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It was Frank Bracebridge, a sprightly good humored young fellow, with whom I had once traveled on the continent. Our meeting was extremely cordial, for the countenance of an old fellow traveler always brings up the recollection of a thousand pleasant scenes, odd adventures, and excellent jokes. Find

ing that I was not pressed for time, and was merely making a tour of observation, he insisted that I should give him a day or two at his father's country seat to which he was going to pass the holidays.

2 Give, from the quotation in question 1, the part of speech and the syntax of fellow, cordial, finding, him; give the classification, subdivision and syntax of the phrases with whom, to which, to pass.

3 Combine the following into three well constructed sentences, each of which shall be complex:

The captain said that as they were passing the banks of Newfoundland one night, there was a dense fog and a strong wind, and the pilot was keeping watch ahead for any fishing vessel that might be anchored off the banks, when suddenly he saw a schooner ahead and tried to stop, but the wind was blowing so hard that the next minute they crashed into the schooner.

Or

Put into a telegram of not more than 10 words the following facts:

I am delayed and expect to reach the Union depot at two o'clock in the morning. Meet me with a carriage. 4 Write the following in correct form: (a) Neither he nor any one of his friends were there to meet me, (b) They again repeated the concert a second time for the benefit of the building fund, (c) He has the past year and will continue next year to study Spanish, (d) Rowing on the lake, a severe storm came up which disabled many vessels, (e) He would have made a copy of the paper if you desired, (f) I ought not to have let him seen it, (g) I have never been on a farm but very few times, and everything was new to me, (h) On our first day in Montreal, us boys decided to take a trip up the St Lawrence, (i, j) It is a little house the front of which is covered with vines that were planted by the tenants who formerly occupied the house.

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7 What character do you like best in the Courtship of Miles Standish or in the Lady of the Lake? Tell what the character does and says that you like.

8 Answer two of the following:

a While Wamba and the Black Knight are going through the forest, Wamba obtains the bugle which Locksley has given the Knight. What effect has this incident on the story?

b After the tournament Isaac and Rebecca take Ivanhoe under their protection. What effect has this act of kindness on the story?

c What effect on the story has Wamba's refusal to save any one but Cedric at Torquilstone?

Answers

1 (a) I was pressed and was making object of finding; (b) I had traveled, modifies Frank Bracebridge or fellow; (c) countenance brings, causal clause, modifies was cordial.

2 Fellow is a common noun, nominative case apposition with Frank Bracebridge; cordial, adjective, modifies meeting as predicate adjective, after was; finding is a present active participle of the verb to find, modifies he; him is a personal pronoun, used as indirect object (dative objective) after the verb give; with whom, adverbial phrase of accompaniment, modifies had traveled; to which, adverbial phrase denoting limit of motion; modifies was going; to pass, adverbial infinitive phrase of purpose, modifies was going.

3 The captain said that as they were passing the banks of Newfoundland one night, there was a dense fog and a strong wind. The pilot who was keeping watch ahead for any fishing vessel that might be anchored off the banks, suddenly saw a schooner. Although he tried to stop, the wind was blowing so hard that the next minute they crashed into the boat.

Or

Delayed. Meet me with carriage, Union depot, 2 a. m.

(a) Change were to was, (b) They repeated the concert for the benefit of the building fund, (c) He studied Spanish the past year and will continue to study it next year, (d) while I was rowing on the lake, a severe storm, etc. (e) He would have made a copy of the paper if you had desired, (f) I ought not to have let him see it, (g) Since I had been on a farm but a few times, everything was new to me, (h) Change us to we, (i, j)) It is a little house the front of which is covered with vines planted by the former tenants.

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I also admire his courage when he said at the sudden appearance of Rhoderick Dhu's men from all sides in answer to a bugle blast:

"Come one, come all, this rock shall fly from its base before I."

