3. Give the derivations, also the prefixes and suffixes, if any, of the following words : 4. Write out two stanzas from the Hymn on the Nativity, commencing "The shepherds on the heav'nly close." lawn" down to " 5. (a) What are the uses of the infinitive? (b) Give examples of the several positions which the infinitive may occupy in the syntax of a sentence. 6. Explain the following passages:— (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) ! (f) "The oracles are dumb." "The Lars and Lemures moan." "Deserted at his utmost need "Inventress of the vocal frame." "The Lybic Hammon shrinks his horn." (g) "On dreary Arvon's shore they lie." (h) "And spare the meek usurper's holy head." (i) "Hoodwink'd with faery fancy, all amort Save to St. Agnes and her lambs unshorn." (k) "And threw warm gules on Madeline's fair breast. 7. Give a very brief account of Thomas Gray's life, noticing his works, his friends, and contemporary authors. 8. (a) Give a complete definition of a pronoun, an abstract noun, a conjunctive adverb. (b) What are the following figures of speech ?simile, metaphor, periphrasis. Give an example of each from the textbooks. 9. (a) What form of government does Addison consider the most reasonable? (b) What moral is intended in the Vision of Public Credit? (c) Who was "my friend Sir Andrew"? (d) Who was the king whose touch changed base metals into gold, and over what country did he reign? (e) To what test was La Pucelle put in trial of her supernatural pretensions? What does De Quincey think of the transaction? (f) Who was the Bishop of Beauvais ? and how is he connected with the story of Joan of Arc ? 10. Write a short essay on-Commerce. HISTORY. The Board of Examiners. (Candidates are to select any two, but not more, of the following four divisions.) I.-1. Explain clearly the nature of the title of Queen Victoria to the Crown. Who was the Queen's mother? 2. At what time and under what circumstances was the Union with Scotland accomplished? 3. Give the date of each of the following battles and the circumstances which led to them : Assaye: Corunna Culloden: Dettingen: Navarino Nile. 4. When and how was the Slave Trade abolished? When and how was Slavery abolished? 5. What is meant by the abolition of the Corn Laws? When and how was it accomplished? 6. What were the terms of the Treaty which was made at Paris at the close of the war with Russia? II.-1. Describe in words or by a sketch map the dominions of Rome at the commencement of the Social War. 2. At what time, under what circumstances, and with what results, did the Roman legion first encounter in arms the Grecian phalanx? 3. Give the date and a short account of each of the following events :-The First Samnite War: the Battle of the Metaurus: the First Servile War. 4. State what you know of the career of Caius B Marius. Under what circumstances did he first acquire the consulate, and what office had he filled previously? 5. Give some account of the agrarian policy of Tiberius Gracchus, and of the opposition which that policy encountered. 6. Give the date and the principal causes of the Social War. III.—1. Describe, in words or by a sketch map, the Grecian colonies in Asia Minor, and give a brief account of the history of any three of them. 2. Tell shortly the story of the Trojan War. 3. Name the great Grecian festivals. How often, and at what places, were they respectively held? and what influence did they exercise on (a) the political, and (b) the social unity of Greece? 4. Who were the Seven Sages of Greece, and at what time did they respectively live? Give a short account of each of them. 5. At what times and under what circumstances was Athens occupied by the Persians? 6. Trace shortly the history of the supremacy of Sparta. IV.-1. Give the date of and circumstances which led to the coronation of Charlemagne. 2. Who were the Saracens? At what time and under what circumstances was Sicily conquered by them? 3. Give some account of the Lombard League. 4. Give the date and explain the importance of each of the following battles:-Lepanto: Morgarten: Pavia. 5. Give some account of Henry the Fourth of France. 6. When and under what circumstances was the title of Emperor of the Romans discontinued? 1. Translate FRENCH. The Board of Examiners. Quelques jours après cet horrible assassinat, la police apprit enfin que les bandits se trouvaient à un bal donné dans une petite auberge de Glenrowan. Pour la première fois depuis dix-huit mois, on finit par trouver la bande. Avertis à temps, ils se mettent en mesure de se défendre, obtiennent une trêve (truce) de quelques instants pour faire sortir de l'hôtel les étrangers qui s'y trouvaient, et alors commence, entre les bandits et la troupe, une véritable bataille qui dura plusieurs heures. De tous côtés les balles pleuvaient, et plusieurs hommes de la police furent mis hors de combat. |