e. He did it by these means and for this purpose, and was rewarded by the king at the rate of two minæ a month.1 7. In what cases can μn be used with the indicative mood, and où with the subjunctive or optative ? 8. In what ways is the Latin perfect formed? What analogies are there in Greek? 9. How far is the Latin language deficient in participles as compared with the Greek? How does it supply their absence? 10. Describe, giving the Greek terms, the process of putting a play on the Athenian stage. II. Describe, with quotations where you can, the rooms and furniture of a Roman house. 12. How came Augustus to become Emperor of Rome? 13. Describe the state of Greek society which we see in the Homeric poems. 14. What were the leading States of Greece at the time of the Persian war, and what parts did they severally take? 15. Give an account of the life and character of one of the following:-Pausanias, Themistocles, Alcibiades, Pericles, Demosthenes (the Orator). 16. Give some account, with dates, of not more than three of the Orations of Cicero, and the circumstances that led to them. 17. What events are connected with the names of Servius Tullius, Spurius Cassius, Camillus, Coriolanus, Appius Claudius, Marcellus, Fabius Cunctator, Ti. Gracchus, Marius ? [New Coll. Matriculation and Exhibitions, 1869.] 1 Διὰ τούτων μὲν οὖν καὶ ἐπὶ τούτῳ ποιήσας, μισθὸν παρὰ βασιλέως κατὰ δύο μνᾶς τοῦ μηνὸς ἔλαβε. XXXV. MODERN HISTORY. 1. What is the existing law of succession to the English throne? How and when was it established? 2. Explain the phrases :-Balance of Power, Blockade, Habeas Corpus, The Cabinet, The Speaker, The King can do no wrong. 3. Which do you consider the greatest of English kings, and why? 4. Give a very short account, with dates, of any three of the following:-Magna Charta, the Battle of Hastings, the Trial of Charles I., the Trial of the Seven Bishops, the Sicilian Vespers, the First Crusade. 5. How much of Europe has ever been conquered by Mahometans, and at what periods? 6. What is a Federal Government? To what sort of States is it likely to be advantageous? 7. Sketch in outline the history of the occupation of America by European powers. What parts of America are now in the hands of the nation which first colonized it? 8. Where are the following places, and for what are they famous:-Antwerp, Boiogna, Bordeaux, Delhi, Geneva, Leipsic, Malta, Salamanca, Tours, Worms? 9. Give a short account of the German War of 1866. What changes did it make in the map of Europe? 10. When was the first English Parliament called? Were there any similar institutions before it. At what subsequent periods have great changes been made in its constitution? 11. Who were Charlemagne, Charles the Bold, Frederick Barbarossa, Gustavus Adolphus, Ignatius Loyola, Lorenzo de Medici, St. Louis, Peter the Great, William the Silent? 12. Mention any great battles of the English navy, giving, if possible, the date, the enemy, and the name of the English commander. 13. What English statesmen have been celebrated on other grounds? [New Coll. Matriculation and Exhibitions, 1869.] XXXVI. 1. Account for the moods and tenses of the words itali cised : Fuisset : a. Verum anceps pugnæ fuerat fortuna. C. Troum socia arma secutum Obruerent Rutuli telis; animam ipse dedissem, Atque hæc pompa domum me, non Pallanta referret! d. Ni docta comes tenues sine corpore vitas Admoneat volitare cava sub imagine formæ ε. ἐβουλόμην μὲν οὖν τὴν βουλὴν, τοὺς πεντακοσίους, ... καὶ τὰς ἐκκλησίας, ὑπὸ τῶν ἐφεστηκότων ὀρθῶς διοικεῖσθαι, κ Б 4. οἶσθ ̓ ὡς ποίησον; 3. αὐτὸς βαδίζω καὶ πονῶ, τοῦτον δ' ὀχῶ, ἵνα μὴ ταλαιπωροῖτο μηδ' ἄχθος φέροι. 2. What are the rules for the use of a double or redundant negative in Greek? Are there any similar inaccuracies in Latin ? 3. Explain the use of relative adverbs as final conjunctions, 1 Virg. Æn. iv. 603. 5 Aeschin. Ctes. § 2. 3 Virg. Æn. xi, 161. 6 Ar. Ran. 23. and give instances in Greek and Latin to illustrate the transition from one use to the other. 4. Translate into Latin :— χρὴ δὲ τὸν μὲν ἀγαθὸν πολίτην μὴ ἐκφοβοῦντα τοὺς ἀντεροῦντας ἀλλ' ἀπὸ τοῦ ἴσου φαίνεσθαι ἄμεινον λέγοντα· τὴν δὲ σώφρονα πόλιν τῷ τε πλεῖστα εὖ βουλεύοντι μὴ προστιθέναι τιμὴν, ἀλλὰ μηδ' ἐλασσοῦν τῆς ὑπαρχούσης, καὶ τὸν μὴ τυχόντα γνωμῆς οὐχ ὅπως ζημιοῦν ἀλλὰ μηδ' ἀτιμάζειν. 5. Translate and comment on : α. ἔργον τε ἔπος τε τελέσσαι. 6. νῦν τοι ἐελδέσθω πόλεμος κακὸς, εἰ τοὺς ἐσσί. d. σέβειν μὲν εὐσέβειά τις, κράτος δ', ὅτῳ κράτος μέλει, Ejus, qui domita nomen ab Africa g. Suffenus unus caprimulgus aut fossor Rursus videtur. 7 6. What are Prepositions originally? Account for Prepositions being used with more than one case, and show how their original meanings are modified by the case-endings. 7. Illustrate Pleonasm as a peculiarity of Attic Greek. 6 8. Hac Trojana tenus fuerit fortuna secuta.' Translate this, and state arguments for and against the existence of a 'second future tense' in Latin. 9. The difference in form between the representation of Greek Comedy and Greek Tragedy. 10. Points of resemblance or contrast between Roman and English Satire. II. Estimate the influence of the Latin language in the composition of the English tongue. Is there any Greek element in English? [Queen's Coll. Scholarships and Exhibitions, Easter, 1868.] XXXVII. 1. Translate Ad Ciceronem venio . . . eodem modo determinet.1 2. Write a short critique on Horace as a lyrical poet. 3. Does Horace borrow Greek idioms as well as Greek metres ? 4. Translate, with notes : a. Vix reliquit, qui efferretur." b. Tu si hic sis, aliter sentias.R c. Scriberis Vario fortis. . . . [Mæonii carminis alite.] d. Vox hominem sonat. e. Primo quoque die. 5. Explain the use of the ablative with such verbs as utor, fruor, nitor, vescor, and the ablative of price. 6. Show that the present tense of a Latin verb does not usually give the simplest form of the root. there of another form of dico, fido, nubo, odi? What evidence is 7. The relative pronoun itself is the great conjunction of all languages.' Explain this, with instances, chiefly from the Latin. Tacitus, Dialog. de Orat. 22. 2 Corn. Nep. Aristid. 3. 3 Ter. Andr. ii, 1. 10. |