Skólaskýrsla 2002 - Verzlunarskóli Íslands

7 Explain or paraphrase the underlined passages above. (6%)Wisdom! to leave his wife, to leave his babes,His mansion, and his titles, in a placeFrom whence himself does fly? He loves us not:He wants the natural touch; for the poor wren,The most diminutive of birds, will fight,Her young ones in her nest, against the owl.All is the fear, and nothing is the love;As little is the wisdom, where the flightSo runs against all reason. (IV, ii, 6-14)8 Who says the above and why? (4%)PAST INTO PRESENT9 Say which statement/statements below applies/apply to Old English (there may be morethan one statement that applies): (2%) Its poems were essentially alliterative. Its poems were mainly written in iambic pentameter. The language is Germanic in character. The Norman Conquest marked the introduction of the language into Britain. This was initially the language of the Anglo-Saxons.10 Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte D’Arthur is (only one answer is correct): (2%) a collection of Middle English poems describing the death of King Arthur. a modern poetic version of the legends of King Arthur. a prose collection of versions of the legends of King Arthur. an extensive research project on how King Arthur died. an Old English poem describing the death of King Arthur.11 For what work is Samuel Pepys most famous? Describe this work briefly, and say whyis it of interest to modern readers? (6%)My sister made a dive at me, and fished me up by the hair: saying nothing more than theawful words, ‘You come along and be dosed.’ Some medical beast had revived Tarwaterin those days as a fine medicine, and Mrs Joe always kept a supply of it in thecupboard; having a belief in its virtues correspondent to its nastiness. At the best oftimes, so much of this elixir was administered to me as a choice restorative, that I wasconscious of going about, smelling like a new fence. On this particular evening, theurgency of my case demanded a pint of this mixture, which was poured down my throat,for my greater comfort, while Mrs Joe held my head under her arm, as a boot would beheld in a boot-jack. Joe got off with half a pint.12 Who wrote the above and from what literary work is this extract taken? (4%)13 Find and underline an example/examples of simile in the above extract. (2%)14 A Modest Proposal is a pamphlet by Jonathan Swift. Say what problem Swift addressesin his proposal and briefly say what his mock suggestions are. (4%)WUTHERING HEIGHTS“And I never knew such a faint-hearted creature, nor one so careful of hisseln. He willgo on, if I leave the window open, a bit late in the evening. Oh! it’s killing, a breath ofnight air! And he must have a fire in the middle of summer; and Joseph’s bacca pipe ispoison; and he must always have sweets and dainties, and always milk, milk for ever –137