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Five Short Courses of Reading in English Literature

Five Short Courses of Reading in English Literature

Winchester, Caleb Thomas

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ISBN10: 1151349313
ISBN13: 9781151349316
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 20
Weight: 0.12
Height: 0.04 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891. Excerpt: ... TEST QUESTIONS. The following questions are taken from examination papers set, at various times, to college classes. They cover but a part of the reading assigned in the shorter courses; and they are intended only to suggest to the reader several kinds of questions by which he may test his understanding of what he has read, his memory of it, or his appreciation of it. They presuppose on the part of the student an intelligent and thoughtful reading of the works assigned, rather than any minute or extended study of them. ON COURSE I. I. The Drama. 1. State briefly the relation of the Mysteries and Moralities to the Early English Drama. 2. The first London theatres--when and where built? Early stage representation. Results of the lack of scenic appliances upon the style of the early dramatists. Reasons of the Puritan opposition to the stage: how far just? 3. What is a drama? What are the unities? Which did Shakspere observe? What is the essential difference between tragedy and comedy? Mow does Shakspere 81 unite tragic and comic elements in the same play? With good effect, or the opposite? Cite Milton's opinion upon this point, from the preface to Samson Agonistes. II. Marlowe. 1. Briefly set down such important facts of his history as are known. 2. Where did he find the legend of Doctor Faustus? 3. Compare the structure of the play with that of one of Shakspere's tragedies. 4. What is the ruling motive in the character of Doctor Faustus, and how does the character resemble that of Marlowe himself? 5. Characterize Marlowe's imagination, and cite two passages that well exemplify it. III. Shakspere--Henry IV. 1. Explain the italicized words and phrases in the following passages: (1) Ten thousand bold Scots, two-and-twenty knights Bali'd in their own blood. (...

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