8 See answer to question 5, "English Composition."

ADVANCED ENGLISH
Questions

I Select from the following quotation (a) a noun clause, (b) an adjective clause, (c) two adverbial clauses; mention the subdivision of each adverbial clause, and give the syntax of each clause selected:

And such he anticipates, will be the fate of his own work, which, however it may be admired in its day, and held up as a model of purity, will in the course of years grow antiquated and obsolete; until it shall become almost as unintelligible in its native land as an Egyptian obelisk, or one of those Runic incriptions said to exist in the deserts of Tartary.

2 Parse, from the quotation in question 1, which, may be admired, antiquated, obelisk.

Give the part of speech and the syntax of each of the following from the quotation in question : fate, and (line 2), model, in (line 3), obsolete, almost, unintelligible, in (line 4), or, one, inscriptions, said. 3 Prepare heading, introduction and conclusion for a letter to be sent from your home today to each of the following:

a Mills & Co., Publishers, 296 Beacon st., Boston Mass.

b Your friend, Miss Alice Brown, 12 Park Row, Cincinnati Ohio.

4 Correct the following sentences and give the reason for each correction: (a) Among the children were Julia with her little sister Lena, (b) He sent those whom he thought would do the work, (c) She refused him, because, she said, he had ought to have come himself, (d) Lights had been placed at the head of the vessel and also a guard, (e) He was the one who had learned the king to fight, (f) He said that heat always caused metals to expand.

5 Combine the following into three well constructed sentences, each of which shall be complex:

The captain said that as they were passing the banks of Newfoundland one night, there was a dense fog and a strong wind, and the pilot was keeping watch ahead for any fishing vessel that might be anchored off the banks, when suddenly he saw a schooner ahead and tried to stop, but the wind was blowing so hard that the next minute they crashed into the schooner.

Or

Put into a telegram of not more than 10 words the following facts: I am delayed and expect to reach the Union depot at two o'clock in the morning. Please meet me with a carriage.

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6 Give the classification, subdivision and syntax of six of the following italicized phrases:

(a) I moved forward to get a nearer view, (b) In the center of the library was a solitary table with two or three books on it, an inkstand without ink, and a few pens, (c) As I sat with my head resting on my hand, I was thrumming with the other hand upon the quarto, (d) I have been to the library two or three times since, (e) By the light of the lamps I caught a glimpse of a countenance which I thought I knew. 7 Write, from the following quotation, a list of the characteristics of Ellen, arranging them in the order given in the quotation: And ne'er did Grecian chisel trace A Nymph, a Naiad, or a Grace, Of finer form or lovelier face!

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1 (a) Fate will be such, object of anticipates; (b) which will grow antiquated and obsolete, modifies work; (c) it may be admired and held, clause of concession, modifies grow; it shall become unintelligible, clause of time, modifies grow.

2 Which, relative pronoun, relates to work for its antecedent with which it agrees in third person, singular number, neuter gender. It is nominative case, subject of will grow. May be admired is a regular, transitive, passive verb; principal_parts-admire, admired, admiring, admired. Potential mode, present tense, third person, singular number to agree with its subject it. Antiquated is a descriptive adjective, positive degree; compared-Antiquated, more antiquated, most antiquated; used as predicate adjective after will grow. Obelisk is a common noun, third person, singular number, neuter gender, nominative case, subject of is unintelligible (understood).

Or

Fate, noun, nominative case, subject of will be; and, conjunction connects may be admired and held; model, noun, nominative case, subject of is held (understood); in, preposition, shows relation between will grow and course; obsolete, adjective, predicate adjective after will grow; almost, adverb modifies as, unintelligible, adjective, predicate adjective after shall become; in, preposition, shows relation between unintelligible and land; or, conjunction, connects obelisk (is unintelligible) and one (is unintelligible); one, adjective pronoun, nouninative case, subject of is unintelligible (understood); inscriptions, noun, object.

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guard before its predicate, (e) Substitute taught for learned. To teach means to give instruction, to learn means to receive instruction. (ƒ) Substitute causes for caused. The present tense should be used to express a general truth.

