| Description | This file contains Elizabeth Taylor's exam papers for the Senior Cambridge Examination. The papers in this file reveal the subjects which Elizabeth was examined in, the relevant exams being underlined in red ink on the first page of the document which is marked 'Time Table for Senior Students'. The timetable indicates that Elizabeth Taylor took examinations in Scripture, Geography, Arithmetic, French, Book of Common Prayer, Shakespeare, English History, German, Music and English Composition.
Elizabeth Taylor's exam papers, complete with annotations, are featured in this file, as well as directions issued to students taking the examinations. The documents provide an insight into the way that examinations were administered in the late nineteenth century and the level of knowledge which students were required to reach in order to pass the exams. |