A. Write a composition of about two hundred and fifty words, on each of four subjects selected from the following list. (Of two or more subjects in brackets choose but one.)
1. The Story of the Three Caskets in _The Merchant of Venice_. A Character-Sketch of Antonio.
2. The Influences that Caused Macbeth’s Moral Downfall. The Story of Macduff.
3. { The English Army at Agincourt (in _Henry V._) { A Brief Narrative of the Historical Events of _Henry V._ Previous to Agincourt.
4. { A Description of a Building. { A Character-Sketch of a Dog. { A Narrative of an Interesting Journey. { Reasons for Liking a Favorite Book. { How to Make a Squirrel-Trap (or a Kite, or an Ice-Boat, etc.)
B. 1. What author wrote _The Ancient Mariner_? _Comus_? _The Marble Faun_? _Rasselas_? _Barbara Frietchie_?
2. Name two works of each of the following authors: Goldsmith, Emerson, Burke, Macaulay.
3. Give the names of two principal works of a great American novelist; a great English Puritan poet of the seventeenth century; an English woman novelist of the last century; a living American novelist.
GEOGRAPHY.—Candidates will be required to pass a satisfactory examination in _descriptive geography_ and the elements of _physical geography_. A preponderance of weight is attached to a knowledge of the geography of the United States.
In descriptive geography of the United States, candidates should be thoroughly informed as to its general features and boundaries; adjacent oceans, seas, bays, gulfs, sounds, straits, and islands; lakes, the location and extent of mountain ranges; the sources, directions, and terminations of the important rivers, the names of their principal tributaries, and at what points, if any, these rivers break through highlands on their way to the ocean; the water routes of communication from one part of the country to another; the location and termination of important railroad lines; the boundaries of the several states and territories and their order along the coasts, frontiers and principal rivers; the locations and boundaries of the island possessions; and the names and locations of the capitals and other important cities of the several states, territories and island possessions.
In short, the knowledge should be so complete that a clear mental picture of the whole of the United States is impressed on the mind of the candidate.