OXFORD EXAMINATION PAPERS. RESPONSIONS. I. For Latin Prose. Scarcely had the Romans evacuated the territory of the Caledonians, when information was brought to Severus, that the Barbarians had recommenced hostilities. His infirmities had been so much increased by the fatigue of the late campaign, that he was no longer able to join the army. He therefore gave the command to Caracalla, with an injunction to extirpate the whole race without mercy. But that prince had a far different object in view, namely, the exclusion of his brother from the succession to the throne. Instead of marching against the Britons, he endeavoured to gain the affections of the troops, by indulgences and presents: and as soon as his father had breathed his last, he renewed the peace, disbanded the army, and returned to Rome. II. Grammar Paper. 1. Parse the following words:— μεθῆκαν, πεπράχθω, ἐπέμψω, τολμώη, ιοῦσι, luetere, fatere, nascere, rapiere, fugere. 2. Give the gen. and acc. sing. and the gen. and dat. plur. of ναύτης, γέρων, θὴρ, ἰχθὺς, φρήν, heros, rete, paries, auspex, augur. 3. Give the genders of gener, ver, aper, agger, iter, virus, palus, aestus, crus, genus. 4. Compare ἄγχι, ἑκὰς, μάλα, ἡδέως, σαφῶς, bene, male, multo, prope, fortiter. 5. What is the force of the terminations -ów, -elw, -σкw, -etum, -ile, -osus, -ax, -ito, urio? Give instances of each. 6. Write down 2 sing. indic. perf. pass. μeμvýokw. 2 sing. opt. I aor. mid. òpáw. 2 sing. imp. subj. orior. 2 sing. perf. act. consenesco. 7. Give the perfect indic. and the present infinitive of κοινόω, συλλαμβάνω, ἐγγίγνομαι, ἀφαιρέω, μεταδίδωμι, adipiscor, irascor, dignor, adulor, utor, and the cases governed by each. 8. Translate into Latin: (1) There were ten of them. (2) He gave each soldier a million sesterces. (3) A law was passed forbidding the sale of wine. (1) By (#pòs) the gods, do not approach (#ρoσéрxoμai) the walls (reixos) lest you be slain (TOKTE) by (vò) the Greeks ("EλAny). (2) A messenger (ayyeλos) is come from (apà) the king to (pòs) the army (σrparεîμа). 9. Change into Oratio obliqua :-'Populus nos Campanus ad vos misit amicitiam petitum. Quod si feceritis, nonne magnum imperium habebitis? Adnuite, patres conscripti, et jubete incolumem esse Capuam.' 10. What is the usual construction of (1) Supines; (2) Gerunds; Give examples. III. Arithmetic. 1. Multiply 18 tons 3 qrs. 5 lbs. by 45. Divide 3576797. 78. by 504. 2. The circumferences of two of the wheels of an engine being 25 feet and 16 feet respectively; how many more times will one turn round than the other in 4 miles? 3. If the shadow of an upright pole 3 yards high be 2 yards long; what will be the height of a church spire which casts a shadow 824 yards long? 5. Find, by Practice, the value of 1344 at 17. 18. 7d. 6. Reduce of 23 of 4 of 127. 108. 3d. to the fraction of 32l. 38. 6d.; and 138. 41⁄2d. to the decimal of 51. 7. Divide .0266 by 1.4, and 74.356 by 2.9. Find the value of 3.75 of half-a-crown + 4.4 of a guinea +1.024 of 221. 8. How far ought 3 cwt. to be carried for 128. 6d., if the carriage of 12 cwt. for 30 miles cost 37.? 9. Extract the square root of 1157776; and find the length in yards of the side of a square enclosure which contains 4 acres 3 roods 24 poles. 10. What is the difference between the simple and compound interest on 1257. in two years, at 3 per cent.? 11. What would be the income derived from investing 1700l. 198. 6d. in the Three-and-Half per Cents. at 95? 12. A plot of ground 50 yards long and 40 yards wide is to be laid with sods 1 feet long and 6 inches broad. If the sods cost 38. per hundred, what will be the expense for turf alone? IV. · [N.B. Two Propositions at least from the Second Book are required.] 1. Define-plane rectilineal angle, circle, scalene triangle, parallelogram, trapezium, and distinguish between a Theorem and a Problem. 2. If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the other, each to each, and have also the angles contained by those sides equal to one another, they shall also have their bases or third sides equal; and the two triangles shall be equal, and their other angles shall be equal, each to each, namely those to which the equal sides are opposite. 3. If a straight line be divided into any two parts, the rectangle contained by the whole and one of the parts, is equal to the rectangle contained by the two parts, together with the square on the aforesaid part. 4. The angles at the base of an isosceles triangle are equal to one another; and if the equal sides be produced the angles on the other side of the base shall be equal to one another. 5. If a straight line be divided into any two parts, the squares on the whole line, and on one of the parts, are equal to twice the rectangle contained by the whole and that part, together with the square on the other part. 6. Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side. 7. If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the other, each to each, but the angle contained by the two sides of one of them greater than the angle contained by the two sides equal to them, of the other, the base of that which has the greater angle shall be greater than the base of the other. 8. Equal triangles, on equal bases, in the same straight line, and on the same side of it, are between the same parallels. 9. Describe a parallelogram that shall be equal to a given triangle, and have one of its angles equal to a given rectilineal angle. 10. Describe a square that shall be equal to a given rectilineal figure. V. Algebra. 1. If a = 2, b = 3, x = 6, y = 5; what is the value of a+2x−{b+y−[a—x − (b −2y)]}• 2. Add together (ax-by), (x+y), and (a−1)x−(b+1)y. |