ting the composition consider, for
example, the subjects chosen, the method of treatment, the style and the
meter.

2 Describe in as full detail as you can the scene from Scott's _Ivanhoe_
that you remember most vividly.

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

(Spring, 1907)

_State:_

1 At what school you studied English.
2 Under whose instruction.
3 For how long.
4 The text-books used.

A--Composition

_Write a short composition on two of the following topics. Use plain,
natural English, free from errors in spelling, punctuation, and grammar,
and correct in idiom. Before you begin, think what you are going to say.
You will be judged by how well you write, not by how much._

1 The history of the writing of _The Ancient Mariner_, and its place
in the development of English Literature.

2 The story of _The Passing of Arthur_.

3 Banquo.

4 The siege of Front-de-Boeuf's Castle.

5 The character of Oliver Goldsmith.

B--Intensive Reading

_Explain the following passages:_

_a_ And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge,
With Ate by his side come hot from hell,
Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice
Cry "Havoc."

--_Julius Caesar_.

Who speaks, and when?

_b_ You shall digest the venom of your spleen,
Though it do split you;...
I'll use you for my ... laughter,
When you are waspish.

--_Julius Caesar_.

_c_ Philomel will deign a song,
In her sweetest, saddest plight,
Smoothing the rugged brow of Night
While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke
Gently o'er the accustomed oak.

--_Il Penseroso_.

_d_ Alas, what boots it with incessant care
To tend the homely slighted shepherd's trade,
And strictly meditate the thankless Muse?

--_Lycidas_.

C--Rhetoric

1 Explain and illustrate the principle of _coherence_, (_a_) in the
sentence, (_b_) in the paragraph.

2 Define and illustrate simple, complex, and compound sentences.
Write a brief account of a happening of yesterday; first write it in
simple sentences only, then rewrite it in complex and compound
sentences.

3 Comment on the use of the _italicized words_ in the following
sentences:

The _quick_ fishes _steered_ to and fro about the
body.

How terrible, in "The Ancient Mariner," are the dead _throats_
singing _spectral_ carols!

Stars are