5 See answer to question 3, English-First year.

6 (a) To get a nearer view, adverbial phrase of purpose, modifies moved; (b) in the center, adverbial phrase of place in which, modifies was; with two or three books, adjective phrase of accompaniment, modifies table; without ink, adjective phrase, negative of accompaniment, modifies inkstand; (c) With my head, adverbial phrase of manner, modifies sat; with the other hand, adverbial phrase of means, modifies was thrumming; (d) to the library, adverbial phrase of limit of motion, modifies have been; by the light, adverbial phrase of means, modifies caught.

7 Fine form, lovely face; graceful-light footed, true step, airy tread; Highland accent; musical voice; chieftain's daughter-satin snood, silken plaid, golden brooch; jet black hair; modesty; kindness; goodness; eyes the "mirror of the soul."

8 Answers will vary.

ENGLISH COMPOSITION

Questions

I Answer three of the following:

a Write to Dixon Bros., 6 Pine st., Cleveland Ohio, for a catalogue of their publications.

b You wish to order six books for holiday gifts; write to a friend asking for advice on the choice of books and mentioning names of some you think good.

c Write your friend's reply, giving reasons for the selections made.

d You decide to order six books from the catalogue of Dixon Bros.; write the letter, giving necessary details.

2 Indicate the division of the following into three paragraphs; mention the central thought of each paragraph and give a title to the whole selection:

It was with some difficulty that Rip found the way to his own house, which he approached with silent awe, expecting every moment to hear the shrill voice of Dame Van Winkle. He found the house gone to decay-the roof fallen in, the windows shattered, and the doors off the hinges. He entered the house, which, to tell the truth, Dame Van Winkle had always kept in neat order. It was empty, forlorn, and apparently abandoned. This desolateness overcame all his connubial fears he called loudly for his wife and children-the lonely chambers rang for a moment with his voice, and than all again was silence. He now hurried forth, and hastened to his old resort, the village inn-but it too was gone. A large rickety wooden building stood in its place, with great gaping windows, some of them broken and mended with old hats and petticoats, and over the door was painted, "The Union Hotel, by Jonathan Doolittle.

3 Keeping the same meaning, rewrite sentence A in (a) simple interrogative form, (b) simple negative form, (c) conditional affirmative form, (d) conditional negative form; sentence B in (a) simple declarative form, (b) interrogative form:"

A With good health and good spirits we can accomplish much.

B The boy who is ambitious is never idle. 4 Correct the following: (a) The cell in which Isaac was in was cold and damp, (b) My name is Joe and I live with my mother and I sell papers to make a living, (c) She said she would not take nothing but the ring, (d) I will write about my journey to and arrival at my aunt's at Boston, (e) They were scorned by everybody and everywhere, (f) Boys study mathematics at least as hard as girls, (g) Two strips of gold leaf lay parallel together, (h) Coming along the path as quietly as they possibly could, the deer heard their steps, (i, j) John Alden was sitting by a table near a window in the house that belonged to Miles Standish writing letters that were to go on the Mayflower that was to sail on the next day.

5 Answer two of the following:

a While Wamba and the Black Knight are going through the forest, Wamba obtains the bugle which Locksley has given the Knight. What effect has this incident on the story?

b After the tournament Isaac and Rebecca take Ivanhoe under their protection. What effect has this act of kindness on the story?

c What effect on the story has Wamba's refusal to save any one but Cedric at Torquilstone?

6 One of the following may suggest something that has happened to you; a friend of your own age asks you questions about the incident; imagine the questions and replies and write the conversation:

a How I was locked in.

b Why I was tardy.

c How we won the game.

7-8 Mention four traits of character that seem to you most prominent in one of the following: Ivanhoe, King Richard I, Isaac, Rebecca, Cedric.

Write in one of the following ways, the introductory paragraph for an essay of about four pages on the character selected: a Let the introductory paragraph indicate in an interesting way the subject, central thought (theme) and general outline of the essay.

b Picture the first appearance of the character in the story; give details enough to make the situation clear to one who has not read the story, and give the general impression made by this character on the other characters in the story and on yourself.

c Give a somewhat detailed description of the appearance and dress of the character, showing how the general impression produced by these details is indicative of the traits to be developed in the essay.

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