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EXAMINATION PAPERS. 1049
LEAVING CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION, 1907.
EXAMINATION PAPERS.
ENGLISH.
Lower Grade.
Thursday, 20th June.—10 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.
All Candidates should attempt seven questions (and no more).
alue Section I.
— ' [Five Questions to be answered, viz. Question 1, Question 2, and one or
other of the alternatives given in Questions 3, 4 and 5.]
10. 1. Write out, and punctuate, the passage for dictation.
18. 2. Write a short essay of about two pages on any one of these subjects :—
(a) Diary of a real (or imaginary) bicycling tour in the Highlands.
(£») Sir Walter Scott possessed a gun that had belonged to Rob Roy,
and a sword that had belonged to the Marquis of Montrose.
Imagine a dialogue between these weapons.
(c) Describe any one of the following great battles :—Thermopylae,
The Thrasymene Lake, Hastings, Flodden, Trafalgar, Sedan.
15, 3. Answer one of the two following questions :—
(i) Wordsworth wrote the fol1 owing sonnet in the pass of Killie-
crankie, at a time (October, 1803) when an invasion of Britain
by Napoleon was expected, {a) Give Wordsworth’s meaning
as plainly and briefly as you can. (6) Explain the allusions
in those phrases which are printed in italics, (c) Name the
metre and point out the arrangement of the rhymes, {d) Re¬
write the last seven lines (from “ ’Twas a day of shame ”) in
prose form, making as few verbal changes as possible.
Six thousand veterans practised in war’s game,
Tried men, at Killiecrankie were arrayed
Against an equal host that wore the plaid,
Shepherds and herdsmen.—Like a whirlwind came
The Highlanders : the slaughter spread like flame ;
And Garry, thundering down his mountain rood,
Was stopped, and could not breathe beneath the load
Of the dead bodies.—’Twas a day of shame
For them whom precept and the pedantry
Of cold mechanic battle do enslave.
Oh, for a single hour of that Dundee,
Who on that day the word of onset gave !
Like conquest would the men of England see ;
And her foes find a like inglorious grave.
(ii) Build up the following statements into a connected composition.
Arrange the sentences in what you think the best order, avoiding-
needless repetitions; supply connecting words where they are
required, and invent a suitable title for the whole.
“ Britain is one of the great powers of the world—great in
industry and commerce—her industrial supremacy threatened
by Germany and the United States—English language wide¬
spread—colonies a source of strength—rise of new powers {e.g.,
Japan)—colonies numerous—risk of population crowding into
towns—colonies favourably situated—certain elements of danger
—competition for trade growing keener—yeomen class dwin¬
dling—Britain no longer the workshop of the world—her people
highly civilized—other great empires have risen and fallen—the
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