts of each irregular verb.

4 Name the voice, mood, tense, person, and number of two of the
principal verbs.

5 Explain the construction of one infinitive and one participle.

What constitutes a sentence? On the basis of your answer to this
question, discuss whether the following are properly to be considered
sentences. Recast those of the five that you deem unsatisfactory:

1 They were an odd couple and she was at least forty years old.

2 The enemy's troops charged, broke and fled, and we pursued them to the
edge of their camp.

3 His father's family having all died many years before.

4 One who stood foremost in every good work, never relaxing his efforts
till the cause in which they were enlisted had triumphed.

5 Many years had rolled by, many changes had taken place, but the old
elm still stood.

_In answering the questions selected from II, III, and IV, regard each
answer as an English composition; give special attention to spelling,
punctuation, and the construction not only of sentences and paragraphs
but of the whole composition._

_II Take one part only, either a or b._

_a_ Who was on the English throne when Burke delivered his Speech on
Conciliation? Was the speech delivered before or after the Stamp Act?
Before or after the Declaration of Independence? Who was the English
Prime Minister at the time? Did Burke's motions prevail?

Burke stated that the spirit of liberty among the Americans was
"fierce", and that there were but three possible ways of dealing with
it: one was, _to remove the causes_. What were the other two methods?
Which of them did Burke advocate, and why?

_b_ Contrast at some length the policy of the English ministry with that
of Burke as set forth in this speech.

_III Take one part only, either a or b._

_a_ From the facts in the play justify Cassius's estimate of the Romans:

"And why should Caesar be a tyrant then?
Poor man! I kno