: the quality of your English is even more important
than your knowledge of the books. Plan your answers before you write
them, and look them over carefully after you have written them._

_Omit either 3 or 4._

1 (Forty minutes.) Tell in the first person, as simply and as vividly as
you can, the story of _The Ancient Mariner_.

2 (One hour.) Explain as fully as you can the differences between the
life of knights and ladies at the time of King Arthur or of Ivanhoe, and
the life of people in London in the eighteenth century,--the time of Sir
Roger de Coverley, of Goldsmith, and of Dr. Johnson.

3 (Twenty minutes.) What does Macaulay mean when he says that Johnson
"came up to London precisely at the time when the condition of a man of
letters was most miserable and degraded"?

4 (Twenty minutes.) Write a letter, addressed to a person with whom you
are not acquainted, applying for a position and setting forth your
qualifications for it.

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

(1907)

A

Any dishonesty in the examinations, including the giving as well as the
receiving of aid, will, if detected, permanently debar the candidate
from entering the University.

The purpose of this examination is to test (1) the candidate's ability
to write English correctly, and (2) his acquaintance with certain
specified works. The candidate is advised to go over his paper carefully
before the end of the hour, to make sure that it is correctly spelled,
punctuated, and paragraphed.

_Write short compositions on three of the following topics:_

I King Arthur as portrayed in the _Idylls of the King_.

II The English country squire as portrayed in the _Sir Roger de Coverley
Papers_ and in _Silas Marner_.

III The gradual deterioration of Macbeth's character.

IV Shylock and Isaac of York--a comparison.

V Lancelot's sojourn at Astolat.

B

The purpose of this examination is primarily to test the candidate's
knowledge of certain specified works; but the examiners will refuse to
accept any paper which shows marked deficiency in English composition.
The candidate is therefore advised to look over his paper carefully
before the end of the hour.

I (_a_) Why was Brutus chosen as the leader of the conspiracy? In what
events of the play does he show his fitness as a leader? In what events
does he show his unfitness?

(_b_) In what ways does Brutus reveal the gentler side of his
charact