English Literature. Senior. AS YOU LIKE IT. 1. Describe the action of Act III. 2. Junior Paper, No. 1. 3. Junior Paper, No. 2. 4. Junior Paper, No. 3. 5. Explain all difficulties of construction, allusions, etc., in the following passages : (i) "Were I not the better part made mercy (ii) I should not seek an absent argument Run, run, Orlando, carve on every tree (iii) "Teaching all that read to know The quintessence of every sprite Heaven would in little show." (iv) "I was never so berhymed since Pythagoras' time that I was an Irish rat." (v) "It is as easy to count atomics as to resolve the problems of a lover." English Grammar. 1. Junior Paper, No. 1. 2. Junior Paper, No. 2. Senior. 3. What is meant by (i) Attributive, (ii) Predicative, (iii) Objective, (iv) Adverbial Combination? 4. What is the difference between verbal nouns and present participles of verbs? Illustrate your answer by examples. 5. Enlarge the subjects and objects in the following sentences by adjective sentences: (i) The boy killed the cat. (ii) The army saved the town. (iii) The king lost his crown. (iv) Spring rejoices the heart. English Language and Literature. Higher Local. (a) CHAUCER, PROLOGUE AND KNIGHT'S TALE; (6) SHAKESPEARE, AS YOU LIKE IT; (c) BACON, ESSAYS Ì.—XXVIII.; (d) HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, ai 1. Explain the grammatical force of the italicised words in : (i) "Which a miracle ther bifel anoon." (ii)" His brest to-brosten with his sadel-bowe." (iii) "Al were they sore hurt, and namely oon, That with a spere was thirled his brest boon." " 2. Paraphrase so as to show the exact meaning of : I. As in this world right now ne knowe I non 3. Explain the terms: daun Arcyte;" "he priketh endelonge the large place, "lacerte." Show from the derivation the meaning of hauberk, tester, kynrede. 4. (i) Give a short account of the circumstances of the tournament so far as they concern the two heroes. I (ii) Describe and comment on the change of mood in Chaucer's account of the death of Arctie. 1(i) What points in the character of Touchstone are brought out in Act V. ? Smir sodoro') Isidro 71: (A), (ii) When do you suppose› Orlando discovered the secret of Ganymede ? Give reasons. + does By 2. (i) To what s' Rosalind allude in«Bu mu By my life, I do, which I tender dearly, though I say ital I Does this passage throw any light on the date of the play? (ii) How do you explain," If I were a woman Rosalind in the Epilogue)? (iii) "We quarrel in print, by the book," explain. (said by 3. How does the ending of the play differ from the ending of the novel on which it is founded? Do you share the impression that "the play was finished without much care "? (c) {Y ་ I 1. (1) What tests should be applied before a political reform is introduced?oli.q [‚rient + (ii) By what illustrations does Bacon show the general advantage of innovations.to fall oh the a (i) The turning of the cat in the pan. (ii) Therefore you shall see them find out pretty looses in the conclusion." upon 66 their bowl."a J which set a (iv) Sometimes it is seen that the moderator is more troublesome than the actor." (v) "Mi venga la muerte de spagna.". (vi) What is the wisdom of the rat, the fox, and the crocodile ?os (vii) "There be that can pack the cards, and yet cannot play well." 3. Explain apposed, resorts, shrewd, eccentric. .11 4. Quote a passage, showing that Bacon held the Ptolemaic doctrines of astronomy. to 1. The spirit and form of English Poetry are said to have been revolutionized towards the close of the eighteenth century. Explain what this means fully, giving illustrations. 2. Who were the best letter-writers of the eighteenth century? .10) SPECIAL PERIOD. -08 II 3. Give a brief sketch of Bacon's Advancement of Learning. In what other form does this work appear? id How is it connected with Bacon's other philosophical writings?! 4. Mention some writers of Characters in this period, and describe this kind of composition. of Ine,t'd of samo quivolto English Language. N.B.-Students are recommended to treat this paper and the next as examination papers, doing them without the aid of books, and in three hours. MARCH, ANGLO-SAXON READER, pp. 13-40, 52-65. MORRIS, SPECIMENS OF EARLY ENGLISH, pp. 110-170. 1. Classify the English consonants according to the organs that produce them. 2. Explain the term umlant, and give vowels which most usually result by umlant from u, â, ô, eâ, with an example in each case. 3. Give the numerals (cardinal and ordinal) up to 12 in Anglo-Saxon, and write out all the cases singular and plural of da ricostan menn. 4. Render the following passages into modern English :(i) MORRIS, Specimens. Proverbs of Alfred, No. 2. Describe the metre of this extract, and show the force of each final -e, saying whether or no it should be pronounced. (ii) Specimen, xv., 11. 1907-1922, and write notes on the words witter, wune, gan, sewed dremes, soren, it. (iii) Specimen, xiii., 11. 3-12. Derive an-uri, aparailed. (iv) Specimen, xi., 11. 38-58. Parse schulen, hrite, chelle. Give the reason of the difference in the terminations of i-kruned and i-doluen? What was the origin of the prefix ¿- ? (v) Specimen, vi., ll. 513-532. Show by reference to these lines some of the points of difference between the Midland and Southern dialects. Derive modern wassal. (vi) MARCH, Anglo-Saxon Reader, p. 49, 11. 1-16. Parse manig pord, tungerefan, cysde, gelærdestan, cumen and explain godcund, gesamnian. (vii) Chronicle 878, 11. 12-17. Give the infinitives of fôr, feaht, fliemde, rad, sæt, salde, heton, læston. (viii) Chronicle 897. Write notes on unpealtran, nytpeorðôste ; and decline se, he, scip, eal, mann. (ix) P. 40, 11. 30-39. P. 55, 11. 13–23. P. 62, 11. 14-28. 5. Translate into Anglo-Saxon : In his old age he appointed his son king, the wise Solomon, and he afterwards ruled forty years in complete peace. And because of his great wisdom, kings worshipped him, and they sought his wisdom from distant countries, and from all lands offerings came to him, and he held his kingdom without war. lis. Latin Junior. VIRGIL, AENEID V.; CÆSAR, DE BELLO GALLICO, I. 1. Translate and decline:-ros, pălus, bos, olus, specus, abies, 2. Parse fully, giving principal parts, enitere, crematum, gavisus sit, rēgeretur coegeris, collatus, destitisse. 3. Translate, and turn into Oratio Obliqua. Hanc ego aquilam et vivus multos per annos magna diligentia defendi, et nunc moriens eadem fide Cæsari restitus. Nolite committere quod ante in exercitu non accidit, ut rei militaris dedecus admittatur, incolumemque ad eum deferte. 4. Distinguish between labor and labor, refert and refert, quisquam, quisque, quisquis, nusquam and nunquam, në and ně, māne and măne. 5. Translate VIRGIL, Aeneid V., 315–338. CESAR, De Bello Gallico I., xxxi. 6. Describe the geographical position and estimate the civilization of the chief Gallic tribes. 7. Make short sentences to exemplify the construction of dignus, similis, tenus, vestio, credo, damno refero. 8. (i) I ought not to have been persuaded to do it. (ii) He pretended that he was glad that I agreed with him. (iii) He was born at Athens; he lived thirty years in the island of Aegina, and died on the third day after he arrived at Rome. once. (iv) He sent to say that he was well, and was coming at (v) I asked him, if he had anything to say, to say it at once. |
