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132 QUEEN'S COLLEGE, GALWAY.
6. Give the date of The Corsair; and describe the
metre elf the poem. To whom was the poem dedicated,
and in what terms 1
7. What characteristics of Byron's genius are exemplified
in the poem 7
Quote, or refer to passages in illustration of your
opinion.
8. "W arburton, whatever was his motivf', undertook,
without solicitation, to rescue Pope from the talons of
Crousaz."-Explain this.
9, Give the sur stance of Dr. J ohnson's criticism on the
Essay on jJ£an.
10. And on Pope's theory of a Rl1ling Passion.
11. Among the Epitaphs written by Pope, Dr. Johnson
selects one which he has "always considered the most
valuable" :-To which of them does he refer, amI. what
are the grounds for his opinion '!
12. The opening paragraj)h of Rasselas may be-said to
embody the spirit of the whole work, while the title of
the last Chapter expr()sses epigrammatically the conclusions
at which the several actors in the story arrived :­
Quote, or give the substance.
13. How dops Gray apostrophize the Thames 7 Dr.
Johnson, when ridiculing this apostrophe, seems to have
forgotten that he made one of the leading characters in
Rasselas address a similar invocation to the Nile :-Can
you quote the passage 1
14. State where the following Islands are, and to what
nations they belong :-Madeira, St. Helena, Tobago,
Formosa, Amboyna, New Caledonia, Gozo, Cyprus, the
Andl1man T slands.
James Hardiman Library, NUI Galway