6.

"And telle he moste his tale as was resoun,

By forward and by composicioun.”

b.-Explain the following allusions

1. "For he was Epicurus owne sone."

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2. 'Seynt Julian he was in his countre."

c.-Explain how it was true of the

"pore Persoun of a toun"

that "Wyd was his parische, and houses fer asonder.”

III. 1.-Explain and quote one instance of the use of each of the following:-Atte, Alther, Ferre and derre, and give the other degrees of comparison of the adjectives. How was the past participle formed in Chaucer's time? Give three instances. Give one or more instances of a double negative. What is the past tense of can? Give two instances of the present and two of the past tense from the Prologue.

2.-Give your views as to the smoothness or otherwise of Chaucer's versification. What are the principal rules to be observed in scanning his lines? Mark the scansion of the lines quoted in 4 and 5 of the preceding question. What constitutes a perfect rhyme? Give instances of line-endings used as rhymes by Chaucer which would not now be considered such.

IV. a. Whence did Shakspeare borrow the materials of 'Romeo and Juliet'? To what period of his career do you assign the play? (Give reasons for your answer).

b.-Ruskin says (Modern Painters II. ii. 1.)

"Those sources of beauty which exist in the external creation-receive the reflection of the mind under whose shadow they have passed, and are modified-This modification is the work of Imagination."

Quote one or more instances of this from Romeo and Juliet, pointing out how much of the speech represents a transcript of what is presented by external nature to the speaker's perception, and how much represents the tone or coloring imparted by his mind,

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c. What appears to you to have been Mercutio's motive for provoking the quarrel with Tybalt? Indicate fully the

conflicting motives acting on Romeo's mind on hearing
of Mercutio's death.

a.-Explain the allusions in the following passages:-
1.-"Sometimes comes she with a tithe-pig's tail
Tickling a Parson's nose."

2.-"Young Adam Cupid, he that shot so trim."
3.-Mercutio: "Tybalt, you rat-catcher, will you walk?
Tybalt: What wouldst thou have with me?
Mercutio: Good king of cats, nothing but one of
your nine lives."

4.-"Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds,

Towards Phoebus' lodging: such a waggoner
As Phaethon would whip you to the west,

And bring in cloudy night immediately."
b. Give the force of the epithets in the following, noting
where they differ from modern current use.-(1.) Star-
crossed lovers.-(2.) Well-apparelled April.-(3.) Hu-
morous night.—(4.) Comfortable friar.—(5) Ghostly
father.-(6.) Portly gentleman (said of Romeo).—(7.)
Hood my unmanned blood.-(8.) Poison, I see, hath
been his timeless end.

VI. a.-Explain the syntax of the following:

1. "That crystal scales"

2. "She shall scant show well"

3.

4.

5.

"Neither, fair saint, if either thee dislike "

"Both our remedies

Within thy help and holy physic lies

"Pardon me,

And not impute this yielding to light love

6. ""Tis since the nuptial of Lucentio,

Come pentecost as quickly as it will,
Some five and twenty years."

b.-Restore the following to its blank verse form, putting in the proper stops, capital letters, etc, and entering

the names of the speakers; and pointing out any pecu-
liarity as to the scansion of any line that you notice.
"Lady by yonder blessed moon i wear that tips
with silver all these fruit tree tops o swear not
by the moon the inconstant moon that monthly
changes in her circled orb lest that thy love prove
likewise variable."

Is there any peculiarity in the scansion of the lines?
1. "Which ten times faster glide than the sun's
beams."

2. "Tut you saw her fair none else being by."

VII.-Paraphrase and explain the following:

2.

Should be so tyrannous and rough in proof!"

"She that makes dainty,
I'll swear hath corns; am I come near ye now ?"

4.

5.

"Conceit, more rich in matter than in words,

Brags of his substance, not of ornament:

They are but beggars that can count their worth.”

"I can discover all

The unlucky manage of this fatal brawl.”

6. "In what vile part of this anatomy

Doth my name lodge? tell me, that I may sack

The hateful mansion."

VIII. The words in italics in the following quotations appear in your prescribed books. Quote and explain the passages in which they occur giving their meanings.

1. "The young king mewed in Stirling tower.

Was stranger to respect and power."

This word occurs in Chaucer's Prologue and in Romeo and Juliet.

2.-"The pansy freaked with jet”

Flecked, another form of the same word occurs in
Romeo and Juliet.

3.-"Till civil suited morn appear"

These words appear in a similar connection in Romeo and

Juliet.

4.-"Poor soul, the centre of my sinful earth"

This word occurs in a similar sense in Romeo and Juliet.

5.- Oh could I have him back once more

This Waring * * * * * * *

* I'd fool him to his bent."

This word occurs in Laodamia.

6.- A participial noun derived from 'can' appears as an adjective and as a substantive in Romeo and Juliet. Quote the passages containing it. Give its meaning, and point out how it differs from that which it now generally bears.

IX. What objection may be urged to the introduction of the names' Jove,' 'Mercury' and 'Hercules' (so spelt) into the poem of Laodamia. What names would you substitute?

Are the bearing and language of Protesilaus such as you would
expect on the part of a loving husband returning awhile to
the society of a beloved wife? May the description be
defended as artistically correct? State the grounds of your
conclusion.

How was Protesilaus "self-devoted" if" by Hector slain ?”
What is meant by "The guardian monster of the tomb ?"
Relate what you know of Alcestis and Medea.

Write a prose analysis of the following verse, exhibiting the full
force and meaning of each clause.

"Learn, by a mortal yearning, to ascend-
Seeking a higher object. Love was given,
Encouraged, sanctioned, chiefly for that end;
For this the passion to excess was driven—
That self might be annulled: her bondage prove
The fetters of a dream, opposed to love."-

X.-Explain the construction of lines 2 and 3 of the following verse and paraphrase the whole in English prose.

"The short'ning winter-day is near a close;
The miry beasts retreating frae the pleugh;
The black'ning trains o'craws to their repose;
The toil-worn cotter frae his labour goes."

Under what form does 'can' appear in the Scottish dialect
and what is its meaning ?

Quote instances from the Cotter's Saturday Night of its present tense and of an adjective formed from it, and explain their meanings. Show that they correspond with one of the meanings of the word found in Chaucer.

Explain fully the word 'unco' in the following: :

"Each tells the unco's that he sees and hears."
What is the meaning of the current English equivalent ?

MONDAY, 10TH FEB., 2 TO 5 P.M.

ENGLISH PROSE.

H. B. GRIGG, B.A.

I. Trace briefly the history of the educational movement which spread over Europe in the 16th century?

Show how Ascham's views on education were influenced

thereby, and explain how far he falls short of a comprehensive and scientific treatment of the subject?

II. What does Ascham say of the Morte d'Arthur legends? Is the criticism just?

What Modern poet has revived those legends ?

Point out how far he has succeeded in overcoming the objections urged by Ascham ?

III. Quote Ascham's contemptuous observation regarding the Latin, Italian, Spanish, French, Dutch and English literatures as compared with the Greek.

How far was the criticism deserved at the time he wrote ?

IV. What are the "notes" which enable one to choose "a good wit in a child for learning" according to Socrates? Give very briefly Ascham's exposition of each.