TUESDAY, Dec. 2-Evening, between 6 and 9. [Not more than 13 hours to be allowed for this Paper.] GREEK. Examiner-Rev. DR. JACOB. [Candidates must satisfy the Examiner in at least two Parts of this Paper.] XENOPHON'S ANABASIS. I. Translate into English : 1. Ο Ξενοφῶν ἀναγνὸυς τὴν ἐπιστολὴν ἀνακοινοῦται Σωκράτει περὶ τῆς πορείας. 2. Ἔστι στράτευμα πολὺ ἐν τῷ πλησίον παραδείσῳ. 8 3. Τοῦτον πρῶτον μὲν ὁ ἐμὸς πατὴρ ἔδωκεν ὑπήκοον ἐμοὶ εἶναι. 4. Ἐντεῦθεν προϊόντων, ἐφαίνετο ἴχνια ἵππων καὶ κόπρος. Also the following: Ενταῦθα ἔμεινε Κῦρος καὶ ἡ στρατιὰ ἡμέρας εἴκοσιν· οἱ γὰρ στρατιῶται οὐκ ἔφασαν ἰέναι τοῦ πρόσω, ὑπώπτευον γὰρ ἤδη ἐπὶ βασιλέα ἰέναι· μισθωθῆναι δὲ οὐκ ἐπὶ τούτῳ ἔφασαν. Πρῶτος δὲ Κλέαρχος τοὺς αὑτοῦ στρατιώτας ἐβιάζετο ἰέναι· οἱ δὲ αὐτόν τε ἔβαλλον καὶ τὰ ὑποζύγια τὰ ἐκείνου, ἐπεὶ ἤρξατο προϊέναι. Κλέαρχος δὲ τότε μὲν μικρὸν ἐξέφυγε τὸ μὴ καταπετρωθῆναι· ὕστερον δ', ἐπεὶ ἔγνω ὅτι οὐ δυνήσεται βιάσασθαι, συνήγαγεν ἐκκλησίαν τῶν αὑτοῦ στρατιωτῶν. Καὶ πρῶτον μὲν ἐδάκρυε πολὺν χρόνον ἑστώς· οἱ δὲ ὁρῶντες ἐθαύμαζον καὶ ἐσιώπων· εἶτα δὲ ἔλεξε τοιάδε. II. Grammatical Questions. 1. The present, future, perfect, and aorist of ἔμεινε, ἔβαλλον, ἐξέφυγε, ἔγνω, συνήγαγεν, ὁρῶντες. 2. Write out the persons of ἤρξατο, ἔγνω, ἐσιώπων. 3. The difference between τοιάδε and τοιαῦτα; and between οὐ and μὴ. 4. Decline throughout βασιλέα, μικρὸν, and ἑστῶς. 5. The Greek numerals, Cardinal and Ordinal, from one to ten. 6. Rules observed in the augment of Greek verbs. III. Translate into Greek : 1. Xenophon would not remain with the soldiers of the army. 2. Clearchus narrowly escaped being killed by his own men. 3. If he had assembled the soldiers whom he had with him, they would have listened to him. 4. As I was standing there, I saw them coming. (Incorporated by Royal Charter.) PUPILS' EXAMINATION.-Christmas, 1884. TUESDAY, Dec. 2-Evening, between 6 and 9. GREEK. Examiner-Rev. DR. JACOB. [Candidates must satisfy the Examiner in at least two Parts of this Paper.] HOMER-ILIAD, Book I. I. Translate into English : 1. Τὸν δ ̓ Ἑλένη μύθοισιν ἀμείβετο δια γυναίκων. “Ως φάτο· Πηλείωνι δ ̓ ἄχος γένετ ̓, ἐν δέ οἱ ἦτορ Πως ὁ ταῦθ' ὥρμαινε κατὰ φρένα καὶ κατὰ θυμὸν, II. Grammatical Questions. 1. Decline throughout ἄχος, φρένα, ̓Αχιλέυς. 2. The Homeric peculiarities in ἐρυσσάμενος, κολεοῖο, στη, and ὁρᾶτο. 3. The present, future, perfect, and aorist of γένετ', μερμήριξεν, ἦλθε, στῆ, ἕλε, ὁρᾶτο, ἔγνω. 4. The case and construction of στήθεσσιν, τοὺς, κόμης, ἄλλων. 5. The meaning of adverbs in θεν like ουρανόθεν. How is it that they have that meaning? 6. The difference between ei and eàv in their use; also between οὐ and μή. III. Translate into Greek :- 1. Achilles was greatly enraged at the words of Agamemnon. 2. I am doubtful whether I should restrain my anger, or not. 3. He stands up in the midst of them to speak. 4. I saw a great city ceasing from grief. 1. How many revolutions will a wheel, 164 feet in circumference, make in traversing 61⁄2 miles? 2. Determine the number of square links in a piece of land 34 acres in extent, a surveyor's chain of 100 links being 22 yards long. 3. If the duty on goods weighing 1 ton 7 cwt. 1 qr. 22 lbs. amount to £28. 16s. 44d., what is the rate per quarter? 13 4. Reduce the fractions, 7 to decimals; and find the vulgar fractions equivalent to the decimals 00725, 00008216, •234878. 