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5. "Some prepositions take only one case, others two, and still others three." Classify the principal Greek prepositions in illustration of this statement. Make your answer as exhaustive as possible, showing what cases every preposition governs or may

govern.

6. (a) What is the distinction between the forms rís and rìs? (b) Illustrate by brief sentences or phrases the different meanings Οἱ αὐτός.

7. Translate into English:-(1.) τοῖς ἀνθρώποις τότε ἔπεμψε Κῦρος μισθόν. (2) οἱ πολέμιοι οὐκ ἐπαύσαντο τῆς κραυγῆς διὰ ὅλης τῆς ἡμέρας. (3) ἐτέτακτο δὲ ἐπὶ τῷ εὐωνύμῳ οὗτος ὁ στρατηγός. (4) τότε δὲ ἅμα τῇ ἡμέρᾳ κήρυκας ἔπεμψε περὶ σπονδῶν. (5) ὁ δε Ξενοφῶν αὐτὸν ἠρώτα, “Τί βοᾷς?"

8. Translate into English:-(1) TÓTE Èv Tŷ Yŷ πρŵтоι ησAV οvtoi kai ἐν τῇ θαλαττῃ. (2) Κῦρος τοῖς ἵπποις καλῶς ἐχρήσατο. (3) ἐὰν δὲ ὁ σατράπης ῇ ἐπὶ τῷ Εὐφράτῇ ποταμῷ ἀπελῶ. (4) καὶ ἔπεμψε Κῦρος πέντε μηνῶν μισθόν. (5) ἐρωτᾷ τίνος ἐστὶν ὁ ἵππος,

9. Translate into Greek:-(1) He did not send the garrison to the bridge. (2) He will send beautiful gifts to the Persians. (3) The hoplites were good and faithful soldiers. (4) But the general spoke to them as follows. (5) You will gladly have ceased from battle.

10. Translate into Greek:-(1) For a thousand soldiers had been sent to the stronghold. (2) The army was cut to pieces by these barbarians. (3) What will the soldiers have, if they conquer? (4) Cyrus was made satrap of Phrygia by his father. (5) He carried on war with the Greeks.

FRENCH.-X.

3 to 5 p. m., Friday, 24 June, 1921.

1. (a) Translate: (1) Avez-vous du pain? (2) Je n'ai pas de pain. (3) Nous n'avons ni pain ni viande. (4) Vous avez là de jolies fleurs. (5) A la ville il y a de grandes maisons. (6) Avez-vous beaucoup d'amis? (7) Nous n'en avons pas ici.

(b) Give the principal parts of "donner."

(c) Write down the Present Indicative of this verb.

2. (a) Translate: (1) These pupils often lose (lose often) their books? Do you often lose your books? (3) This little girl often loses her gloves. (4) We lose our time when we do not listen to the teacher. (5) I am finishing this French lesson. (6) Mary is finishing a long letter. (7) Why do you not finish your lessons?

(b) "Mon." Write down all the adjectives of this class (Sing, and plur.).

3. (a)

4. (a)

Translate: J'espérais bien que Nankin justifierait la confiance de son maitre, mais je ne voulais pas en convenir, et je continuais à me plaindre. Que l'on songe à notre situation, et l'on m'excusera sans doute. Je grelottais: des glaçons pendaient à mes cheveux; la neige m'aveuglait; mes doigts étaient engourdis.

(a) "Engourdis." Fully explain the agreement of the past participle.

(c) "Continuais." Write this tense in full.

Illustrate the use of “qui” and “que” by translating the following sen

tences:

1. The lady who is speaking.

(2) The books which you have bought.

(b) Translate:

(c)

5. (a)

(1) What books has he bought?

(2)

I have sold my apples.

(3) I have sold them.

(4)

The meat that I have bought.

Explain the agreement of the past participles.

Translate: Mon cher cousin,-Votre lettre m'arrive bien à propos. Je pensais justement à l'emploi de mes vacances et jè serai ravi de visiter ce Paris que les Français appellent "le centre intellectuel de l'univers." Vous pouvez compter sur moi.-Recevez _mes sentiments bien affectueux. ROBERT.

(b) Distinguish between "visiter" and "visité". Write two sentences in illustration of each case.

6. (a) Write in full the Present Indicative of dire.

(b) Write the Imperative Mood of: donner, finir, vendre.

(c) Translate:

(1) Give him the pen.

Give it to him.

(2)

(3)

Let us give them some (of it).

7. (a) Translate: (1) Un de mes amis fit recemment un voyage en Europe. (2) Il fallut qu'il allât d'abord à la gare et qu'il prît son billet de chemin de fer. (3) Pour qu'il pût voyager agréablement il prit une place dans le wagon-lit. (4) Arrivé à New York il fallut qu'il s'occupât de ses bagages. (5) Il ordonna qu'on descendit sa grande malle, qui etait très lourde, dans la cale et qu'on mit ses valises dans la cabine.

(b)

"Allat":-Write this tense in full.

8. (a) "Ce." Write all the adjectives of this class.

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9. (a) Write the Present Indicative of avoir and être.

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(c) Illustrate the use of the article with Place-Names by translating the

following sentences:

(1) Asia is a large continent.

(2) They live in Mexico.

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Cela se dit partout.

(b) "Elle s'est excusée."- Explain the agreement of the past participle

"excusée."

(c) Write down the present Indicative of s'être caché.

GERMAN.-X.

11 a. m. to 1 p. m., Monday 27 June, 1921.

