FIRST PAPER. Answers to only 8 of the following questions required. 1. State the general characteristics of the Early Asiatic Kingdoms. 2. The history of early nations is preceded by a period mythical in its character. What historical facts may be deduced from that mythical period? 3. The Persians were of Aryan descent. With what branch of the Aryans were they most closely connected? When did they separate? Give any proof in support of your views, and deduce any conclusions. 4. To what original divisions of the Greek tribes did the Athenians, Spartans, and the Trojans belong? 5. What were the effects on the Greeks of that intercourse which sprang up with the Eastern nations, as the result of Alexander's conquest? 6. State the influence of Greece on Egypt under the Ptolemies. 7. The Greek States were isolated. The Roman from the first was a confederacy or league. Point out any advantages or any disadvantages of these conditions. respectively. 8. Describe the Roman Comitia. 9. Mention the chief Agrarian laws enacted during the Republic, and state their general principles. 10. The battle of Cannæ resulted in the overwhelming defeat of the Roman army, yet that battle may be regarded as the turning point, after which the Carthaginian power declined. Account for this, and briefly describe the events of the war, subsequent to Cannæ. 11. What was the policy of Rome in regard to her Italian subjects-Latins, Samnites, &c.? History. SECOND PAPER. Answers to only 8 of the following questions required. 1. Describe briefly the state of the Roman Empire at the time of the invasion of the Goths. Why was that invasion so slightly contested? 2. Give a short history of the Exarchate of Ravenna till it was won by Charlemagne. 6. State the circumstances of the transfer of the Imperial power from the Carlovingian to the German line. 4. Describe the territorial divisions of the Franks after their settlement in Gaul. 5. Why did the feudal system never acquire in Italy, in Spain or in England the power which it reached in France? State the circumstances in each of these countries. 6. Compare the Communes in France with the Republics of Italy and the Free Cities of Germany and of Spain. 7. Compare the English Parliaments with the Cortes of Spain and the States General of France. 8. The Royal Power in France became an Absolute Monarchy. Why could neither the Privileged Orders nor the Tiers Etat stay the progress of the Monarchy to this absolute power? 9. State the territorial divisions in England and the courts which corresponded to these divisions. How far were these courts representatives? These divisions as also the courts were ecclesiastical. Explain this. 10. What were Folkland, Bocland, Ethel, and Laenland? 11. Explain Frank pledge and Tenmentale. 12. What were the claims of Edward III. to the French crown? What were the terms of the treaty of Bretigni? FIRST PAPER. 1. State the periods of the introduction of the Romance element into English, and state the general character of the words of each period. 2. State the changes in the forms of the Language in the Wicliffe and Tyndale versions of the Bible, and their divergence from the Anglo-Saxon version. 3. Give the history of the third possessive pronoun neuter, and give examples of any changes in its use. 4. Give two examples of each of the following figures of speech:-Metaphor, Metonymy, Personification and Antithesis. 5. Point out and name the figures of speech in the following passages: The ships plough the sea." "In my mind's eye." "Me miserable! Which way shall I fly Still threatening to devour me, opens wide; "Every sweet has its sour, every evil its good." From the cradle to the grave life is a discipline." I prefer Brussels to Kidderminster." "Men may come, and men may go, But I go on for ever." Irving is always smooth, and Carlyle always pungent." |