Describe either-The state and advance of trade; or, the means of providing for the poor; or the invention of printing, together with the previous mode of bookwriting; or the means afforded for the instruction of the young, as existing in this country, previous to the reign of the Tudors.

16. Mention the circumstances which attended the first introduction of Christianity among the AngloSaxons.

17. Describe shortly, with dates, the invasion of England by the Danes, and their final result.

*18. What is known about Scotland in the time when Britain was part of the Roman Empire ?

19. Write an account of the Battle of Hastings. *20. The reign of William I.

*21. Explain what is meant by the "Feudal System."

*22. Explain as to a senior class, why Gaelic is spoken in the Highlands, while in the rest of Scotland the language spoken is nearly the same as in England. Give dates as part of your answer.

*23. Give an account of the life and character of Thomas à Becket.

*24. What were the Crusades? State what part was taken in them by English princes.

25. What important changes in the administration of justice were made in the reign of Henry II.?

26. Explain the origin of the Wars of the Roses, and mention, with their dates, the principal engagements which took place during these wars.

*27. Describe the deposition and death of Richard II.

28. State the claims of Henry VII. to the English

crown.

29. Give a brief sketch of the general condition of this kingdom in the 15th century.

30. Describe the house and establishment of a noble; or, the employment of women; or, the condition of the labouring class in England, during the 15th century.

*31. Give the principal events of Scotch history which are connected with that of England under Edward I., Edward II., Edward III., Henry IV.

32. Mention some of the most ordinary commodities and conveniencies due to invention, discovery, or importation, which were not procurable in England before the date of the accession of the Tudors.

33. Describe "the Border" during the middle ages-the nature of the country, the houses, the character and occupation of the people. From what sources do we derive our principal information ?

Write out any illustrative passage which you know by heart.

Name towns or families on each side of "the Border" which are connected with its history.

*34. Give an account (with dates) of the invasion and occupation of Britain by the Romans; and state what traces of their dominion still remain.

*35. Write a life and character of Alfred the Great. *36. Give a short sketch of the formation of the Saxon Heptarchy.

37. Name the most remarkable civil and military institutions of the Anglo-Saxons.

38. Describe the immediate consequences of the Norman Conquest.

*39. Show what relations existed under the Norman dynasty between Scotland and England, and what part was taken by Scottish kings in the affairs of the latter.

*40. Give an account of the invasion of Ireland in the reign of Henry II.

41. Write a short history, with dates, of the reign of King John.

*42. Give an account of the life of Simon de Montfort, or of William Wallace.

43. At what date, and under what circumstances, was the first House of Commons convoked ?

*44. Describe the occurrences in Scotland which led to the intervention of Edward III. in the affairs of that country.

45. Give a chronological outline of the wars with France in the 14th century.

46. State the claims made by Edward III. to the crown of France.

*47. Describe the battle of Agincourt and its immediate consequences.

48. Describe the effects of the great civil wars of the 15th century, and the social condition of the English people at that period.

49. Give any particulars which you can recollect respecting the dress, food, dwellings, employment, and wages of a labouring man under the later Plantagenets.

50. Compare the Saxon and Norman characters as illustrated by their habits and modes of life and the condition of the people.

51. Name the inventions and discoveries made in the century before the Tudors, which have had the most important bearing upon the social, political, and military institutions of this country.

52. Mention in chronological order the successive occupations of Great Britain by foreign races before the commencement of the 11th century, and shew which of them have left the most enduring traces in the national character and habits.

*53. Give an account of the life and reign of two of the following sovereigns: Egbert, Athelstane, Canute, Edward the Confessor.

54. What institutions now in existence do we derive from the Anglo-Saxons?

*55. Describe the circumstances which led to the Norman invasion of England.

56. Mention the chief events in the reign of William II.

*57. Describe the relations of Henry II. with Thomas à Beckett.

*58. Describe the part taken in the affairs of Scotland by Edward I.

59. Give a short account of the Queens of Edward I., Edward II., and Edward III.

60. What circumstances led to the invasion of France in the reign of Edward III., and what were the chief battles fought in the struggle?

61. A life of King Robert Bruce of Scotland. *62. Give an account of the reign of Richard II. 63. Describe the life and writings of Wycliff. 64. What were the events of Scottish history connected with the reign of King Henry IV.?

*65. An account of Joan of Arc.

66. Mention, with the dates, the most important engagements which took place during the Wars of the Roses.

67. How did the Wars of the Roses affect the position of the Sovereign ?

68. Contrast the condition of the working classes under the Plantagenets with their present state.

69. Describe the establishment, dress, accomplishments, and favourite amusements of a man of rank in the 15th century.

70. What were the chief enactments passed before the accession of the Tudors, having for their objecteither (a) The improvement of trade; or (b) The amelioration of the condition of the poor; or (c) Security of liberty, life, and property.

*71. Give an account of King Alfred, as notes of a lesson to a senior class.

72. Who were the Celts, Scots, Angles, Jutes, Danes? Describe briefly their first connexion with the British Isles, and their present position in the population.

73. Give an account of two of the following men— Egbert, Augustine, Ethelbert, Dunstan.

*74. Describe shortly the Feudal System, and Domesday Book.

*75. Name the chief events in the reign of Henry II., with dates.

76. Give an account of the reign of William the Lion.

*77. Give an account of the third Crusade.

*78. A short life of Henry IV.

79. Give a short account of Stephen Langton, and of Simon de Montfort. What important parts of the British Constitution do we owe to each of them?

80. An account of Sir William Wallace, and of William Earl of Douglas.

81. Describe the powers and action of Parliament during the reigns of Edward I., Edward II., and Edward III.

82. Give an account of the French wars in the reign of Henry VI.

83. Describe the state of affairs in Scotland during the wars of the Roses.

84. Write a short character of Margaret of Anjou, and of Warwick the king maker.

85. What causes led to the wars of the Roses, and how long did they last?

86. What arts and manufactures were carried on in Britain during the Saxon period?

87. Describe the commerce of England, or of Scotland, in the 12th century.

88. Compare the condition of the serfs, or cultivators of the soil, in Saxon and Norman times.

89. Which of the arts was in a high condition of excellence in England in the 12th and 13th centuries? Give a short account of its changes in that period.

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