...answer questions upon subjects derived from a prescribed group of texts. One or two of the questions "may be of a grammatical or linguistic character ; but the main object of the questions wili be to test the candidates' knowledge of the texts themselves and their power of writing English....

...Essay ; (6) to answer questions upon subjects derived from a prescribed group of texts ; the them6 or themes of the essay will also be based upon the prescribed texts. One or two of the questions may be of a grammatical or linguistic character ; but the main object of the questions will be to test...