Appendix. ^་འ། Section III., II. Examination Questions. 3. (a.) Translate into English: Rien ne s'oppose plus à la chaleur que le désir de mettre partout des traits saillants; rien n'est plus contraire à la lumière qui doit faire un corps et se répandre uniformément dans un écrit, que ces étincelles qu'on ne tire que par force en choquant les mots les uns contre les autres, et qui ne nous éblouissent pendant quelques and Female instants, que pour nous laisser ensuite dans les ténèbres. Ce sont Teachers. des pensées qui ne brillent que par l'opposition: l'on ne présente A Papers. qu'un côté de l'objet, on met dans l'ombre toutes les autres faces. Buffon. Male New Pro gramme. (b.) State Buffon's definition of style. What does he consider the first condition necessary in a writer for a good style? 4. (a.) Translate into English:— Octave aura donc vu ses fureurs assouvies, Pillé jusqu'aux autels, sacrifié nos vies, Rempli les champs d'horreur, comblé Rome de morts, C'est trop semer d'appâts, et c'est trop inviter (b.) “Et moi, par un malheur qui n'eut jamais d'égal, "" Cinna. Name the speaker of these words, and narrate the circumstances in the plot of Cinna which seem to justify the statement. 5. (a.) Write notes on the italicized words in the following passages: : (i.) Je m'en vais gager qu'ils n'ont jamais vu la carte de Tendre. (ii) Il y a de la chromatique là dedans. (iii.) Que vous semble de ma petite-oie? (b.) Translate into English: Cathos.-Hé, à quels comédiens la donnerez-vous? Mascarille.-Belle demande! Aux grands comédiens. Il n'y a qu'eux qui soient capables de faire valoir les choses; les autres sont des ignorants qui récitent comme l'on parle; ils ne savent pas faire ronfler les vers, et s'arrêter au bel endroit : et le moyen de connoître où est le beau vers, si le comédien ne s'y arrête, et ne vous avertit par là qu'il faut faire le brouhaha? Les Précieuses Ridicules. SECTION B.-Literature. 6. Mention the chief incidents of the life of Racine, and sketch briefly the plot of any one of his plays. 7. Give some account of the foundation and first transactions of the French Academy. 8. Name three of the more important of Fénelon's works, and indicate briefly the subject of each. What part did he take in the quarrel of the "Ancients and Moderns"? 9. State what you know of Scarron, and of Mathurin Regnier. 10. What school of literature was satirized by Molière in Les Précieuses Ridicules? Describe briefly the origin and characteristics of this school. FRENCH (SECOND PAPER).-100 Marks. Two hours allowed for this paper. Appendix. Section III., Exami nation Questions. N.B.-Only five questions are to be attempted, one at least from Male each Section-A, B, C. The Examiner will read only the and Female first five answers left uncancelled. The questions in this Teachers. paper are all of equal value, twenty marks being allowed A Papers. for each. Dr. MORAN, Head Inspector. SECTION A. 1. Translate into French :- The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement, being in unceasing antagonism to that disposition to aim at something better than customary, which is called, according to circumstances, the spirit of liberty, or that of progress or improvement. The spirit of improvement is not always a spirit of liberty, for it may aim at forcing improvements on an unwilling people; and the spirit of liberty, in so far as it resists such attempts, may ally itself locally and temporarily with the opponents of improvement; but the only unfailing and permanent source of improvement is liberty.- Mill. All the summer long the swallow is a most instructive pattern of unwearied industry and affection; for, from morning to night, while there is a family to be supported, she spends the whole day in skimming close to the ground, and executing the most sudden turns and quick evolutions. Avenues, and long walks under hedges, and pasture-fields, and meadows where cattle graze, are her delight, especially if there are trees interspersed; because in such spots insects most abound.- Gilbert White. SECTION B. Unprepared Passages. 3. Translate into English: Un effroyable cri, sorti du fond des flots, Racine. New Programme. Appendix. Section III., Exami nazion Male 4. Translate into English: Qui pourrait décrire les mouvements que l'air communique aux végétaux? Combien de fois, loin des villes, dans le fond d'un vallon solitaire couronné d'une forêt, assis sur les bords d'une Questions. prairie agitée des vents, je me suis plu à voir les mélilots dorés, les trèfles empourprés, et les vertes graminées, former des ondulaand Female tions semblables à des flots, et présenter à mes yeux une mer agitée Teachers. de fleurs et de verdure! Cependant les vents balançaient sur ma A Papers. tête les cimes majestueuses des arbres. Le retroussis de leur New Pro- feuillage faisait paraître chaque espèce de deux verts différents. Chacun a son mouvement: le chêne au tronc roide ne courbe que ses branches, l'élastique sapin balance sa haute pyramide.Bernardin de Saint-Pierre. gramme. SECTION C. History of the French Language. 5. "Notre langue n'est qu'un mélange de grec et de latin, et de tudesque, avec quelques restes confus de gaulois."