9. Compare briefly the political condition of Greece in the earliest times known to history with that of Greece as described by Homer.

10. How does Grote contrast the Grecian epic with the epic of the middle ages?

11. Under what descriptive title would you classify the constitution of Sparta? Give reasons for your answer.

12. Sketch the history of the archonship at Athens as regards eligibility and method of appointment to the office.

13. Give an account of the constitutional reforms of Kleisthenes.

HISTORY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE.-PART I. Professor Elkington.

PASS AND FIRST HONOUR PAPER.

Answer fully and clearly TEN, and only Ten, of the following questions.

1. Give some account of the history of Britain from the time of Diocletian to the arrival of Hengist.

2. Give some account of the unfree population of early England.

3. Give some account of the English Church under the Norman kings.

4. Show how the accession of Henry the Second to the throne of England (a) united the Normans and Saxons, and (b) laid the foundations of the subsequent wars with France.

5. Give some account, mentioning dates, of the circumstances associated with the Provisions of Oxford.

6. Who were the Mendicant Friars? Give some account of (a) their origin, (b) their objects, and (c) their work in England.

7. Compare the policy of Edward the Second with that of Richard the Second.

8. Explain, giving your reasons, the attitude of the House of Lancaster towards (a) the Church, and (b) Parliament.

9. Trace the steps by which Henry the Seventh made the English monarchy stronger than he found it

10. Give some account of the causes and of the events of the war with France early in the reign of Henry the Eighth. How and by whom was peace made?

11. Show how events in Scotland and in Ireland helped to precipitate the struggle between the King and Parliament in 1640-1642.

12. Give a short account of Cromwell's Parliament, and of the chief measures which they passed. 13. Explain (a) the causes which led to the passing of the Test Act, (b) the consequences of the passing of the Test Act, and (c) how the Test Act differed from the Corporation Act.

HISTORY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE.-PART II.

Professor Elkington.

Answer fully and clearly TEN, and only Ten, of the following questions.

1. What constitutional questions were involved in William the Third's dispute with his Parliament concerning the Irish forfeitures?

2. Explain, with dates, the objects and stipulations of the Partition Treaties.

3. Show that the Treaty of Utrecht marks an important epoch in the expansion of England.

4. What do you consider to be the principal integrative forces within the British Empire? Compare them with those of (a) the Roman Empire, and (b) the Empire of Xerxes.

5. State fully the grounds on which rested the claims of George the First to the British throne.

6. State fully the causes which led Great Britain into war in the year 1739, and briefly trace the course of the war.

7. What do you consider to be the true lesson of the American Revolution?

8. With what events in the political history of Ireland are the following names associated:-(a) Henry Grattan, (b) William Pitt, (c) Daniel O'Connell ?

9. Explain the effect on political parties in England of the outbreak of the French Revolution.

10. Give the history of the Bank Restriction Act 1796, and discuss its policy.

11. "I called the New World into existence to redress the balance of the old." Whose words were these, and on what occasion were they spoken ? Could a similar boast be made to the disadvantage of Great Britain? If so, by what Power, and in what circumstances?

12. Give some account of Akbar, Sir Elijah Impey, Nizam al Mulk, Noor Jehan, Sivaji, Surajah Dowlah.

13. Consider the reign of Queen Victoria as an era of scientific discovery.

POLITICAL ECONOMY.

Professor Elkington.

Answer fully and clearly TEN, and only Ten, of the following questions.

1. Define "Natural Agents."

(a) Give examples of the advantages to industry consequent upon the increased quantity of natural

agents.

(b) Give examples of the advantages to industry consequent upon the improved quality of natural agents.

(c) Give examples of those natural agents which do not themselves satisfy human wants, but which assist men in obtaining the means of such satisfaction.

2. (a) Explain the statement that "capital is the servant of a servant."

(b) Examine the assertion that "the prodigal is a public enemy, and the frugal man a public benefactor."

3. Investigate the circumstances in which capital ceases to increase the efficiency of labour.

4. What lesson as to socialistic principles is afforded by the history of associations founded upon them?

5. Comment on the proposition, "Labour is the purchase-money of all things."

6. Compare the functions of government in a country like Victoria with its functions in a country like Great Britain, and account for the difference.

7. State accurately the law of diminishing returns, and explain its relation to (a) Malthus' theory of population, (b) Ricardo's theory of Rent.

8. What is meant by the value of money? What determines its value (a) in a country without credit substitutes for money, (b) in a country Iwith such substitutes? Give historical illustrations.