Exam for Term 90 Form II
Examination 90.
Parents' National Educational Union.
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The Parents' Union School.
CLASSES Ia & Ib
PUPILS' NAMES ____________________________________
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Bible Lessons.
I. A & B 1. What were Pharaoh's dreams and what was Joseph's
interpretation? Tell the whole story.
2. Describe the meeting between Jacob and Joseph in Goeshen.
A. 3. In what ways did Joseph test his brothers before he told them who he was?
II. A & B 1. (a), "God be merciful to me, a sinner"; (b),
"What shall I do to inherit eternal life?" (c), "Why loose ye the
colt?" (d), "Shew me a penny." On what occasions where
these words used? Tell the whole story in two cases.
2. Give an account of our
Lord's Last Supper with His disciples.
A. 3. Describe
the two trials of our Lord before Pilate.
Writing.
Write (a), four, (b) two lines of poetry from memory.
Dictation (unprepared).
A & B A paragraph from a newspaper.
Composition.
A & B. 1. Describe your favorite scene from The Tempest.
2.
Quote some of your favorite lines from Marmion, or, Horatius.
3.
Tell a story in prose, or verse, about one of the following,--Iduna,
Daedalus, Ariel, Mrs. Bedonebyasyoudid.
English Grammar.
1. "And the Larch, with all
its fibres,
Shivered
in the air of morning,
Touched its
forehead with its tassels,
Said,
with one long sigh of sorrow,
Take them all, O Hiawatha!"
A. Pick out Subjects, Predicates and Objects, and parse the words
in italics.
B. Pick out Subjects and Predicates, and say what part of speech
each word is in line 8.
A. 2. Use the following words in sentences, each as two different parts
of speech,--fair, high, gold, London, then, since, but.
3. Show, by giving examples, the work of (a),
adverbs, (b), adjectives.
B. 2. Make sentences using,--before, along, behind, into, below, off,
between, and parse each of these words in your sentences.
3. Make sentences to show how adverbs are used in
questions.
English History.
A & B. 1. What do you know of Sir Robert Peel, Lord Shaftesbury,
John Bright, Wilberforce?
2. Give a short account of the
Crimean War?
3. What do you know of the Cotton
Famine? What was the cause of it?
A. 4. What do you know of the Monasteries in Norman
Times? Describe an old abbey that you have visited.
French History.
A & B. 1. What do you know of the government of Louis Philippe?
2. What
was the Coup d' Etat of 1851?
A. 3. Write a short account of Louis
Napoleon after 1851.
General History.
A 1. Describe some of the pictures to be seen in the Book
of the Dead.
2. How did the British navy grow to meet
the conditions in the recent war?
Citizenship.
A 1. Why did Timoleon first save his brother's life and then
consent to his death? Tell the whole story.
2. Give a short account of Timoleon's
expedition against the Carthagenians.
3. Why ought everyone to save? How can it
always be done?
B. 1. Tell how King Pyrrlius fought the elephants.
2. What do you know of Fabricius?
Geography.
II. A. 1. Give a map of Wiltshire, putting in the boundaries, chief
towns and physical features.
2. What do you know
about Stonehenge, Chippenham and Salisbury.
3. Why is New Zealand
called, "a second Britain"?
II. B. 1. Describe a visit to Derbyshire.
2. What do you know of
(a), the salt beds of Cheshire, or the Welsh Marshes, (b), the Bristol
Channel?
3. What products does
New Zealand send to England?
Natural History and General Science.
A. 1. What is a phonograph? Explain how it works.
2. How does a worm live and work?
3. Describe a "mailed warrior" of the sea.
A & B. 3. Describe, with drawings, the flowers you would expect to
find in a hedge or in a hayfield.
B 1. Show in what ways a hayfield is one the beautiful workshops of the
world.
2. What do you know about the ant caterpillar and the
snake caterpillar?
3. Describe two experiments in electricity. What is a
magnet?
Picture Study.
Describe J. F. Millet's, -
A. "Going to Work"
B. "The Sheepfold""
Arithmetic.
A. 1. Find the value of 10 5/8 of 1s; 1 3/7 of 21s; 5 ¾ of 2s.
2. Simplify, -
(a), 1
-----
2 + 1/3
(b), 4 ¾ - (2 ½ + 1 ¼ )
(c), .024 x 2.5
(d), 6
---
.125
B 1. If I buy a table for £3: 17: 1 and 8 chairs at £1: 9:
6 each, how much shall I have to pay?
2. Find the value of 6 x (£5:16:7 - £3:19:10)
-- £3
3. Draw a plan of a floor of a room and find its area. (1
inch to 10 feet).
Practical Geometry.br />
A. 1. Through a given point P to draw with ruler and compasses a line
parallel to a given straight line AB.
2. Draw a line 2.7" long and divide it into three
equal parts.
Latin.
A. 1. Answer, in Latin, questions 1-6, & 51, page 29.
2. Translate into English and
retranslate into Latin,--page 28 & 42.
Or, 1. Translate into Latin,--they were writing, he had written,
I conquered, he will have led, I shall have arranged.
2. Conjugate the Imperfect, Future and
Perfect Indicative of audire.
French.
A. 1. Tell, in French, about "La Poupee Malade."
2. Make sentences, in French, using the
following words with Possessive Adjectives of the Second and Third
Person Singular,--oiseau, rose,
feuille, tete, cahier.
3. Make sentences, using the Third Person
Singular Present Indicative of obeir,
finir, choisir, ecouter, oublier.
B. 1. Describe picture 2 in French.
2. Say a sentence, in French, about yourself,
about her, about us, about Charles et Henri, about la rue.
Drawing.
A & B. 1. An original illustration from "The Tempest" (with title).
2. Three kinds of wild flowers in a vase.
3. A woman working in a garden.
Recitations.
Father to choose a hymn, poem, or a scene from Shakespeare, and two
passages from the Bible Lessons.
Reading.
Father to choose an unseen passage, giving marks for enunciation.
Music.
Examine in work done and report upon stage reached.
Singing.
Father to choose an English, a French, and a German song, and two tonic
sol-fa exercises.
Drill.
Drill, before parents.
Work.
Outside friend to examine, and list of handicrafts completed to appear
on Report Form.
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teachers examine all the work, written and otherwise, and send in their
reports only. No work to be sent up. The examination is optional.
Summer Reports (only) to be
posted to the Secretary, House of Education, and Ambleside either
before July 30th or after September 15th.
Examination to occupy a full school week.
Reports are enclosed to be filled up by parents or teachers on all subjects. Names, in full, ages and classes to appear on the Reports. Schools and Classes should state the number of children working in each Form.
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In II B the pupil writes one or more answers only in each subject.