Scott, and quote from "Marmion" and "The Lord of the Isles," or others. 11. Write an account of his early minstrelsy, and his life up to the time that he ceased to write poems. 12. Who was his poetic contemporary; and what does he say of Sir Walter Scott in his "English Bards and Scotch Reviewers?" 13. Besides the early poetical effusions, what was Lord Byron's first continuous poem? Give quotations from it. 14. Write also a list of Byron's other poems. 15. Write a short life of the poet, his unhappiness and morbid temperament; especially of his end at Missolonghi. 16. Give some account of the life and writings of the following poets, with a list of the latter, and quotations from each poet : A. Thomas Moore. B. Lord Macaulay. D. Mrs. Hemans. F. Alfred Tennyson. 17. State the main incidents in the life of the Scottish poet, Robert Burns; and give some account of his works, and their wondrous hold upon the affections of his countrymen. 18. Quote some passages from Burns. 19. Write a list of the dramas of A. Sheridan Knowles. B. Thomas Noon Talfourd. 20. Describe the following plays, and (if possible) give quotations from them : A. "Virginius." B. "Ion." 14. ENGLISH LITERATURE. IV. PROSE WRITERS. 1. Name some of the earliest writers of English prose; and state who was Sir John Mandeville, also John Wycliffe. 2. Who also were William Caxton and Sir Thomas More, and what did the last write? 3. In what year was that translation, called the "Bishop's Bible," made, which was afterwards taken as a guide for the present authorized translation? and also when were the Homilies of the Church published? Give the names of some of these translators and authors. 4. Who were John Fox and Roger Ascham, and for what are they distinguished? 5. Write an account of Richard Hooker, and his great work, "The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity." 6. Give an account of the life and works of A. Lord Bacon. B. Sir Walter Raleigh. C. Thomas Hobbes. 7. Also of the following theologians : A. Bishop Hall. B. William Chillingworth. C. Jeremy Taylor. 8. Write an account of the life and works of A. Sir Thomas Browne. B. John Knox. C. George Buchanan. 9. What was the "Ikon Basilike"? and who wrote a reply to it with the title "Iconoclastes"? What other prose works also were written by the same author? 10. What works were composed by Thomas Fuller and Isaac Walton? 11. Give some account of the life and works of the following theological writers : A. Thomas Fuller. B. Isaac Barrow. D. Dr. Robert South. E. Richard Baxter. F. John Bunyan. G. Bishop Burnet. 12. Write an account of the life of Lord Clarendon, and of his famous work," The History of the Great Rebellion." 13. Give some account of John Locke and his works, especially of his famous work on "The Conduct of the Human Understanding." 14. Name the first of the British periodical Essays and its author, with the date of its first appearance; also of the second or improved continuation of the first, and the joint authors of this famous series. 15. Name also any others of these periodical Essays, with their authors. 16. Name the prose works of Jonathan Swift, and give an account of "Gulliver's Travels," and "The Tale of a Tub." 17. Write also an account of the life and works of Daniel Defoe. 18. Give some account of the following literary characters : A. Lord Bolingbroke. B. Dr. Bentley. C. Dr. Samuel Clarke. D. Charles Leslie. 15. ENGLISH LITERATURE. V. PROSE WRITERS. THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. 1. Write an account of the lives, with a list of the works respectively, of the three great English novelists. A. Henry Fielding. B. T. G. Smollett. C. Lawrence Sterne. 2. For what great work is Dr. Samuel Johnson famous ? and what other works did he write? 3. Give some account of the writings of— A. Horace Walpole. B. Oliver Goldsmith. C. Henry Mackenzie. 4. Write a short account of David Hume, and of his great historical work. 5. Also of Dr. Robertson and his histories. 6. What famous work has distinguished Edward Gibbon? Give an account of it. 7. Give some account of the works of A. Adam Smith. B. Edmund Burke. C. Sir William Blackstone. D. Earl of Chesterfield. 8. Give some account of the writings of the following theologians : A. Dr. Joseph Butler. B. Dr. Warburton. C. Dr. Hugh Blair. 9. Who were Frances Burney and Ann Radcliffe, and what did they write? 10. Write a list of some of the leading English novelists who preceded Sir Walter Scott, with an account of their writings. 11. Write an especial account of Sir Walter Scott, and his publication of his novels, with a description of— A. "Waverley." B. "Ivanhoe." 12. Write also a list of writers of fiction, and their works, who have flourished since Sir Walter Scott. 13. Give some account of the writings of the famous historians :A. William Mitford. B. Henry Hallam. D. Lord Mahon. F. Miss Strickland. G. Bishop Thirlwall. 14.' Give some account of the following theologians and their writings: A. Dr. Paley. B. Robert Hall. C. Dr. Chalmers. 15. Give some account of the "Tracts for the Times," and name one or more of the authors? 16. For what literary works are the following names distinguished?— A. Thomas Carlyle. B. Isaac D'Israeli. C. Rev. Gilbert White. D. Archbishop Whately. E. Dr. Buckland and Sir C. Lyell. F. Sir John Herschel. SECTION III.-GREEK. 1. GREEK ACCIDENCE.-ELEMENTARY. I. 1. Write out the Greek alphabet; name the smooth mutes-the middle—the aspirates; also the double letters. What are the breathings? Mark them in υπο, ερρωσο. 2. How many accents are there? How are they marked? On how many syllables can the circumflex be placed? and the acute? 3. Write out the declension of the Greek article. 4. What case found in Latin is wanting to Greek nouns? How many numbers have Greek nouns? 5. If there are five declensions of nouns in Greek, in what respect are the first and second alike? 6. Decline 7. Decline Α. πολίτης, νεάνιας ; also γεωμέτρης ; and state the rule for vocatives in a. Α. νῆσος, ἱμάτιον, and πλοῦς, ὀστοῦν. Β. λεώς, ἀνάγεων. 8. Mention some rules for the vocative of the fifth declension, and for the dative plurals. 9. Decline Α. θήρ, λέων, παῖς, πρᾶγμα, πάτερ. 10. Decline Α. γλυκεῖα μήτηρ, μέγα σῶμα. Β. εἰς λόγος, τὶς βασιλεύς. 11. What is the general rule for comparing adjectives? State other methods. Compare Α. σοφός, πιστός, μέλας, μάκαρ. Β. ἡδύς, ἀγαθός, ἐλαχύς, μέγας, πόλυς. 12. Decline Α. ἐγώ, σύ, ού. Β. ὅδε, ὅστις. |