Calendar: 1882-1883 Page 639

636 GENERAL LITERATURE AND SCIENCE 13 The angular elevation of the top of distant hill at station is 30 and an observer walks from distance of 600 yards in horizontal plane towards the hill and again observes its elevation which is now 60 Find the height of the hill ί£η ίί$ϊ Literature What is known of Shakspeare's life Carefully dis- tinguish the facts from the fictions Mention some of the chief public events that happened during Shakspeare's boyhood Give brief account of the state of the stage when Shakspeare first became connected with it What means are there of settling the chronological order of Shakspeare's plays Quote from his plays any allusions to current affairs Make an outline of the Midsummer-Night1s Dream Briefly sketch the leading persons in As You Like It Point out the contrast in character between Hamlet and Laertes and that between Hamlet and Horatio Describe and discuss Caliban 10 Explain and comment on the following passages giving in your own words the context When truth kills truth Ο devilish-holy fray Jack shall have Jill Nought shall go ill The man shall have his mare again and all shall be well ζ The thrice three Muses mourning for the death Of Learning late deceased in beggary 1י This is some satire keen and critical Not sorting with nuptial ceremony was never so berhymed since Pythagoras' time that was an Irish rat which can hardly remember β He uses his folly like stalking-horse and under the presentation of that he shoots his wit