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Class D.—English Histoey. Time allowed : Three hours. [Candidates may omit three questions.] 1. Give a brief account of the character and reign of Alfred the Great. 2. What was the state of Britain when Cajsar invaded it ? 3. Describe the effects of the Norman Conquest. 4. Narrate the struggle of the barons with John and Henry 111., and estimate the results. 5. What anticipations of the Reformation can you point out in English history ? 6. Trace the connection between the character of Edward I. and the events of his reign. 7. How did Continental politics affect England during the reign of Henry VIII. ? 8. Compare the character and influence of the Queens who have sat in their own right on the throne of England. 9. Sketch the history of the Long Parliament. 10. State the origin of the Star Chamber, and also of the Court of High Commission, and trace their history. 11. What part did England take in the War of the Austrian Succession ?

Class D. —Geeek (Optional). Time allowed: Three hours. 1. Decline, using Attic forms only, raw, /3acri\€vs, ttoXis, yeras; and, in the singular number only, ttoXus, u\-rj6ri<;, to.ovtos. 2. Write out in full the second aorist imperative passive of tuVtoj, and the present subjunctive active of Sfkoco. Parse crrrjcrai, crTr/crai, Ivto, irtdrj, <f>avovcri, rpaviocri, etev. 3. Give the first persons singular of the tenses in use of -n-daxco, bpdui, _x_o, alpico, Xay^avia, rpitjxi), eipio-Ktti. 4. With what cases and in what senses are the following prepositions used?— hrl, irapd, p,trd, Sid, Trpos, Kara. 5. How is pvr'i used —(1) in prohibitions, (2) in direct questions ? 6. Translate into Greek — (1.) The Gods gave me good things instead of bad. (2.) They were educated (TrcuSeom) by the same teacher. (3.) You yourself have often done the same thing. (4.) It is just that the stronger should rule the weaker. (5.) The horsemen who were with Cyrus crossed the river. (6.) This has already been pointed out (Srrp\6<a) by me. 7. Translate —"E7raTa ore Hep^JJS vrrrepov aye.pas ttjv dvapiß prjTov cnpaTiav r/XBtv im rrpi 'EXXaSa, kcu Tore iviKwv oi i'jp.(repoi wpoyovoi tov<s tovtcov irpoyovovi Kai Kara yrjv kcu. Kara. OdXarrav. 3>v icrn piv TtKpvr)pia. bpdv to rpcyrraia, piyicrTov Sk paprvpiov r; iXevOepla tu>v iroXvav iv ais vp.eis iyeveuße kcu. irpd(pTjT€- ovSeva yap avOpccnrov StcriroTyjv ciXKb. tous oeous TrpocrKvveiTe. [dyap-j—l collect; 7rpoyoyos=a forefather ; T£Kp.rjpiov=a. proof; 7T|Ooo-.-w--o=l do obeisance to.]

Class D.—Latin (Optional). Time allowed: Three hours. 1. Give the genitives, singular and plural, of senex, parens, heros, decus,felix, idem, uterque. 2. Give the comparatives and superlatives of faoilis, pius, benevolus, nequam, diu,prope, libenter. 3. Give the cardinal, ordinal, and distributive numerals from One to Ten, Why have distributives no singular number ? Translate into Latin—He appointed (do) one leader for every fifty soldiers. 4. Give the perfects, infinitives, and supines of faveo, Jingo, fundo, verto, suadeo, juvo, volvo, haurio. 5. What cases are governed by the following verbs severally : Utor, memini, recorder, potior, credo, impero, consulo, parco ? Where the same verb takes two different cases, explain the difference. 6. Translate into Latin —■ (1.) Do not suppose, my sons, that the soul can die along with the body. (2.) Having said these words, he bowed his head (eervicem porrigo) and bade the centurion strike. (3.) Neither my father nor myself have ever done you even the smallest injury. (4.) I do not know which of the two is likely to be more dangerous (exitiosus), to advance or to retreat. (5.) Twenty years ago no one would have believed that this was possible. (6.) Do you really mean to say that this is an honour to him ? 7. Translate into English—Cum enim rex Pyrrhus populo Romano helium ultro intulisset; cutnque de imperio certamen esset cum rege generoso ac potente ; perfuga ab co venit in castra Fabricii, eique est pollicitus, si praemium sibi posuisset, se clam in Pyrrhi castra rediturum et cum veneno necaturum. Hunc Eabricius reducendum. curavit ad Pyrrhum, idque ejus factum laudatum a

senatu est. Class D. —Algebba (Optional). Time allowed: Three hours. 1. A man earns £a during each of p months every year, and he earns £b during each of the remaining months of the year; he spends regularly £c every month, and saves the remainder of his income. Write down an expression for the number of pounds which he will have saved by the end of x years.