The main exam had two subjects. The first was Hamlet, which he could bluff his way through; but the second was giving examples of the differences between Shakespearean English and modern English, which he could not do.
第一題，評論哈姆雷特的中心思想，不難揮灑；第二題，對比莎氏用語與現代英語，並舉例說明﹘﹘完了。