d, Virgil's Aeneid, and Milton's Paradise Lost.

156. _What language were these poems written in?_
The Iliad in Greek, Aeneid in Latin, and Paradise Lost in English.

157. _What does the Iliad describe or narrate?_
The downfall of Troy, which was the most memorable event in the
early history of the Trojans and Greeks.

158. _What does the Aeneid narrate?_
The perils and labors of Aeneas, who was the reputed founder of the
Roman race.

159. _What does Paradise Lost describe?_
The downfall of not only the Human but of the Angelic host.

160. _What is a Dramatic poem?_
One similar in many respects to an Epic.

161. _Name some point of difference._
Epic relates past events; the Drama represents events as taking
place at the present time.

162. _Name the greatest Dramatic writer of the English._
Shakespeare.

163. _What is a Drama called that is set to music?_
An opera.

164. _What is a Melodrama?_
A dramatic poem some parts of which are spoken and some are sung.

165. _What is Lyric Poetry?_
It is the oldest kind of poetry, and was originally intended to be
sung to the accompaniment of the lyre.

166. _What are Sonnets?_
A kind of Lyric Poems.

167. _What is an Elegy?_
A poem of a mournful kind, usually celebrating the virtues of some
person deceased.

168. _What is an Epitaph?_
A short Elegy inscribed on a monument, or written in praise of any
one.

169. _What is a Pastoral poem?_
One that describes country life.

170. _What is a Didactic poem?_
One the aim of which is to give instruction.

171. _What is Meditative Poetry?_
A kind of Didactic poetry.

172. _Name two noted Didactic poems._
Bryant's "Thanatopsis," and Campbell's "Pleasures of Hope."

173. _What is a Satire?_
One that holds up the follies of men to ridicule.

174. _Is a Satire personal?_
It is not.

175. _What is a Lampoon?_
A poem that attacks individuals.

176. _What is Gesture?_
Expression given to language by movements of the body, limbs, etc.

177. _What kind of Gesture is most appropriate?_
That which is natural.

178. _What attitude should be used in reading and speaking?_
Standing.

179. _Which hand should hold the book?_
The left, if possible.

180. _Should a Reader keep his eyes on the book constantly?_
He should not; but cast the eyes away from the