Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1874 – No. 20

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  1. When, between whom, and with what important results, were fought the naval battles of Lopanto, La Hogue, and Trafalgar?

  2. At what period, and under whose rule, did Russia first assume her position as one of the European powers?

  3. When was the Council of Trent convoked, and by what Pope? How long did it continue in session? What religious order had been established, shortly before, and by whom?

  4. Describe the foreign policy of Oliver Cromwell. Compare the war with the Dutch carried on under the Commonwealth with subsequent wars in the reign of Charles II.

  5. State some of the causes that led to the French Revolution, and give a history of it from the meeting of the States General to the execution of Louis XVI.

  6. Mention all the instances you recollect in modern history of the assassination of kings or heads of states.

  7. With what events are the following places connected:—Arcola, Beziers, Cambray, Dettingen, Hohenlinden, Lisle, Magdeburg, Morgarten, Pavia, Rossbach, Ryswick, Sadowa.

  8. About what time were paper, printing, the mariner's compass, gunpowder, bills of exchange, the steam engine, and the penny post, first invented or brought into use?

SALLUST.
SECOND CLASS.

  1. Translate into English:—
    Catiline, cap. XXII; and cap. XLVIII to "Corporis erant."
    Jugurtha, cap. XXXIX to "fœdus fieri."

  2. Who was Jugurtha, and how did he make himself king of Numidia?

  3. In what cases are the words underlined, and why?—Manlium Fæsulas dimisit; in tali ira quam famæ consulit; Antonius pedibus æger prælio adesse nequibat; Numantinis maximo terrori fuit; Micipsa paucis diebus moritur.

  4. Parse the words cunctamini, tenebris, ratus, fore, interiere.

SECOND CLASS.

  1. Translate into English any two of the following:—
    Book I, cap. 46
    " II, " 21
    " IV, "
    " V, " 34

  2. Translate:—
    Equitum millia erant VI, totidem numero pedites velocissimi ac fortissimi, quos ex omni copia singuli singulos, suæ salutis causa, delegerant.



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🎓 Examination for Certificates, January 1874: Modern History (continued from previous page)

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🎓 Examination for Certificates, January 1874: Sallust (Second Class)

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  • Catiline, Subject of translation exercise
  • Jugurtha, Subject of translation and history questions
  • Manlium, Subject of grammar question
  • Antonius, Subject of grammar question
  • Micipsa, Subject of grammar question

🎓 Examination for Certificates, January 1874: Second Class (Latin)

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