OXFORD EXAMINATION PAPERS. RESPONSIONS. I. For Latin Prose. This demand was rejected by Hamilcar with indignation. Never, he replied, would he surrender to the Romans the arms which his country had given him to use against them; and he declared that, sooner than submit to such terms, he would defend Eryx to the last extremity. Lutatius thought of Regulus and of the vengeance which had punished his abuse of victory, and he withdrew his demand. It was then agreed that the Carthaginians should evacuate Sicily, and make no war upon Hiero or his allies, that they should release all Roman prisoners without ransom, and pay to the Romans in twenty years 2200 talents. These were the preliminaries, which were subject to the approval of the Roman government; the Senate and the people would not however ratify them, but sent over ten commissioners with full powers to conclude a treaty. B II. Grammar Paper. 1. Give the genders, genitives, and datives, both singular and plural, of πρῶρα, σῶμα, ἄνθος, ὁδὸς, onus, humus, comes, caedes. 2. Explain the terms-Augment, Reduplication, Attraction, Intransitive, Oblique Case. 3. Translate into Latin: (1) He asked whether I was at home or not. (2) He said that they must pay three denarii apiece. (3) He meant to approach the city at nightfall. 4. Parse:—κατακτάς, ἐκτεθέντα, ἄρσενος, χερῶν, προτέρω, fidibus, adusti, marem, passus, agnitum. 5. Give the principal tenses of φθάνω, δάκνω, αἱρέω, åvdáva, iŋui, veho, pergo, parco, mitto, augeo. 6. Translate into Greek: (1) He died before he saw his father. (2) If you had done this, I should have done that. (3) I did this in order that you might do that. 7. Write down: 3rd plur. perf. ind. act. of åpíorημi. dat. plur. fut. part. act. of moveo. 2nd pers. fem. plur. perf. subj. of adorior. 8. Give the comparatives and superlatives of Taxùs, πολὺς, δεινὸς, χαλεπός, utilis, humilis, multus, malus. 9. Distinguish between the meanings of— πρὸς ταῦτα and πρὸς τούτοις, μετὰ ταῦτα and μετὰ τούτοις, ἔφυσα and πέφυκα, uter and uterque, in urbe and in urbem, jacio and jaceo. 10. Give the Latin and Greek for Twenty-Two hundred-Two thousand-Twentieth-Two hundredthTwo thousandth. III. Arithmetic. 1. Find the G. C. M. of 12432 and 12543, and the L. C. M. of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. 2. Simplify the following expressions: 3. Find the sum of 15.625+156.25+15625−.015625; divide .014616 by 7.2. and convert .59i into a vulgar fraction in its lowest terms. 4. Reduce 1 ft. 5 in. to the fraction of a yard, and 28. 4d. to the decimal of half-a-guinea. 5. A man having paid +++ of a debt, still owes £2 178. 9d. What was his original debt? 6. A floor 17 ft. by 15 ft. 9 in. is laid with carpet at 48. 2d. per square yard. Find the cost. 7. Find the square root of 1014049, and of 1.5 to 3 places of decimals. 8. A can do a piece of work in 4 days which B can do in 6. In what time can they do it together? 9. What will £1430 amount to with simple interest at 3 per cent. for 2 years and 8 weeks? 10. If I invest £2970 in 6 per cent. Stock at 111, what will be my income from the investment? 11. If 6 burners consume 11,520 cubic feet of gas in 48 nights, burning five hours per night, how many cubic feet will be consumed by 8 similar burners in 70 nights, burning three hours per night? 12. If I make 50 per cent by selling tea at Id. an ounce above cost price, how much shall I make by selling it at 4d. a pound above cost price? IV. Euclid Paper. [N.B. Two Propositions at least from the Second Book are required.] 1. Define - parallelogram, gnomon, a plane angle, vertical angles, alternate angles. 2. If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the other, each to each, and have likewise their bases equal: the angle which is contained by the two sides of the one shall be equal to the angle contained by the two sides equal to them of the other. 3. If a straight line be divided into two equal parts, and also into two unequal parts; the rectangle contained by the unequal parts, together with the square of the line between the points of section, shall be equal to the square of half the line. 4. If, at a point in a straight line, two other straight lines, on opposite sides of it, make the adjacent angles together equal to two right angles; these two straight lines shall be in one and the same straight line. 5. Required to divide a given straight line into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole and one of the parts shall be equal to the square on the other part. 6. Parallelograms upon equal bases, and between the same parallels, are equal to one another. 7. If a straight line be bisected, and produced to any point; the rectangle contained by the whole line thus produced, and the part of it produced, together with the square of half the line bisected, shall be equal to the square of the line which is made up of the half and the part produced. 8. If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the other, each to each, but the angle contained by the two sides of one of them greater than the angle contained by the two sides equal to them of the other; the base of that which has the greater angle shall be greater than the base of the other. 9. Required, to describe a parallelogram equal to a given rectilineal figure, and having an angle equal to a given rectilineal angle. 10. If a straight line be divided into two equal parts, and also into two unequal parts; the squares of the two unequal parts shall be together double of the square of half the line, and the square of the line between the points of section. |