1. Write down the present Indicative of haben and of sein and translate: I have a brother. We are good.

2. Translate: König Karl der Grosse wurde einmal ven den Sachsen geschlagen, und floh mit seinen Franken an den Main. Weil sie aber die Furt nicht zu finden wussten, konnten sie nicht über den Fluss gehen, um sich vor ihren Feinden zu retten.

3. How many genders are there in German, and which are the articles used respectively? Write down a noun with the corresponding article, illustrating each gender.

4. Show, giving illustrations, how the comparative and the superlative of Adjectives are formed in German. Compare: gut, viel, hoch. Translate: He is the best friend I have.

5. Translate: Ein Schiff wurde von Mannheim, den Neckar hinauf, nach Heidelberg gezogen. Ein Handwerksbursche ging denselben Weg und fragte: "Darf ich auch mit? Was muss ich geben? Der Schiffsherr, der ein lustiger Patron war, antwortete: "Fünfzehn Kreuzer wenn Ihr im Schiff sitzen wollt. Helft Ihr aber mit ziehen, nur sechs."

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The child is sitting

6. Certain prepositions govern two cases; enumerate them, and explain when they govern the one when the other case. les: We lay the books upon the table. (sitzt) under the table.

7. Translate: Vorgestern trat ich in ein türkisches Kaffeehaus; in einem kleinen Garten, über dessen Mauern hinweg man eine prachtvolle Aussicht auf den Bosporus und die asiatische Küste hat, sassen mehr als hundert Männer auf niedrigen Rohrschemeln und rauchten des Nargileh oder die Wasserpfeife.

8. What tenses are formed with werden when used as an auxiliary verb. Translate for examples: I shall buy a book. I would buy a book if I had money (Geld).

9. Give principal parts of: sein, werden, loben, sprechen.

Decline in the four cases singular and plural the personal pronouns: Ich and er.

10. Translate into German: The sons of my friend are young.

Young children

and old men were in the garden of the prince. The green fields are covered with white snow. We shall soon have the most beautiful weather.

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GEOMETRY.-X.

9 to 11 a. m., Monday, 27 June, 1921.

1. Bisect an angle ABC by a line BD, and prove it to be a bisector.

2. If an angle of a triangle is greater than another angle of the same triangle, prove the side opposite the greater angle greater than the side opposite the less.

3. Prove that straight lines which join the extremities of two equal and parallel straight lines toward the same parts are themselves equal and parallel.

4. C,D, are given points on the same side of a given straight line AB. Find a point P in AB so that CP, DP, make equal angles with AB.

5. If the exterior angles at B and C of a triangle ABC be bisected and the bisectors be produced to meet at D, the angle BDC equals half the sum of angles ABC, ACB.

6. ACB is a straight line and ACD, BCD, are two adjacent angles. Prove that any line drawn parallel to AB will meet the bisectors of the angles in points equally distant from where it meets CD.

7. DE is parallel to the base AB of the isosceles triangle CAB and cuts CA, CB, or those sides produced at D, E, respectively. AE, BD cut at F. Prove that DEF is an isosceles triangle.

8. Prove that the four sides of any quadrilateral are together greater than the sum of its diagonals.

9. A straight line drawn

to BC the base of an isosceles triangle ABC

uts AB at X and CA produced at Y. Prove that AXY is isosceles.

10. If a be drawn from one end of the base of an isosceles triangle to the opposite side, the angle between the I half the vertical

angle of the triangle.

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ENGLISH HISTORY.-X.

3 to 5 p. m., Monday, 27 June, 1921.

1. Explain briefly the Renaissance. State some of its effects.

2. Explain:-"Star Chamber," "Praemunire," "The East India Company," "Monopolies."

3. State the causes of the summoning of the Long Parliament, with date.

4. Who were the following? Francis Bacon, David Leslie, Earl of Strafford, Sir Robert Walpole, Henry Grattan.

5. Write a note on the Treaty of Dover.

6. Discuss briefly Science and Letters under the Stuart Sovereigns.

7. What were the chief events in Victoria's reign?

8. Explain: "Political Platforms," "Issue," "Policy," "Campaign."

9. What is the difference between a "Bill" and an "Act?"

10.

How is the Speaker of the House of Commons chosen? Name some of his duties.

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3. If 6 x3-7 x2 - 16 x+12 vanishes when x=2, find all the factors of the expression.

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5. If 3 be added to both numerator and denominator of a certain fraction, its value is; and if 2 be subtracted from both numerator and denominator, its value is . Find the fraction.

6. If m1+6 m3 +7 m2+am+1 is a perfect square, find the value of a.

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9. Solve 2 x2+x=1081 by the method of completing the square.

10. A farmer bought a number of sheep for $300. Having lost 7 he sold the remainder for $2 a head more than they cost him, and gained $44. How many did he buy?

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PHYSICS.-X.

3 to 5 p. m., Tuesday, 28 June, 1921.

Describe two experiments showing expansion due to heat.

2. What are the three classes of levers? What is the mechanical advantage in each kind? Why is it easier to cut a copper wire with a pair of shears if the wire is near the hinge than if it is near the tips of the blades?

3. On what principle does the barometer act? How, in consequence of this principle, is a barometer twenty inches long usually unservicable? In what place or under what conditions might it be used? Why is it unimportant that the tube of the barometer should be of uniform bore? Why must the bore of the capillary tube of a thermometer be uniform?

4. Give fundamental units in which the following may be measured: time, mass, length, work, acceleration, power, velocity, force. (N. B.-A horse power is a unit of power, but it is not expressed in fundamental units; so horse power would not answer the question. Neither would Erg be accepted as a unit of work. But if horse power or Erg were defined in fundamental units that would be accepted).

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