V.-QUESTIONS set to Candidates for Third Class, First Division. Write: PENMANSHIP.-40 Marks. Half an hour allowed for this paper. (a.) As a headline in large hand. (c.) Some from the camp, and some from college, Accumulate, as best we can, Line upon line, and man by man, An armoury of scraps of knowledge. (d.) "The church of S. Vitale at Fuorigrotta, in Naples, where the poet Giacomo Leopardi lies buried, has just been declared a national monument, and considerable restorations' are now in progress. It is proposed to raise a fund for placing a memorial to Leopardi on the piazza near the church, and the suggestion is likely to be carried out con slancio, as the Neapolitans say." SPELLING AND PUNCTUATION. PASSAGE FOR DICTATION. N.B.--The Superintendent, when reading this passage, will bear in mind that, as the candidate is expected to punctuate it properly, the various stops should not be named. Mr. DEWAR, Head Inspector. Mr. WORSLEY, District Inspector. Thus the character of the English esquires of the seventeenth century was compounded of two elements which we are not accustomed to find united. His ignorance and uncouthness, his low tastes and gross phrases, would, in our time, be considered as indicating a nature and a breeding thoroughly plebeian. Yet he was essentially a patrician, and had, in large measure, both the virtues and the vices which flourish among men set from their birth in high places, and accustomed to authority, to observance, and to self-respect. It is not easy for a generation which is accustomed to find chivalrous sentiments only in company with liberal studies and polished manners to image to itself a man with the deportment, the vocabulary, and the accent of a carter, yet punctilious on matters of genealogy and precedence, and yet ready to risk his life rather than see a stain cast on the honour of his house. It is only, however, by thus joining together things seldom or never found together in our own experience, that we can form a just idea of that rustic aristocracy which constituted the main strength of the armies of Charles I., and which long supported with strange fidelity the interest of his descendants. The gross, uneducated, untravelled country gentleman was commonly a Tory; but though devotedly attached to hereditary monarchy, he had no partiality for courtiers and ministers. Appendix. Section III., V. Exami. nation Questions. Male and C1 and B New Pro- Appendix. Section III., Examination Questions. Male and Female Teachers. C1 Papers. New Programme. GRAMMAR.-60 Marks. Two hours allowed for this paper. N.B. In addition to the questions in Parsing and Anaïysis, namely, Nos. 1 and 2, which are compulsory, only three questions are to be attempted. The Examiner will read only the Parsing and Analysis and the first three other answers left uncancelled. The questions in this paper are all of equal value, twelve marks being allowed for each. 1. Mr. SULLIVAN, Head Inspector. Dr. BEATTY, District Inspector. Of sudden and portentous birth, O life and death were in the shout, And triumph and despair. Long looked the anxious squires; their eye Could in the darkness nought descry. Parse fully the words in italics. (It is not allowable to parse, instead of a word given, one substituted for it.) 2. Draw out a complete analysis of the following sentence:--A new title or an unexpected success throws us out of ourselves and in a manner destroys our identity. 3. Correct (giving reasons) or justify the following expres sions: (a.) A certain lady whom I could name, if it was necessary. (b.) He began to be tired doing nothing. (c.) For my part, I love him not nor hate him not. (d.) As when the sun new risen. 4. Classify the various suffixes used in English to distinguish Gender; and give examples. 5. Frame sentences to show the various Parts of Speech under which the following words may be classed:—since, so, yet. 6. A participle has been described as a “pure adjective." Discuss this statement. 7. Enumerate as many verbs as possible which are followed by the simple infinitive without the prefixed to. 8. Give an example of each of the following:- (a) the ethical dative; (b) the gerundial infinitive; (c) an inseparable prefix; (d) the factitive object. 9. (a.) Name the two plural forms of each of the following Appendix. words, and distinguish the respective meanings:-brother, pea, Section III., penny, cloth; (b) write etymological notes on the plurals of pea and brother. the Exami Questions. 10. "The comparative degree is formed by adding -er to the nation positive." In certain cases there is also a modification in spelling. Classify these modifications and give an example of each. - Male and Female Teachers. C1 Papers. New Pro gramme. ENGLISH COMPOSITION.-60 Marks. Two hours allowed for this paper. N.B.-Only one subject to be attempted. Mr. EARDLEY, Head Inspector. 1. The Life of a Soldier. 2. Competition. 3 The wonders of the Sea Shore. GEOGRAPHY.-70 Marks. Two hours allowed for this paper. N.B.