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ANCIENT HISTORY.
SECOND CLASS.
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Give a sketch of the constitutions of Athens and Sparta, and of the national characteristics of the two peoples?
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Give a short account of the invasion of Greece by Xerxes.
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What great struggle took place between Athens and Sparta after the Persian invasion? The date of its commencement? Who was then the chief statesman in Athens? Mention any leading men on either side, and any of the most important events of the war. When and how was it brought to an end?
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When and under whom did Macedon rise to the first place in Greece? By whom was the progress of Macedon most energetically resisted? By what great victory was the supremacy of Macedon established?
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Who was King of Persia at the time of the invasion of Alexander the Great? In what battle was he finally overthrown? Mention any subsequent conquests of Alexander. When and where did he die?
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What were the Olympic and Isthmian Games? Why so called?
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Explain the terms ostracism, trireme, phalanx.
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Give the date of the foundation of Rome, and the names of the kings in the order of succession.
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Narrate briefly the exploits narrated of Camillus.
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With what adjoining peoples did the Romans successively come into collision, and at what time did they become masters of the whole of Italy?
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With whom were the Punic wars carried on? How many were there? Give some account of the second.
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Who were the members of the First and of the Second Triumvirate?
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Give some particulars as to the offices of Consul, Dictator, Tribune, Censor.
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Between whom and with what results were the following battles fought?—Beneventum, Ægates Insulæ, Metaurus, Aquæ Sextiæ, Cynocephalæ, Philippi, Pharsalia, Actium.
MODERN HISTORY.
SECOND CLASS.
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Give the date and some particulars of the fall of Constantinople.
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Give some account of the first three Crusades. To what place other than the Holy Land were the later Crusades directed?
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On what occasions since A.D. 1550 has Europe been in danger from Mahomedan invasion?
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Write a list of the kings of France from Francis I. to Louis XIV., giving the date of the accession of each; with the contemporary sovereigns of England.
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What were the wars of the Fronde?
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- Xerxes, Mentioned in historical context
- the Great Alexander (King), Mentioned in historical context
- Camillus, Mentioned in historical context
- I Francis (King), Mentioned in historical context
- XIV Louis (King), Mentioned in historical context