(from 1908)
Ancient History
(Choose any eight of the following)
- Describe an Egyptian temple.
- Compare the early history of Babylonia with that of Egypt.
- What is an oligarchy?
- What did Solon do for Athens?
- Describe slavery in Athens.
- What causes contributed to Alexander’s victories?
- What was the tribune in early Rome?
- What was the Roman phalanx?
- What did Caesar do for Rome?
- What was the praetorian guard?
Mediaeval and Modern History
(Choose any eight of the following)
- Compare the empire of Otto I with that of Charlemagne.
- Would the Pope have acquired temporal power if Rome had continued to be the residence of an Emperor?
- Who were the Minnesingers?
- What were the guilds?
- What is meant by the Hundred Years’ War?
- Describe the Battle of Crecy.
- Who was Richelieu?
- What was the Holy Alliance?
- What caused the Crimean war?
- Give some of the results of the war between Russia and Japan in 1904-1905.
English History
(Choose any eight of the following)
- How did Pope Gregory become interested in the conversion of England?
- Why did William I curtail the power of his barons?
- What were the early forest laws?
- What was “mortmain” (a dead hand) in early English history?
- Why was King Henry VIII popular?
- How did England meet Spain’s Invincible Armada?
- Name the Stuart kings of England?
- What was Robert Walpole’s greatest contribution to English history?
- What was the pocket-borough system?
- How did Queen Victoria also become Empress of India?
American History
(Choose any eight of the following)
- Name the great drainage systems of the United States.
- What European countries had colonies in North America in 1750?
- What were the limits of the United States in 1783; in 1804; in 1820?
- What were the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions?
- What was nullification?
- What was secession?
- Give dates of the beginning and ending of the war between the states.
- What was the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution?
- What was the Trent Affair?
- How was the Hayes-Tilden election contest settled?
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