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EXAMINATION PAPERS.
8. Give the German for the following sets of words (each set to be
formed from the same radical word) :—high, height, to heighten ;
true, truth, truthful, truthfulness; brother, brotherly, brother¬
hood ; Christian, Christianity, Christendom; to do, deed, doer,
active; rich, riches, to enrich; to live, life, living (adj.), lively,
liveliness.
9. Give two distinct German words, with the definite article, for each
of any ten of the following English homonyms (words with
more than one distinct meaning) :—youth, letter, trunk, waste,
ashes, arm, lime, room, play, cross, mail, corn, rent, plane, sound,
pitch.
10. State what you understand by Old High German, Middle High
German, and Modern High German ; and specify some of the
chief linguistic features of each of these phases of the language,
and the principal literary movements of the corresponding periods
of literature.
Section III.—Literature.
11. State what you know of the SKtnnefdnger.
12. Give some account of the two Silesian schools, or the ^atnfunb.
13. Define Berber’S place in German literature.
14. Specify the schools, or literary groups, to which the following
writers belong, and mention one work of each :—Ufjlanb,
Olabener, £eifewi£, SBrentano, Dpi§, Berner, ©u|foi», Utucfert, 2B.
Gutter.
15. State what you know of the novelists of the present day.
ARITHMETIC.
Lower Grade.
Monday, 15th June. 10 a.m. to 11.30 a.m.
Candidates are not expected to attempt every question.
All answers sent in should be written out neatly and legibly.
To obtain full marks, all the steps of the work must be shown, and
such explanation added as is required to indicate the methods adopted.
No marks can be given for results without work.
1. By what number must 4766 be multiplied to obtain 2759514 as
product ?
2. What sum will remain out of 25 guineas, after paying 8s. 6d. for
bread, £2 15s. 3%d. for meat, 19s. 6d. for fish, 8s. 10|rf. for
vegetables, £1 16s. 8d. for groceries, £1 4s. 6^<7. for milk,
14s. 8d. for washing, £3 14s. 6d. for dress, £4 13s. 6d. for
wages, and £5 8s. 4d. for rent ?
EXAMINATION PAPERS.
8. Give the German for the following sets of words (each set to be
formed from the same radical word) :—high, height, to heighten ;
true, truth, truthful, truthfulness; brother, brotherly, brother¬
hood ; Christian, Christianity, Christendom; to do, deed, doer,
active; rich, riches, to enrich; to live, life, living (adj.), lively,
liveliness.
9. Give two distinct German words, with the definite article, for each
of any ten of the following English homonyms (words with
more than one distinct meaning) :—youth, letter, trunk, waste,
ashes, arm, lime, room, play, cross, mail, corn, rent, plane, sound,
pitch.
10. State what you understand by Old High German, Middle High
German, and Modern High German ; and specify some of the
chief linguistic features of each of these phases of the language,
and the principal literary movements of the corresponding periods
of literature.
Section III.—Literature.
11. State what you know of the SKtnnefdnger.
12. Give some account of the two Silesian schools, or the ^atnfunb.
13. Define Berber’S place in German literature.
14. Specify the schools, or literary groups, to which the following
writers belong, and mention one work of each :—Ufjlanb,
Olabener, £eifewi£, SBrentano, Dpi§, Berner, ©u|foi», Utucfert, 2B.
Gutter.
15. State what you know of the novelists of the present day.
ARITHMETIC.
Lower Grade.
Monday, 15th June. 10 a.m. to 11.30 a.m.
Candidates are not expected to attempt every question.
All answers sent in should be written out neatly and legibly.
To obtain full marks, all the steps of the work must be shown, and
such explanation added as is required to indicate the methods adopted.
No marks can be given for results without work.
1. By what number must 4766 be multiplied to obtain 2759514 as
product ?
2. What sum will remain out of 25 guineas, after paying 8s. 6d. for
bread, £2 15s. 3%d. for meat, 19s. 6d. for fish, 8s. 10|rf. for
vegetables, £1 16s. 8d. for groceries, £1 4s. 6^<7. for milk,
14s. 8d. for washing, £3 14s. 6d. for dress, £4 13s. 6d. for
wages, and £5 8s. 4d. for rent ?
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