Martinmas Examinations
20 January, 2010
Here we have my Grandmother’s Martinmas examination of 1947-8. I have studied the same Medieval and Early English texts and would be loath to answer these questions.
Sixty-two years later, I take my Martinmas exam on a rather more modern subject: D.H. Lawrence, many of whose works were censured when my Grandmother took her exam. I doubt that those offended by Lawrence’s ‘indecency’ would have expected this possible exam question: ‘Is Lawrence is more puritan or pornographer?’. The answer? I dunno.
Wish me luck.
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