Scriptural Knowledge.

8. Enumerate the books of the Old Testament under the following divisions:-The Law. The Prophets. The Holy Writings. 9. State, briefly, what are the most memorable events recorded in the Book of Numbers.

10. What caused the division of Judah and Israel into two kingdoms ? How long did the kingdom of Israel last after the division? By whom were the Israelites taken captive? What was the date of their captivity? By whom were the two tribes taken captive? Who was the last king of Judah?

11. What prophecy was uttered concerning the last king of Judah, and how was it fulfilled?

12. By whom was the Jewish captivity foretold? How long did it last? What king restored the Jews to their native country-in fulfilment of what prophecy?

13. Mention the events in our Saviour's life which were the subjects of prophecy.

14. What are the remarkable types of our Lord's crucifixion and

resurrection?

Eye-service,

"Je

15. Explain the following words, and give passages of Scripture in which they occur:- Lively Oracles," hovah," "Intercessor," "Regeneration." 16. Give Bible examples, precepts, &c., in respect to the following Duties:-Humility, Zeal, Patience, Submission to Superiors, Alms-giving, and in respect to the following Sins: Drunkenness, Swearing, Lying, and Covetousness.

17. What were the tenets of the Sadducees? What Scriptures did they receive? How did our Lord refute them out of their own scriptures?

18. State, in their proper order, the principal events recorded in the Acts of the Apostles.

19. Give some account of the subjects and the scope of the Epistle to the Hebrews, and point out the relation in which it stands to the Epistle to the Romans.

The Catechism and the Articles of the Church.

20. Write down your duty to God as set forth in the Catechism, and show how it is drawn from the Commandments.

21.

A member of Christ." Illustrate fully the meaning of this term by reference to the authority of Scripture; and give the words in which you would make it intelligible to a child.

22. In what words would you explain to a child what is meant by "The Holy Catholic Church?" Give the scriptural authority on which the term Holy is applied to the Church.

23. On what authority are the Creeds received?

State why the Nicene Creed and the Athanasian Creed were respectively added to the Apostles' Creed; and illustrate your meaning by a comparison of the Creeds.

24. Explain what is meant by an Attribute of God; enumerate the Divine Attributes, and express them in the language of Scripture.

25. Explain what is meant by Natural Religion, and what by Revealed Religion; and point out some of their analogies.

26. In what different senses have the words "This is my body" (Matt. xxvi. 26) been understood? In what sense are they received by our Church, and on what authority are they so received?

27. Show, on the authority of Scripture, that the death of Christ was a sacrifice; point out its relation to the sacrifices of the old law; and mention, in the words of Scripture, some of the benefits which we receive thereby.

28. What is the history of the Articles of our Church, and their object? How would you divide them?

29. Show that the old Fathers did not look only for transitory promises. 30. State the Doctrine of our Church, as explained in her Articles, on

the following subjects, and give scriptural authority for it :-The Justification of Man; the obtaining of eternal Salvation only by the name of Christ; and the authority of the Church.

Ecclesiastical History.

31. Give a concise account of the progress of Christianity, during the first fifty years of our Lord's Ascension.

32. What were the orders of the Clergy in the primitive Church; what their respective functions; and on what scriptural authority founded?

33. State some particulars as to the Communion, Rites, and Discipline of the primitive Church.

34. What were the provinces over which the jurisdiction of the Patriarchs of Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem extended, in the fifth century?

35. Under what circumstances did the separation of the Eastern and Western Churches take place, and what were their chief points of doctrinal difference?

36. Give some account of the superstitious practices of the Church of Rome in the worship of the Virgin Mary, of saints, and of relics; in self-tormenting, works of supererogation, and indulgences.

37. Explain in what way Latin came to be the language of the Church, and state by whom this was made the subject of a special

enactment.

38. What was the origin of Parishes, Parish Churches, Parochial Clergy, and Rural Deans?

39. What was the origin of Tithes? By whom was the payment of them first made a legislative enactment? In what way were they appropriated by the Anglo-Saxon Church? In what way was the obligation to the payment of them considered?

40. Give some account of the origin and abuses of Monastic Orders, and particularly of the Franciscans and the Dominicans.

41. Relate some particulars of the life and character of Wicliffe, and of Tindal.

42. By whom was the Book of Common Prayer compiled, and when? From what sources were the following portions of it respectivel

taken ?-The Communion Service; the Collects for Sundays and Holidays; the Occasional Offices; the Epistles and Gospels. At what subsequent periods, and by what authority, were the Sentences, the Exhortation, the Confession and Absolution, the Prayer for all sorts and conditions of Men, and the General Thanksgiving introduced into it?

English History and English Grammar.

43. From what provinces of Germany did the Saxon invaders of Britain emigrate, and in what districts were their settlements successively made?

