3. There was not a person at the tournament but what expected Bois-Guilbert to be victorious.

4. Seeing the bodies of the slain laying prostrate, and the very sands overflown with blood, the Knight hastened to enter the fray.

5. The party keeping its ranks in close order gradually drew near to the ambush, when suddenly the concealed band rushed forth upon them.

6. He would not aid the Jew by so much as the lifting a hand. 7. This might have led to Ivanhoe falling in love with Rebecca. 8. Seeing that he is constantly growing stronger, Ivanhoe believes that he will be able to take part in the tournament. 9. Money-lending was Isaac's avocation.

10. The wives of the burghers wept aloud for they who had even been their protectors they now saw dead at their feet.

VI

1. Give in narrative form a brief account of your course in Ivanhoe. State (1) how much time you have had to devote to it; (2) how many essays you have had to write during the course ; (3) what books, if any, you have read in connection with your work in Ivanhoe; (4) any particular methods of instruction that you have found particularly helpful or profitable in your work; (5) your general opinion of the story.

2. Write not more than four hundred words on any one of the following:

(a) The Knight and the Holy Clerk of Copmanhurst.

(b) Wamba's experience with Isaac after the tournament. (c) Athelstane's funeral.

3. "I nothing doubt it, good brother," said the King; "and as venison is but dry food, our cellarer shall have orders to deliver to thee a butt of sack, a runlet of Malvoisie, and three hogsheads of ale of the first strike, yearly. If that will not quench thy thirst, thou must come to court, and become acquainted with my butler."

"But for Saint Dunstan?" said the Friar.

"A cope, a stole, and an altar-cloth shalt thou also have," continued the King, crossing himself. "But we may not turn our

game into earnest, lest God punish us for thinking more on our follies than on his honour and worship."

(a) At what point in the story does the above passage occur? (b) Parse nothing; to deliver; earnest.

(c) Explain cellarer; runlet; Malvoisie; first strike; cope; stole. 4. Is Ivanhoe a romance or a novel? What is the difference? Mention five other works of prose fiction by Scott; three poems; three works that do not come under either of these heads.

5. What monarchs had occupied the English throne since the Conquest? Why was Richard called Plantagenet? Why Angevin? In what respects does the story depart from the historical personage?

VII

1. Select any three of the following topics and upon each write a paragraph:

(a) Isaac's reception at Rotherwood.

(b) Wamba's fidelity.

(c) Gurth and the robbers.

(d) Prior Aymer.

(e) The death of Bois-Guilbert.

2. Quote, if possible, any passage of reasonable length that has appealed to you. If you are unable to quote, give the substance of Gurth and Wamba's conversation in the forest when they discuss the relations of Normans and Saxons in England.

3. State your opinion as to the treatment that Isaac receives at the hands of Normans and Saxons.

4. In what respects is the Richard of Ivanhoe unlike Richard of history?

5. What was the condition of the English language at the time represented by Ivanhoe? What tendencies gradually brought it into a more united and individualized form?

6. Explain the significance of the following passages by expla nation of names and references used:

(a) "The sound of the trumpet wakes Judah no longer, and her despised children are now but the unresisting victims of hostile and military oppression. Well hast thou spoken, Sir Knight, until the God of Jacob shall raise up for his chosen people a second

Gideon, or a new Maccabeus, it ill beseemeth the Jewish damsel to speak of battle or of war."

(b) "Things will be but as they were when we commenced our enterprise. It was founded on the hope that Richard would remain a captive in Germany. Our uncle Robert lived and died in the castle of Cardiffe."

"Ay, but," said Waldemar, "your sire Henry sate more firm in his seat than your Grace can."

(c) "The foul fiend!" exclaimed Cedric, "take the curfew-bell, and the tyrannical bastard by whom it was devised, and the heartless slave who names it with a Saxon tongue, to a Saxon ear!" 7. What other novel by Scott covers the same period as that treated in Ivanhoe?

VIII

1. Upon any two of the following topics write a paragraph of about one hundred and fifty-not more than two hundred – words, paying particular attention to general rules of paragraph structure; in each case underline the topic sentence:·

(a) What Rebecca saw from the window at Torquilstone. (b) Bois-Guilbert's last tournament.

(c) The Prior's ransom.

2. Answer as briefly as possible, without sacrificing essential matter:

(a) How did Cedric reward Gurth's fidelity?

(b) How did Rebecca fall into the power of the Templar?

(c) Why did not De Bracy escape with Bois-Guilbert from Torquilstone?

(d) In their journey through the forest, how did Wamba manifest greater judgment than did Richard?

(e) Why did Athelstane fight on the side of the Normans at Ashby?

3. Write ten biographic notes on Walter Scott, including the dates of his birth, death, and the appearance of Ivanhoe.

4. Write a sentence containing all used as a pronoun; as an adjective.

5. Write a sentence containing the possessive plural of lady; of lass; of king; of knight templar.

6. Correct the following, in each case stating the reason for the correction:

(a) Fangs laid outstretched before the fire.

(b) The Consistory has elected Beaumanoir as their Grand Master.

(c) His words were of such a character as to enable the friar to clearly understand the meaning.