High School Department 173D EXAMINATION RHETORIC Tuesday, March 25, 1902-9.15 a. m. to 12.15 p. m., only Answer questions 10-12 and five of the others but no more. If more than five of the others are answered only the first five answers will be considered. Each complete answer will receive 121⁄2 credits. Papers entitled to 75 or more credits will be accepted. I Write a descriptive paragraph containing at least 75 words, introducing the following: clouds, rain, people. 2 In the following paragraph show a) how unity is secured without the use of a topic sentence, b) how contrast is effected in the organization of the paragraph: Some people, like the bee, seem to gather honey from every flower; while others, like the spider, carry only poison away. One person finds happiness everywhere and in every occasion, carrying his own holiday with him. Another always appears to be returning from a funeral. One sees beauty and harmony wherever he looks, his very tears affording him visions of resplendent rainbows as the sunbeams of hope fall upon him. Another is blind to beauty; the lenses of his eyes seem to be smoked glass, so that the whole world appears as if draped in mourning. 3 Rewrite the above paragraph, expressing the thought without using figurative language. 4 State the rhetorical defect in each of the following sentences and correct each sentence: a) He found some apples on the trees which he ate, b) The tiny crimson drops on the dove's wing showed that the bird. was injured, and it was very beautiful, c) After talking to him an hour about his book he left the room, d) On all sides in every direction we were completely surrounded by woods, c) The voyage of life is an isthmus between two eternities. 5 Write a paragraph of at least four sentences, using three of the following as transitional words: but, therefore, nevertheless, though, since, still. 6 In the following sentence mention a) two violations of unity, b) one violation of clearness; rewrite the sentence in correct form, using two or more sentences if necessary: He built a large brick house on the hill (it cost $5000) and he had a large orchard which was at the side of the house which was near the road and little boys who would come into the orchard from the road would steal the fruit and he only would have a few apples left so he bought two large dogs to scare them away and they frightened them very much so they did not steal any more fruit. 7 Distinguish between a) long meter and short meter, b) masculine rime and feminine rime, c) run-on lines and endstopt lines. 8 Describe in detail the influence of Walter and Elinor on the artist after he painted their portraits. 9 Show, by references to the story, the solution of the mystery of Mr Higginbotham's catastrophe. 10-12 Write an essay of at least 250 words on one of the following topics [Essays on subjects other than those assigned will not be accepted]: a) A long remembered Sunday [Give an account of what happened the first day that Mr Hooper wore the black veil], b) A lonely life [Let one of the citizens in the town give an account of the way in which Esther Dudley spent her time at the Province house]. NOTE Students not familiar with Twice-told tales may substitute one of the following: a) Anarchy in America, b) The will and the way. High School Department 174TH EXAMINATION RHETORIC Tuesday, June 17, 1902-9.15 a. m. to 12.15 p. m., only Answer questions 12-15 and six of the others but no more. If more than six of the others are answered only the first six answers will be considered. Each complete answer will receive 10 credits. Papers entitled to 75 or more credits will be accepted. I Develop the following topic sentence into a paragraph of at least 75 words either by presenting contrasting ideas or by giving illustrations: The most successful men are not always those who make the most money. 2 In the following paragraph give (a) the topic sentence, (b, c,) the relation of the third and of the fourth sentence to the second sentence, (d) the bearing of the last sentence on the sentence preceding it, (e) an example of parallel construction: A fine courtesy is a fortune in itself. The good-mannered can do without riches, for they have passports everywhere. All doors fly open to them, and they enter without money and without price. They can enjoy nearly everything without the trouble of buying or owning. They are as welcome in every household as the sunshine, for they carry light, sunshine, and joy everywhere. They disarm jealousy and envy, for they bear good-will to everybody. Bees will not sting a man smeared with honey. 3 Criticize and correct the following: (a) I counted 25 meteors, the other night, sitting on the front piazza, (b) The last train to leave the city Saturday and which crossed the bridge before the accident was the 5 p. m. train, (c) He used to use many expressions not usually used, (d) He carried a basket in his right hand while the other hand supported his mother, (e) She passed through life as a sea-gull skims the waves, sucking honey from every flower. 4 State the figure of speech in each of the following and show the points of comparison: (a) Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor when it descends to earth, is only a stone, (b) It is when our budding hopes are nipped beyond recovery by some rough wind, that we are the most disposed to picture to ourselves what flowers they might have borne if they had flourished. 5 Define unity and show how it may be secured in (a) the sentence, (b) the paragraph, (c) the essay. 6 Mention three rhetorical qualities violated in the following paragraph and rewrite the paragraph in correct form, using two or more sentences if necessary: Some weeks ago while walking through the park (it was late in the afternoon) I saw a package which lay in a cross-road which was some distance ahead, so I walked very quickly but found that I had lost my pocket-book suddenly, so went back and left the package in the road but I did not find it and when I returned back again to the same place the package was gone. 7 Define each of the following: transition, balanced sentence, alliteration, climax, metonymy. 8 Mention and describe the kind of verse used in the following quotation; mark the scansion and give the prevailing foot and meter and the position of the cesuras: Neither a borrower nor a lender be, For loan oft loses both itself and friend; 9 Explain the manner in which the festivities of Howe's masquerade were brought to an end. 10 Give an account of the rescue of Mr Higginbotham by Dominicus Pike and state its results. II State your opinion as to why Mr Hooper wore the black veil. Give arguments to justify your opinion. 12-15 Write an essay of at least 250 words on one of the following topics [Essays on subjects other than those assigned will not be accepted]: (a) A colonial Ball [Give an account of the ball at the Province house held in honor of Lady Eleanore], (b) A skilful Artist [Let the artist give an account of the portraits that he painted for Walter and Elinor, showing how his work proved to be a prophecy of their lives]. NOTE Students not familiar with Twice-told Tales may substitute one of the following: (a) The Visit of Prince Henry of Prussia to America, (b) The Reward of Persistence. High School Department 172D EXAMINATION HISTORY OF LITERATURE Friday, January 31, 1902-1.15 to 4.15 p. m., only Answer 10 questions but no more; of these 10 questions at least five must be from part 1 in order to receive credit for English literature, and at least five from part 2 in order to receive credit for American literature. Answer 10 questions in all cases, whether credit is desired for either one of the two parts or for both parts. If more than 10 are answered only the first io answers will be considered. Each complete answer will receive 10 credits. Papers entitled to 75 or more credits will be accepted. Part I English Literature I Mention three prominent characteristics of old English (Anglo-Saxon) poetry, explaining each. 2 Write on one of the following: a) literature brought by the Normans and its effect on English literature, b) influence of Tyndale's translation of the Bible on English literature, c) novelists of the 19th century. 3 Give three reasons why Shakspere is ranked first among dramatists. Explain these reasons somewhat in detail. 4 State three characteristics of the puritans and show how these characteristics affected English literature. 5 What was the spirit of the age in which Pope lived? Show how this spirit is reflected in Pope's writings. 6 Select from the following list three poems and explain in detail two characteristics of each poem selected: Cotter's Saturday night, Alexander's feast, Prothalamion, L'allegro, Deserted village. 7 Mention five prose writers of the 18th century, state the class of works for which each is noted and give the title of a work of each. 8 Sketch the life of Scott and show how the environment of his early life influenced his poetry. 9 Write a sketch of a leading character in one of George Eliot's novels. to State three characteristics of the literature of the Victorian age. Mention three poets of this age and give the title of a poem of each possessing two of these characteristics. |