44. Give some account of the reign of King Alfred, and of those of our existing institutions in Church and State which are said to have originated with him.

45. Enumerate the Danish Kings of England. State in whom, and by what line of succession, the Saxon and Norman dynasties united, in whom the rival claims of the houses of York and Lancaster originated, and in whom they terminated. Enumerate the Sovereigns of the House of York.

46. State, shortly, what were the principal events in the History of Europe, during the reign of Henry the Eighth of England.

47. Who were the principal English Authors of the period which intervened between the middle of the reign of Elizabeth and the Restoration, and what are the titles of the works by which they are chiefly known? What are the characteristics of this period of our literature, as compared with that which followed it?

48. Relate the principal events in the life of Cromwell, and describe his character.

49. What were the different forms of Government adopted during the Revolution in France? Who were the principal actors, and what the most important epochs of it?

50. What was the mother-tongue of the English language, and what the languages allied to it? Has it any kindred tongues among the Oriental languages? If so, what are they, and through what principal channel may the relationship be traced?

51. Give the elementary vowel sounds; illustrate the difference between sharp and flat mute consonants, and explain under what circumstances they are capable of being pronounced when they come together in the same syllable.

52. Define a verb substantive, a participle, and a common verb, and give the words in which you would explain each term to a class in your school.

53. Correct the following sentences, and give grammatical reasons for the corrections you make-" I saw one who I took to be he ;""Body and soul must part; that wings its way to its Almighty source, this drops into the dark and noisome grave."

54. State what meaning you conceive to be conveyed by the following passage, and parse the words printed in Italics :

"Whate'er adorns

The princely dome, the column, and the arch,
The breathing marble, and the sculptured gold;
Beyond the proud possessor's narrow claim
His tuneful breast enjoys."

55. Correct any errors which you may perceive in the style of the following sentences

Nothing which is not right can be great.'

"The British constitution stands like an oak in the wood, among the nations of the Earth."

"Nothing can be suitable to the dignity of the human mind which reason condemns."

56. Parse, etymologically, question 45.

Euclid, Books I. and II., and Algebra.

The questions marked with an asterisk are not to be answered by the 1st Class. 57.*If two angles of a triangle be equal to one another, the sides also which subtend or are opposite to the equal angles, shall be equal to one another.

58.*The greater side of every triangle is opposite to the greater angle. 59. If from the ends of the side of a triangle there be drawn two straight

lines to a point within the triangle, these shall be less than the other two sides of the triangle, but shall contain a greater angle. 60.*If the square described upon one of the sides of a triangle be equal to the sum of the squares described upon the other two sides of it, the angle contained by these two sides is a right angle.

squares of the whole line, and of one of the parts, are equal to twice the rectangle contained by the whole and that part, together with the square of the other part.

61. If a straight line be divided into any two parts, the

62. To divide a given straight line into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole, and one of the parts, shall be equal to the square of the other part.

63. Show that if - B be substracted from A, the result is A + B. 64. Perform the operations indicated in the following formulæ, and reduce the results to their simplest forms :

12 a− b + 7 bc3 d−3 + 8 (a — b)} × — 3a ̄be ̄1d.

{12

• {5 (a − 2) — 4 yo + 2 a'x'} {2 (a − x) — 3o.}

-

yy16 – x)
28-y=x+4x1ĺ

= 100.

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67. What number is that which being added to the numerator of the fraction will make it twice as great as though it were added to its denominator.

Two magnetic points are situated 10 inches apart, the intensity of the attraction of the one is (at the same distance) nine times that of the other; at what two points in the line joining them must a particle of iron be placed to be equally attracted by both? N.B. The intensity of magnetic attraction varies inversely at the square of the distance.

How many times does the hammer of a clock strike in 12 hours?

68. n trees are to be planted by two workmen in a straight line a feet apart, each tree being carried separately to its place from one extremity of the line; into what two portions must the workmen divide the line, that each undertaking the planting of one of these, the space travelled over by each may be the same?

Arithmetic and Mechanics.

The questions marked with an asterisk are not to be answered by the 1st Class. 21-11 69. Reduce to a single fraction, and prove the rules you employ. 2+11 70.*Add together of 6s. 8d., 71. By selling an article for 57. what did it cost me?

of 211. 3s. 9d., and of 4l. 14s. 5d. 15s. 6d. I cleared of what it cost me ;

72.*A can reap a field in 4 days, and B in 5 days; in what time can A and B together reap it?

73. What income will arise from 2500l. invested in the 3 per cents., at 72?

74. Bought 1752 yards of cloth for 6577.; what must it be sold at per English ell, to clear 20 per cent. ?

75. If 1000l. be due from London to Paris, when 17. is worth 25 francs ; how much must be remitted to pay this debt when a guinea is worth 27 francs ?