-One of the map drawing questions is compulsory. In addition to it only four questions are to be attempted The Examiner will read only the answer to the map-drawing question and the first four other answers left uncancelled. The questions in this paper are all of equal value, fourteen marks being assigned to each. [Neatness and accuracy in the drawing of maps and diagrams will be taken into account.] Mr. EARDLEY, Head Inspector. Mr. MURPHY, District Inspector. 1. Draw a map of the six northern counties of England, showing the mountain ranges and general drainage system of this part of the country. 2. On the outline map supplied to you, indicate by shading or cclouring (inserting names) the insular possessions of Great Britain, and mark the position of Algoa Bay, Ashantee, the Swan River, Port Elizabeth, Adelaide, Zanzibar, and Durban. 3. Name the principal mineral products of England, and the counties in which they are found. 4. What tracts of country are included in the great European plain? Mention any barren regions to be found in Europe. C' and New Programme. Appendix. 5. Name the principal British ports and those on the other side Section III., of the water for our Atlantic and South African trade. How are these trade-routes protected? V. Examination 6. Account for the great commercial and industrial activity Questions, along the Bristol Channel and the Estuary of the Thames. Male 7. Compare the Highlands and Lowlands of Scotland as to and Female climate, natural features, and industrial resources. What forms Teachers. the boundary line between the two? C' and New Pro gramme. 8. Give an account of Western Australia with reference to its climate and natural products, and to its development within the last few years. 9. On the outline map supplied to you, draw lines showing the direction of the principal currents existing in the Indian Ocean, and add short explanatory notes. 10. Give a full account of the South-West Monsoon and of the causes producing it. In what way does it affect India? C Papers. ENGLISH LITERATURE.-70 Marks. Two hours allowed for this paper. N.B.-Only five questions to be attempted, one at least from each section A. B. C. The Examiner will read only the first five answers left uncancelled. The questions in this paper are all of equal value, fourteen marks being allowed for each. Mr. STRONGE, Head Inspector. Mr. MCALISTER, District Inspector. SECTION A. 1. Write a short life of Cowper, enumerating and describing his principal works. 2. Show by reference to some of the principal plays produced in the eighteenth century the influence exerted by the French upon the English drama. 3. Name the authors of the following works: (a.) "The Shepherd's Week"; (b.) "Journal of the Great Plague "; (c.) "Letters on a Regicide Peace"; (d.) "The Minstrel "; : and enumerate the other works of the authors of (c) and (f). 4. Describe as fully as you can:— (a.) "The Rape of the Lock." (b.) "Drapier's Letters." SECTION B. 5. Quote one of Wordsworth's sonnets, and explain the metrical structure. 6. In what context do the following lines occur? Add explana- Appendix. tory notes where ncessary. (a.) "Regions Cæsar never knew Thy posterity shall sway." (b.) "Theirs was no common party race (c.) "O for one hour of Wallace wight!" (d.) "Thy soul was like a star and dwelt apart." 7. Quote either the passage from The Bard alludes to Shakespere and later poets, or that from in which Scott describes the character of Nelson. SECTION C. Section III., V. Exami nation Questions. Male and Female Teachers. C1 Papers. in which Gray New ProMarmion gramme. "On Popular 8. (a.) What according to Addison in his essay Poetry" are the two points observed by the greatest heroic poets? (b.) Quote, or give the substance of, the passage in the essay "On Taste," in which Addison compares the style of three great Latin historians. 9. Summarise the essay "On Death " or the essay "On Whimsical Notions and Practical Jokes." 10. Write explanatory notes upon the following, and state the context in which they occur:— (a.) "For this reason they often represent an illustrious poet in a Roman habit." (b.) "Our superiors are guided by intuition and our inferiors by instinct." (c.) "I think I have a piece of that leaden planet in me.” " (d.) "Huygenius carries this thought so far that . (e.)" Martial's description of this species of lawyers is full of humour." N.B.-Only five questions to be attempted. The Examiner will read only the first five answers left un cancelled. The questions in this paper are all of equal value, twenty marks being assigned to each. Brief explanatory notes of your work should be given. Mr. DEWAR, Head Inspector. Mr. D. P. FITZGERALD, District Inspector. 1. Explain, as you would to a class, the reason of the rule for converting 345 to a vulgar fraction. 2. Find the sum to infinity of the series: 3. A druggist buys a certain article at 3d. per Avoirdupois oz., and sells it at 6d. per Troy oz. Find his gain per cent. Male Teachers. |