5. Find the value of 75 lb. 3.45 dwt. 15 gr. of pure silver at 6s. 101d. per oz. 6. If the French metre equals 39.37 inches, how many square millimetres are there in a rectangular surface measuring 5 ft. 3 in. by 2 ft. 6 in., true to 3 places of decimals? 7. Explain the difference between Simple and Compound Interest. In how many years will a sum of money put out at 4 per cent. Simple Interest be trebled? Obtain the amount of £1000 at 4 per cent. Compound Interest for 4 years, correctly to the nearest shilling. 8. The Banker's Discount on £1230 for 21 years is £153. 15s. What is the True Discount on £4530 for 3 years at the same rate, reckoning simple interest ? 9. I sell £1495 Stock at 841, and invest the proceeds in 24 per cent. Stock at 73, paying per cent. commission on each transaction. What income do I receive eventually? 10. Obtain the Cube Root of 45499293; and write down that of the fourth power of 64. 11. If 226 Members of Parliament represent 12,832,803 persons, what is the ratio (of which the first term is unity) between representation and population? How many members at least should a population of 189,860 have on the same principle ? 1. Express by figures (i.) Thirteen millions four hundred thousand and fifty-seven, (ii.) Twenty-three millions thirty thousand and five. 2. Multiply £3,276. 14s. 8d. by 2222; and divide £4589037. 2s. 6d. into 17 equal parts. 3. How many yards of cloth worth 19s. 3d. a yard must be given in exchange for 11⁄2 ton of sugar worth 2 d. a lb. ? 4: Find, by Practice, the value of 2 tons 4 cwt. 3 qr. 23 lb. at £6. 1s. 4d. per cwt. 5. If £1 = 10 florins = 100 cents 1000 mils, express £1478. 10s. 8d. in terms of the decimal coinage. Multiply £724. 9 fl. 9 cents 9 mils by 217. 6. Determine the rent of a sheep-run, the length of which is 5 miles, and its average breadth 5 fur. 16 pl. 2 yd. at £1. 17s. 6d. per 10 acres. 7. Divide 12.305 by 25, 0032 by 2500, 4720 by 3-243. 8. Express 3 ft. 7 in. as (i.) the fraction of 100 yards, (ii) the decimal of 3 miles. Find the value of of of 04 of 327 square yards at 41d. a square inch. 9. If I buy a horse for £20 and sell him again for £25, paying my agent 10s. for his services in each of the two transactions, what percentage on my whole outlay is my net gain? 10. If the Simple Interest on £375 for 3 years be £39. 7s. 6d., what will be that on £600 for 5 years at the same rate? 11. Determine (in yards) the sides of a square, the contents of which are 18,352,656 square inches. Find the number of cubic inches in a block containing 3 cub. yd. 23 cub. ft. 864 cub. in. 1. Find the difference between the sum of 4715 added to itself 398 times, and the sum of 2017 added to itself 408 times. 2. Multiply £23. 11s. 43d. by 36; and divide £3715. 18s. 9d. by 470. 3. Reduce £47. 19s. 113d. to farthings; 14 cwt. 1 qr. 8 ounces to ounces; and find the number of square yards in 37584 square inches. 4. Explain the meaning of an improper fraction, a mixed number, and give examples. and write out the expression (ii.) or (iv.) in one line by the use of brackets. 81 6. Multiply the difference between 8 and 201 by the sum of 47 and 1; and multiply the result by the difference between 10% and 5. 7. Calculate the cost of 37271 things at £6. 13s. 0åd. each. 8. Find the values of of £1 multiplied by 63; and of 3 of 3 of £1 divided by 4. 9. If 45 ounces of tea cost 83s., what will 30 lbs. cost? 10. What is the smallest sum of money which contains an exact number of Thalers of the value of 2s. 11 d. each, and of dollars of the value of 4s. 1d. each? |
