No candidate should be allowed to see this sheet.
To the examiner: The examiner will pronounce distinctly each word, repeating the word, if necessary.
Twenty minutes are allowed for this subject.

N.B. Do not write on this sheet.  Blank sheets will be furnished for the answers to the questions hereon.  Number answers to correspond with numbers of questions.
Write only on the ruled side of the blank sheets furnished.
Begin each subject on a new sheet.  Begin a paragraph for the answer to each subdivision of a question.  Do not abbreviate , except in parsing.
Time allowed for this sheet, 2 hours and 40 minutes.  It is suggested that this time be apportioned approximately as follows:  Grammar, 1 hour and 20 minutes; Geography, 1 hour and 20 minutes.
Pay special attention to grammar, spelling, punctuation, and general neatness.  These, and the language throughout the examination, will be considered in marking the papers.

Question 1.  The rain fell in sheets hurry up 'n git under cover jabe said brad gibson you're jest the kind of a pole to draw lightnin' you haint then retorted jabe there aint enough o' you fer the lightnin' to ketch holt of

1. Arrange this selection in paragraphs, capitalize it, and punctuate it.
2. Mention five mistakes in pronunciation in this selection.

Question 2.  Correct, or improve, if necessary, the English of the following:

1. This contains one of the most inspiring stories that ever has been written.
2. If we have sufficient preparation we will pass this examination.
3. He was very angry. The boy had broken his vase. The missile had struck a beautiful window. The window was broken.
4. He cried out in the court room like he was guilty and must confess.
5. It was hard to believe that such a ragged figure could by any possibility be he.
6. When he went through the town he saw a boy beating a horse, that stirred his indignation to the boiling point.
7. The boy who tries his best, not the boys who are slowest to work and quickest to play, win out.
8. here was no necessity for the family to feel discouraged over the loss of their home, nor for John, the eldest son, to so suddenly disappear, never to return.
9. Gradually coming nearer, a small hill was seen, studded with small pines, and crowned with a ledge of naked rock.
10. When Sarah found that the dough had failed to raise she fled to the garden and laid there crying.

Question 3.

1. Classify fully the clauses in the following:

   The assertion that the majority of the electors did not realize for what they were voting is difficult to believe, and, if believed, makes a caustic commentary on the intelligence of the electorate.

2. State the grammatical use in the sentence of intelligence, commentary, that, believed.
3. Parse electors and realize.
4. Give the inflection, future tense, active voice, of makes.

Question 4   Write a theme of one page on one of the following:

1. The presidential election of 1912
2. Your favorite song.
3. Recommend a school for your younger brother, using the form of a letter to your mother.

Question 1

1. Define the following: (1) Sextant; (2) dune; (3) tudak wave; (4) isotherm; (5)equinox.
2. Name eight cities situated on the Great Lakes.
3. Bound (1) Michigan, (2) Sweden.
4. Describe the course of the Gulf Stream, and explain its effect.  Exclusive of States, what organized territory (with governor and legislature) belongs to the United States Government?

Question 2

1. Name the capitals of (a) Tripoli, (b) Persia, (c) Roumania, (d) Java. Name the Hawaiian Islands.
2. What European countries control the following: (a) Iceland; (b) Greenland; (c) Egypt; (d) Madagascar; (e) Jamaica; (f) Java; (g) Straits Settlements; (h) Azores?
3. Name the larger islands and the island groups of the West Indies.
4. Name the Republics of Europe.

Question 3

1. Locate (a) Isle of Pines, (b) Toulon, (c) Lake Baikal, (d) Isle of Man.
2. What territory is controlled by Denmark?  What is the magnetic pole?
3. What would be the course of a ship on a vouage from Odessa to Triests?
4. What would be the course of a ship from Duluth to Liverpool?

Question 4

1. When it is 12 o'clock at 45° east longitude, what time is it at West Point, N.Y.?
2. Bound the Torrid and the South Temperate Zones in terms of latitude.
3. Locate Yellowstone National Park, Lake Ponchartrain, Lake Okeechobee, and Lake Champlain.
4. Locate Albermarle Sound, Iloilo, Richelieu River, and Cape Hatteras.

N.B. Do not write on this sheet. Blank sheets will be furnished for the answers to the questions hereon. Number answers to correspond with numbers of questions.
Write only on the ruled side of the blank sheets furnished.
Begin each subject on a new sheet.  Begin a paragraph for the answer to each subdivision of a question.  Do not abbreviate.
Time allowed for this sheet, 3 hours. It is suggested that this time be apportioned approximately as follows:  United States History, 1 hour 15 minutes; World History, 1 hour 45 minutes.
Pay special attention to grammar, spelling, punctuation, and general neatness. These, and the use of language throughout the examination, will be considered in marking the papers.

Question 1

1. Give a brief account of New Amsterdam up to the year 1660.
2. What did the followint men accomplish (give dates):  (a) Carier, (b) Cortez, (c) De Soto, (d) La Salle?
3. Give main events, results, and dates if Queen Anne's War.
4. Tabulate as many of the causes of the Revolutionary War as you can.

Question 2   In respect to the following battles tell the following:

• Names of the American or Union Commanders
• Locality
• Date
• Results
1. Cowpens
2. Constitution and Guerriere
3. Fort Donelson
4. Santiago
5. Resaca de la Palma
6. Monmouth
7. Gettysburg
8. Antietam

Question 3

1. Discuss briefly the principal military and naval events of the year 1814.
2. Mention (be brief) two American poets, two novelists, two historians, two inventors.

Question 4   Explain the significance of the following:

1. "Big stick"
2. progressive Republican
3. Federalist
4. Free Soilers
5. Thomas Wilson Dorr
6. Aaron Burr
7. Webster-Hayne debate
8. nullification

Question 1

1. Give a short account of the art and the religion of early Egypt.
2. Why is the Age of Pericles celebrated in Grecian history?
3. Give the dates and the results of three important battles fought by the Romans in the time of the republic.

1. Give the names and the dates of the English rulers between Queen Elizabeth and Queen Anne.  What were George I's claims to the throne?
2. Name six great Englishmen of the Age of Elizabeth.  Tell in a sentence why each of them is famous.
3. What are the chief alliances at the present among the European powers?

Question 3    When and where did each of the following live, and what is each famous for?

1. Mary Stuart
2. Rembrandt
3. Plato
4. Luther
5. Epictetus
6. Henry of Navarre
7. Disraeli
8. Victor Hugo
9. Garibaldi
10. Erasmus
11. Barbarossa
12. Cervantes

Question 4   It has been said that the idea of republican government was most popular during the eighteenth century, and that since then the monarchical form of government has held its own.  Write what you can in refutation or suppost of this statement.

Question 5   What were the causes of the following wars?

1. French Revolution
2. Crimean War
3. war between Russia and Japan
4. Hundred Years' War
5. Spanish-American War

(a) Factor:    x⁴-11x²y²+y⁴,    x²-11x+30  and  6x²+x-2.
 

Simplify:

x² - 2x + 5 (x³-1)(x+1)

¯

10x - 1  3(x²+x+1)

+

10x - 11 3(x²-1)