Exam for Term 92 Form IV
Examination 92. M,
Parents' National Educational Union.
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The Parents' Union School.
(Address: House of Education, Ambleside.)
Motto: "I am, I can, I ought, I will."
FORM IV.
PUPILS' NAMES ____________________________________
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Bible Lessons.
1. Describe David's success and his trials at the Court of Saul.
2. What do you know of David as an outlaw?
3. Give an account of St. Paul's great sermon at Antioch.
4. "The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men." Where and by
whom was this said? What ancient story is referred to?
5. Write an essay on, --"If any thirst, come unto Me and drink."
Writing.
Write ten lines of poetry from memory.
Dictation (unprepared).
A History of English Literature,
page 56, "From the ruin'd shrine . . . . lake." *
Composition.
1. Lines, in blank verse, that must scan on
one of the following, --Scylla and Charybdis, The White Lady of Avenal,
The Prince of Wales in India.
2. An essay, in the style of Carlyle, on some
heroic personage of today.
English Grammar.
1. Analyze, parsing words in italics--
"O blithe
new-comer! I have heard,
I hear thee and rejoice:
O Cuckoo! shall I call thee bird
Or but a wandering voice?"
2. What are the uses of (a), the adjectival,
(b), the noun sentence? Give six examples of each.
3. What are co-ordinate sentences? Give
examples.
Literature.
1. What were the "Moralities"? Give an account
of Everyman.
2. "Erasmus is gone." Give some account of his
visit to Chelsea. What does Erasmus say of Luther?
3. Write the christening scene in Henry VIII, or any other you prefer.
English History.
1. Describe the career of Wolsey, his peace
policy, his attitude towards the Renaissance, his power as legate, and
his fall.
2. What do you know of Wareham, Cranmer,
Fisher, Ridley, Latimer? Sketch portraits of three of these men if you
can.
General History.
1. Describe the condition of Germany when
Charles V. became Emperor.
2. Give a sketch of Luther's career and of the
Diet at Worms.
3. Show that "the Nile is a vast historical
volume."
4. Sketch the history of civilization in the
Pyramid Age.
Citizenship.
1. What have you to say about drifters and
dawdlers, small thefts, bargains, borrowed property? Discuss "we are
all born equal."
2. How and why did Agis set about the
reformation of the City of Sparta?
3. What are the powers and what the
limitations of the House of Commons? What qualities should we look for
in a Member?
Geography.
1. Name and describe three groups of the
islands of Polynesia.
2. What causes affect climate?
3. Give some account of New Zealand with map.
4. What do you know of (a), Nelson's favorite
studies, (b), his manner of life on board ship. With what parts of the
world was he familiar?
Natural History.
1. What methods of leaf-protection are
employed by herbs and trees?
2. Write notes, with drawings, on the special
studies you have made this term.
3. What do you know of the Herbivora? What
animals does this class include? Give a life sketch of one of them.
General Science.
1. Most substances can assume the three forms
of matter in succession. Give and describe examples.
2. Describe a thermometer and account for its
changes.
3. What is light? What do we see? How does
sight give us knowledge?
Hygiene and Physiology.
1. Describe and illustrate the processes of
digestion.
Picture Talk.
Describe, with a rough sketch of the
composition, "Grace before Meat," by Jan Steen.
Arithmetic.
1. In selling a house, a man made a profit of
£80; if this porfit is 8% of the cost of the house, what was the
cost?
2. A grocer buys 8 cwt. Of coffee at £15
a cwt. and sells it at 3f- a
lb. Find his profit.
3. I mix 4 cwt. Of tea which cost £14
with 1 cwt; at £11 : 4 : 0 per cwt,; at what price must I sell it
per lb. To gain 6d. on each lb. sold.
Geometry.
1. Through a given point to draw a straight
line parallel to a given straight line.
2. To construct a square on a given side.
3. Show that every point which is equidistant
from A and B lies on the straight line bisecting AB at right angles.
Algebra.
1. Divide 92 into two parts so that one-third
of one part may exceed one-seventh of the other part by 4.
2. Divide £650 between two persons so
that one may have £20 more than half what the other has.
3. Plot the point (0.0), (8.0), (8.6), and
show how many units of area the triangle contains.
German.
1. Recite, in German, Der Listige Reisende.
2. Give the Third Person Singular Present,
Imperfect and Perfect Indicative of,--sprechen,
finden, bitten, kommen, rufen, geben.
3. Make sentences using the following
prepositions,--wuhrend, diesseit,
durch, uber, um, hinter.
Italian.
1. Conjugate the Past Definite, Future and
Conditional, of the verb essere.
2. Give the Italian for sentences 1-10,
Exercise 7.
3. Give the Italian for,--Is there? There are
not. There have been and there will be.
Latin.
1. Translate into English and retranslate into
Latin, page 168, "Unam rem . . . auget?"
2. Give the comparative and superlative of,--audax, prudeus, tener, niger, facilis.
3. Translate into Latin,--To err is human. We
ought to speak the truth. Singing is pleasant.
French.
1. Describe, in French, "Un Naufrage," or, write an incident from Le Serf.
2. Translate into French, page 172, I., 1-15.
Drawing.
1. Draw an original illustration from The Monastery.
2. Draw a design in catkins for a March
calendar.
3. Draw a study of an interior.
(Note--remainder of this exam is from an unidentified exam that I'm guessing is for Form IV; since there are no complete samples of a Form IV exam, this will give an idea of the kinds of questions asked at this level.)
Drawing.
1. An original illustration from As You Like
It.
2. A study of a dog.
3. A design in wild fruits for a book cover.
Musical Appreciation.
1. Write a short account of the Brahms-Wagner
controversy, or, relate some
of the incidents connected with the intimacy of Brahms with the
Schumann family.
2. Write three lines from any five of the following:--Joseph
Joachim, Johann Strauss the younger, the "Sos(?)atensatz," Marxsen, the
two versions of the "Waltzes," Brahms' treatment of German folk song
Remenyi.
Recitations. *
Father to choose two Bible passages of
ten verses each, a poem, and a scene from Shakespeare.
Reading. *
Father to choose a poem and a leading
article from a newspaper.
Music. *
Examine in work done.
Singing. *
Father to choose an English, a French
and a German song, and three excercises.
Drill. *
Report progress.
Work. *
Outside friend to examine. List of work
completed to appear in Parents'
Report.
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posted on Saturday, December 16th. with
no other enclosures.
2.--Subjects thus indicated (*) to be marked on the Parents' Report. According to
Regulations.
3.--Members are asked to read the Regulations carefully, as much time is lost by the Examiners when (a) there is no numbered list of subjects sent for examination, (b) the papers for each child are not fastened together, or (c) the name of the member does not appear.
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Dictation:
From the ruin'd shrine he stept
And in the moon athwart the place of tombs,
Where lay the mighty bones of ancient men,
Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang
Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down
By zigzag paths, and juts of pointed rock,
Came on the shining levels of the lake.