ENGLISH HISTORY.

Time: two hours.

1. Give in outline the history of the attempts made by the Danes to conquer England during the Anglo-Saxon period.

2. How did William the Conqueror try to control the barons in England ?

3. Sketch the career of Simon de Montfort.

1. Write notes in explanation of (a) the Feudal Army; (b) Battle of Agincourt; (c) Piers the Plowman; (d) Court of Star Chamber.

GEOGRAPHY.

Time: two hours.

1. Describe three of the great inland basins of the world, their extent, drainage, and physical features.

2. Under what circumstances did Great Britain acquire the following possessions, viz., Cape Colony, India, Australia.

3. What races of people occupy Japan ? Describe the government of the country and the principal occupations of the people.

4. Draw a map of Canada, showing the physical features and principal towns.

5. Mention the main ocean trade routes between Australia and Europe, and compare their respective advantages.

6. Summarize briefly the more important physical features of the New Zealand Archipelago.

7. State briefly the nature of the chief weather-governing disturbances affecting Southern Australia.

8. Draw a full page map of Australia, showing State boundaries, mountain systems, and main drainage basins.

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GREEK.

Time: two hours.

[Candidates must not omit the accents in writing Greek.?'

1. Translate into Greek:

a. Stop throwing stones !
b. The sailors killed many large fish.
c. Finally they shut the gates of the city.
d. He said that he was the son of the Persian king.
e. Your father is dying of hunger in Athens.
f. We must love in order to be loved.
g. Don't give the water to these dogs!
h. If I had known that you were here I should not have

gone to the ship.
i. We are afraid that you cannot hear that old woman

speaking j. During the winter all the mountains were covered with

snow for six days and nights.

2. Translate into English:
α. Κράτιστον ούν ημίν έστιν ώς τάχιστα βοηθείν τοϊσδε τους

ανδράσιν.
i. Give the positive of the adjective for which

kpátiotov is used as the superlative, and give
the positive and comparative of the adverb

from which táxuota comes. ii. Give the vocative singular and genitive plural

of ανδράσιν. iii. Give the neuter genitive singular and accusa

tive plural of toode.
6. 'Αρίστιππος ο Θετταλος έρχεται προς τον Κύρον και αιτεί

αυτόν δισχιλίους ξένους και τριών μηνών μισθόν.
i. What other cases are governed by a pòs ? What

cases by κατά ? Give the meanings in each

instance. ü. Give the Greek for 70, 80th, 9 times, 10,000

cows, 3 baskets of eggs.

c. Νομίζω έγωγε, ει εκείνοι απολούνται, ουδ' ημίν είναι ουδε

μίαν σωτηρίαν, ούτω μεν πολλών όντων πολεμίων ούτω
δε τεθαρρηκότων.

i. Parse απολούνται and τεθαρρηκότων.
ii. Give the dative singular masculine of ουδεμίαν.

iii. Give the genitive feminine singular of πολλών. d. Μέχρι δ' αν εγώ ήκω, αι σπονδαι μενόντων.

i. Parse ήκω.
ii. Parse μενόντων, giving 2nd person singular

indicative active of the present, future, aorist,
and perfect tenses.

e. Ημείς βουλόμεθα διασωθήναι προς την Ελλάδα πεζή πλοία

γαρ ουκ έχομεν.

i. Parse διασωθήναι.
ii. Give the 2nd person singular future optative of

βουλόμεθα.

f. Έκ τούτου μοι δίδωσι τους άνδρας και τους ίππους, ούς

υμείς όψεσθε, επειδάν ημέρα γένηται.
i. Parse όψεσθε, and give the 3rd person plural

indicative of the present, aorist, and perfect

forms used to express the idea of this verb.
ii. Parse δίδωσι and γένηται.
4. Τα δ' άλλ' έασον ταύτα και πιθού λόγους
έμοισιν.

i. Scan the 1st line.
ii. Parse έασον and πιθου.
iii. Give the nominative feminine plural of ταύτα.

h. γυναίκα τήνδε μοι σώσον λαβών,

έως αν ίππους δεύρο Θρηκίας άγων
έλθω.

i. Give the vocative singular of yuvaika.
ii. Parse now and account for its mood.
iii. Give the 2nd person singular imperative of the

aorist 2nd of λαβών.

LATIN.

Time: two hours.

1. Translate into Latin:

a. The forces of the king came to the sea.
b. The young man was unable to l'un.
C. The children all carried their books.
d. I fear the poor man will die within a few days.
e. The leader of the cavalry said, “I refuse to advance."
f. When the war was finished the soldiers received much

praise but little money.
g. He was the son of honest parents and lived many years

in this city to which he came when a boy. h. If he had been a brave man, he would not have Hed.

i. Labienus ordered the sailors to seek'a safe port. 2. Translate into English:

a. Legem breuem esse oportet.
b. Ter tecum conata loqui ter inutilis haesit

Lingua, ter in primo destitit ore sonus.
c. Errare eos dicunt, si quicquam ab his praesidii sperent,

qui suis rebus diffidant. 1. Ego autem ne irasci possum quidem iis quos amo. e. A. d. V. Kal. Decembr. tres epistolas a te accepi: unam

datam a. d. VIII. Kal. Nouembres. f. Multi, ubi locus fugae deest, per prima uada paludis in

aquam progressi, sese immergunt. g. Saepe ego audiui eum, qui nec ipse consulere nec alteri

parere sciat, extremi ingenii esse. 1. His rebus permotus Quintus nuntium ad eum mittit

rogatum ut sibi parcat. 3. Give the gender, genitive singular, and meaning of calear, foedus, aestas, quercus, cardo.

4. What is the Latin for three a piece, nine times, seventy, ticu hundred women, two thousand men ?

5. Give the meaning and principal parts of the following verbs, and mark the quantity of the last vowel but one of the infinitives: cado, soleo, augeo, sepelio, adipiscor.

6. Give the third person singular of the future simple indicative active and the second person plural of the imperfect subjunctive active of the following verbs: quaero, spero, ueto, ardeo, uideo.

7. What is the “Sequence of Tenses”? Illustrate your answer by constructing short sentences, in Latin, as examples.

FRENCH.

Time: two hours.

1. a. Write in the feminine: époux, lui-même, mon cher

bienfaiteur, le vieux paysan, l'héros favori. b. Write in the plural: bal, bijou, cet ordre impérial, de

laquelle. 2. Give the present and past participles of remplir, craindre, pouvoir; present indicative of manger, dormir, aller; first person singular preterite indicative of mettre, recevoir, faire; third person singular future indicative of savoir; first person plural imperative of arancer; third person singular present subjunctive of jeter.

3. Form adverbs from the following adjectives: doux, ardent, lent, confus, complet.

Write in French: 1821; a fortnight ago; three times a day; Francis I; Henry VIII.

c. The

4. Translate into French:

a. Who has given you this watch? Do not offer it to him. b. Whom do you prefer? What does he prefer?

pen with which I am writing. The author whose works

you

have read. d. He had never seen a lion. There is no more butter.

They are no longer young. .
e. You often used to speak of her. Go without them.

Your books and theirs.
f. We have a French lesson every Thursday.
g. That girl sings better than this one.