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English. — For Senior Civil Service. Time allowed: Three hours. Paper No. ll.—Literature of Age of Queen Anne, Shakespeare's "Henry IV." and "Henry V.," Lamb's " Elia," and Grammar. [All the Questions are to be attempted.] 1. Note the chief characteristics of the Queen Anne literature, and connect them with the history of the era. 2. Who is the author and what is the character of each of the following?—" The Hermit," "Essay on Criticism," "Battle of the Books," "Cato," "The Shepherd's Week," "The Shortest Way with the Dissenters," "The Eape of the Lock," " The Christian Hero," "The Beaux' Stratagem," "The Theory of Vision." 3. Comment upon the following passages from " Henry IV." and " Henry V.," and refer them to their contexts : — (a) " My old lad of the castle ;" (b) " Didst thou never see Titan kiss a dish of melted butter?" (c) "He ambled up and down with shallow jesters and rash bavin wits;" (d) "A rascally yea-forsooth knave;" (c) " Thou honey-seed rogue, thou art a honey-seed;" (/) "'A would have clapped i' the clout at twelve score ; " (g) "He whose brow with homely biggen bound snores out the watch of night; " (h) "'A made a finer end, and went away an it had been any christom child; " (i) " This roaring devil i' the old play that every one may pare his nails with a wooden dagger." 4. Sketch briefly the characters of Nym, Pistol, Shallow, Silence, and Fluellen. 5. Give the leading ide,a or humorous turn in each of the following essays of Elia: —"The two races of men;" " Grace before meat;" "Distant correspondents;" "A dissertation on roast pig;" " Poor relations ;" " The old Margate hoy ;" " The child angel." 6. Characterize the style and the humour of Charles Lamb, and refer to passages that illustrate their salient features. 7. Correct, with reasons, or justify: — (a) We have neither forgot his past nor despair of his future success; (b) He died a martyr to Christianity; (c) The opinion gains ground among everybody ; (d) Duncan comes here to-night; (c) Who were utterly unable to pronounce some letters, and others- very indistinctly; (/) He will in no wise cast out whomsoever cometh unto Him ; (g) He is really the person who he appeared to be; (h) I distinguish these two things from one another; (i) Health and plenty cheers the labouring swain; (/) Neither the general nor his officers showed himself; (k) Neither you nor I am going; (T) He shows himself antagonistic in all his measures against what his rival has said; (to) He knows that this remark is founded in truth. 8. Parse the underlined words : — (a) More and less came in with cap and knee ; (b) Our argument is all too heavy to admit much talk ; (c) England from Trent and Severn hitherto ; (d) I fear nothing, what can be said against me; (c) A white head and something a round belly ; (/) In faith, my lord, you are too wilful blame ; (g) But this our purpose now is twelve month old; (h) 0 thou fond many ! (i) And such a flood of greatness fell on you What with our help, what with the absent king; (j) If that rebellion came like itself; (ft) Will you be so good as eat it; (T) I must a dozen mile to-night.

English History. — Optional for Senior Civil Service. Time allowed: Three hours. [All the Questions are to be attempted.] 1. Sketch the character of William the Third, and show how it affected the politics of his reign. 2. What part did England play in the Seven Tears' War ? 3. Give an outline of the conquest of India in the eighteenth century. 4. What progress was made in England during the eighteenth century towards religious liberty and freedom of speech, and what retrograde steps were taken in this latter respect at the close of the century ? 5. Estimate the effect of the Napoleonic wars on the social and political state of England. 6. What reforms immediately followed the Beform Bill of 1832 ? Show why they were necessary. 7. Name the Premiers that held office during the first thirty-seven years of our century, and state the causes that led to the fall of the Ministry of each. 8. State briefly the occasion and purpose of each of the following measures : Act of Settlement, Mutiny Bill, Septennial Act, Eegulating Act, Berlin Decree. 9. What do you know of the Siege of Londonderry, the Peace of Eyswick, the Cato Street Conspiracy, and the Battle of Navarino ?

Euclid. — Optional for Senior Civil Service. Time allowed: Three hours. 1. Prove that any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side. Given two points A and B on the same side of a given line, find a point P in the line that the sum of AP and PB may be the least possible. 2. Prove that all the interior angles of any rectilineal figure together with four right angles are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides. How many degrees are there in the angle of a regular pentagon, and of a regular octagon ? 3. If a straight line be bisected and produced to any point, prove that the rectangle contained