of the following sentences:

(1) He, in a moment of excitement and affection, did this act of
beneficence and of which he was very proud.

(2) We know that Oliver Goldsmith was himself not unlike the Vicar
of Wakefield, which may partly account for the charm of the book.

(3) I neither regarded myself as rich nor poor.

(4) The book will not fail of a permanent place in literature,
because it is badly written.

(_b_) Give examples of the correct use of the following words: affect,
complement, mad, nice, fellow.

WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY.

(1907)

_Allow one hour for each division of the examination._

_Consider what you will say, and in what order you will say it, before
you begin to write at all._

_Revise your work, and, if time permits, make a clean copy of it after
revision._

_No candidate will be accepted in English whose work is notably
defective in spelling, punctuation, idiom, or division into paragraphs._

I--Reading and Practice

One especial purpose of this division of the examination is to test the
ability of the candidate to express his thoughts in clear, _connected_
sentences, properly combined in at least three _paragraphs_. Single,
detached sentences will not meet the requirements.

_Select three of the following topics for discussion._ Be _accurate and
avoid generalities_.

1 Give an account of Sir Roger at the play.

2 Describe Arthur's last battle and the last scene in _The Passing of
Arthur_.

3 (_a_) Under what circumstances and by whom are the following lines
uttered?

The man that hath no music in himself,
Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils.

(_b_) Outline the action from this point to the end of the play.

4 Goldsmith's life on the Continent after he left Dublin.

5 Describe the place, the cause, and the results of the combat in _The
Lady of the Lake_.

6 Give an account of the part of Gawain in _Lancelot and Elaine_.

7 Describe the attack on the castle of Front-de-Boeuf.

8 (_a_) Explain the following lines in every detail:

I hear _it_ by the way; but _I will send_:
There's _not a one of them_, but in his house
_I keep a servant fee'd_. I will _to-morrow_
(And _betimes_ I will) unto the _weird sisters_.

(_b_) What results from this resolution?

II--Study and Practice

_Discuss fully each topic in order as far as you g