-Lettre à l'Académie. Criticise this statement of Fénelon. How far do you consider it justified by the facts? 6. Give some account of the earliest manuscripts now existing in Lingua Romana. 7. At what time and under what circumstances was the French language affected by the Italian? To what subjects do the words of Italian origin chiefly relate? Give some examples. 8. What influences were tending to corrupt the French tongue at the time that Malherbe came to reform it? 9. (a.) Explain the presence of the double forms:-fragile and frêle, raide and rigide. (b.) What do you know of the origin of the conjugation in -ir? 10. Write notes on the derivation and history of any five of the following words:-redingote, gouverner, on (indefinite pronoun), où, boulevard, aujourd'hui, guillotine, leur, dorénavant, pire. MATHEMATICS (FIRST PAPER): Algebra; Plane and Two hours allowed for this paper. N.B.-Only five questions to be attempted, one at least from each Section-A, B, and C. The Examiner will read only the first five answers left uncancelled. The questions in this paper are all of equal value, twenty marks being allowed for each. 2. Rationalize the equation Va1x+b1+ √ a+b2+ « αzx+b2=0. 3. If a0, a1, a29 ɑ39 Appendix. Section III., II. a, denote the coefficients in the Exami expansion of (1+x)" where n is any positive integer, prove that 2 3 an 2n+1 + 4. Solve the equation x2 + 3y2 = 35y nation Questions. Male and Female Teachers. A Papers. New Pro gramme. 6. ABC is a triangle; straight lines are drawn bisecting the angles A, B, C and meeting the opposite sides in the points D, E, F respectively. Express the area of each of the triangles AEF, BFD, and CED in terms of the sides a, b, c and the angle A. 7. Show that if— 8. If ABC is a triangle, prove that the expression sin sing sin has its greatest value when the triangle is equilateral. 10. ABC is a spherical triangle right-angled at C; if o be the angle between the bisector of the angle C and the perpendicular from C on the base, prove that— MATHEMATICS (SECOND PAPER): Geometry and Analytical Two hours allowed for this paper. N.B.-Only five questions to be attempted, two at least to be taken from each Section-A, B. The Examiner will read only the first five answers left uncancelled. The questions in this paper are all of equal value, twenty marks being assigned to each. Mr. SULLIVAN, Head Inspector. 1. State Euclid's test that four magnitudes are proportionals, and apply it in proving that triangles which have the same altitude are to one another as their bases. Appendix. 2. Describe a circle touching two parallel chords of a given circle Section III., and also touching the given circle. II. Exami- 3. An equilateral triangle slides with the extremities of its base on two fixed rectangular axes. Show that the middle point of each of the remaining sides moves on a fixed right line. 4. A rod placed inside a cubical box moves with its extremities in contact with two edges which do not meet and are not parallel: Teachers. prove that the locus of the centre of the rod is a circle. and Female A Papers. New Programme. 5. Construct a parabola given two points on the curve and the focus. SECTION B. 6. The co-ordinates of three points A, B, C, are (1, 2), (6, 1), (5, 4), respectively: show that the triangle ABC is right-angled at C. 7. Investigate the position of the circle x2+ y2+y-1=0, finding the co-ordinates of the centre and the intercepts on the axes supposed rectangular. 8. Given the base and sum of sides of a triangle, prove that the locus of the centre of its inscribed circle is an ellipse. 9. A variable circle passes through a fixed point and cuts off from a given line an intercept of constant length: prove that the locus of its centre is a parabola. 10. Prove that the sum of the squares of any pair of conjugate diameters of an ellipse is constant. HISTORY (FIRST PAPER): Civil History of Great Britain and Two hours allowed for this paper. N.B.-Only five questions are to be attempted. The Examiner will read only the first five answers left uncancelled. The questions in this paper are all of equal value, twenty marks being assigned to each. Mr. DEWAR, Head Inspector. Mr. SEMPLE, District Inspector. 1. What were the chief military events during the last fifteen years of the reign of Elizabeth? 2. Write short notes on "Thorough," the Treaty of Limerick, Wood's halfpence," the action between the Shannon and the Chesapeake. 3. How were the people divided in their adhesion to the King and Parliament respectively at the beginning of the Civil War? 4. Narrate briefly the military events in England and Scotland from 1648 to 1651 (inclusive). In what main respects did this war differ from that preceding the battle of Naseby? 5. Describe the expedition of Monmouth, and account for the fact that it failed, while that of William of Orange succeeded. 6. Explain the relations between home and foreign politics during the reign of Anne. 7. Describe the early life and character of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham. Show the inconsistency of his political conduct during the Seven Years' War. |