What scene of wild passion Father Felician met when he opened the church door!  Could force have quieted this mob?  Could they have been made quiet?  Then Father Felician enters, raises his hand and stillness reigns.  What causes this great change?  What wisdom does the priest show?  Does he say much?  To what does he turn their thoughts?  Why?  Who is the “Prince of Peace”?  What great character in history had a like power over a multitude?  Was it a great thing that the people could say from their hearts “O Father, Forgive Them”?  Who said it before this?  The evening service is held and quiet after the storm.  How were their souls translated?  What is the reference to Elijah?

Evangeline’s Service.  Shadows.

Lesson X, Lines 487-523.

What change here introduced?  Why should it come in here?  Any reason except a continuation of the story? (A well written play or story has a careful mixture of pathos and humor.  Explain and apply.) Note lines 499-501.  What was the source of Evangeline’s great strength of character?  Who was the prophet?  Has the reference to the Angelus any suggestive sadness?  Why graves of the living?  Why did the thunder speak to her?  What did it suggest?

SEC.  V.

Gathering on the Beach.

Lesson XI, lines 524-590.

How long were they in the church?  What was the attitude of the Acadians?  What happens similarly in nature?  What characteristic of woman is shown in lines 553-567?  Compare Evangeline, Gabriel and Benedict at this point.  Did Evangeline meet her father and Gabriel in different ways?  Why?  Did she show wisdom in so doing?  What turning point now comes?  Imagine a different circumstance—­how would it affect the remainder of the story?  Picture the village.  Why refer to the waifs of the tide?

The Camp.  Burning Village.

Lesson XII, Lines 591-635.

Picture the camp.  Why refer to Paul?  What was the condition of Benedict?  What disposition did he show in this trouble?  Do you suppose Basil was affected in the same way?  How do an oak and a willow take a storm?  Which is the better way?  Who was the oak and who the willow?  What does Father Felician do?  Does he show discernment?  Explain 612-615.  How many and what distinct pictures do you find in the lesson?  Write lines 613-620 in your own words and compare.

Death.  Separation.

Lesson XIII, Lines 636-665.

What was the effect of the fire on Benedict?  The effect of her father’s death on Evangeline?  What does “without bell or book” mean?  What of nature seemed in harmony with the occasion?  What two great sorrows came to Evangeline so closely?  Review closing incidents and Part One.

EVANGELINE—­PART II.

SEC.  I.

Landing.  Search Begun.