S. MARK.

1. What information beyond that in Holy Scripture have we respecting S. Mark? What Church is he said to have founded?

2. What grounds had the Jews for saying, when they heard of CHRIST, "It is Elias"?

3. To which of His disciples did JESUS foretell the destruction of the Temple? and what other prophecies did He deliver at the same time?

4. Where were Decapolis, Bethsaida, Dalmanutha, Bethphage? In what connection is each mentioned by S. Mark?

5. Narrate the miracle of the cure of the deaf man with an impediment in his speech. Is this miracle recorded by any of the other Evangelists?

6. Describe the Transfiguration as nearly as you can in the words of S. Mark.

7. Relate the three appearances of CHRIST after His resurrection, as recorded by S. Mark.

8. Give our LORD's answer to the following questions:-(.) "Who is My mother, or My brethren?" (ii.) "Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?" (iii.) Why say the Scribes

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that Elias must first come?"

1. Decline the following nouns:—specus, genu, nix, clavis, hiems.

2. Give the comparatives and superlatives of frugi, arduus, sacer, maledicus, facilis, vetus, celer, prudens, breviter, bene, diu.

3. What are the numerals called which answer respectively the questions quot? quotus? quoteni? quoties? Give examples.

4. Write out the future of possum, volo, nolo; and give the second person singular present indicative of fio, fero, eo, queo, malo, potior, morior.

5. Write down the perfect active, and passive participle of meto, voveo, cogo, aperio, tango, refigo, fugo, tego, texo, crepo, sepelio.

6. Give the genitive singular and plural of the following nouns :-palus, grex, cinis, fur, calcar, amnis, pes, senex, arundo.

7. Decline sui, quis, solus.

8. Conjugate morior.

9. What cases are governed by dives, utilis, praeditus, dignus, parco, potior, piget, miseret?

10. In how many ways may the purpose after verbs of motion be expressed? Illustrate your answer by translating into Latin "The ambassadors came to seek peace."

1. What is an Adjective? Point out all the adjectives and all the adverbs in the following lines:

"And his droop'd head sinks gradually low

And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow
From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one,
Like the first of a thunder-storm."

2. Mention the different ways in which the masculine and feminine are distinguished in English. 3. Compare the following adjectives:―rich, wise, hot, neat, pretty, far.

4. Explain what is meant by a Neuter Verb. Form three sentences each containing a neuter verb.

5. Write down the present and past participles of the following verbs :-gives, wants, has, is, does, falls, seeks, shines, steals, treads.

6. What are Collective Nouns ? Give three examples of them. Explain the peculiarity of their 'syntax.

7. Write down the Personal Pronouns, with all their circumstances of person, number, gender, and

case.

8. Give the third person singular of all the tenses in the passive voice of the verb to move. 9. Punctuate the following passage:—

Stop stop John Gilpin here's the house
They all around did cry

The dinner waits and we are tired
Said Gilpin so am I

1. Give the rules for the formation of (i.) the plural of substantives, (ii.) the feminine of adjectives; with exceptions and examples of each.

2. Write in the singular: ses amis, les rubans bleus, les plumes blanches, beaux yeux, des juges impartiaux; in the plural: cette demoiselle, le petit animal, un élégant chapeau, tout mon travail, votre nouvel habit.

3. How do you render, when governed by a verb, the pronouns him, her, to him, to her, them, to them? Translate accordingly: I respect him, I respect her, I like them, I speak to them.

4. Give the meaning of sur (preposition), sur and sûr (adjectives).

5. Give the first person singular and third plural, present and perfect, of parler, bâtir, attendre, devoir; first person singular and plural of present indicative, future, preterite definite, and present and past participles, of s'en aller, mourir, savoir, voir, venir, faire, vivre, naître, éteindre, avoir.

6. What is the use of the cedilla in French? Give examples.

7. What are the adverbs formed from naïf, commun, éloquent?

8. State the difference between cardinal and ordinal numbers; and in what different cases the French use the former, the English the latter.

9. Write out (a) present indicative of aimer ; (b) perfect of punir; (c) future of recevoir; (d) present subjunctive of vendre; (e) imperfect subjunctive of avoir; (f) imperfect indicative of être.

10. Give the English of Qu'y a-t-il ? Il se fait nuit. Le temps se couvre. Le temps est à l'orage. Advienne que pourra. Vivre au jour le jour.

PLANTAGENET PERIOD.

1. Give, in a tabular form, the descent of Henry II., and Stephen from William I.

2. What was the origin of the quarrel between Henry II. and Thomas à Becket?

3. How came Edward I. to interfere with the succession to the Scottish Crown? and what resulted from it?

4. Name the important events in the reign of Edward III.

5. Relate the leading incidents in the reign of Henry III.

6. When was the conquest of Wales completed? What was the name and fate of the Welsh prince who opposed the English in the struggle?

7. Give an account of Wat Tyler's Rebellion.