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ENGLISH HISTORY.

Questions set to Candidates for Situations in the Customs, Inland Revenue, and other Offices in which English History is required.

In all cases dates should be given.

(Time allowed, 2 hours.)

1. Give a list with dates of the kings of England from Henry VI. to George I.

2. What do you know of King Edward the Confessor, William Wallace, Protector Somerset, Lord Peterborough, Titus Oates, Prince Rupert, Charles Fox?

3. Mention the principal battles in the Wars of the Roses, and their results. State what dispute led to these wars, and explain briefly how the political and social state of England was affected by them. 4. Who were the queens of the following kings of England :-Edward III., Henry VI., Charles I., Charles II.?

Write a short sketch of the life and character of one of them.

5. In whose reign did the following events occur: -The Massacre of Glencoe, the Invasion of the Spanish Armada, the Siege of Gibraltar? Give a short account of one of them.

6. What was the nature of the Domesday Book? Give some account of it.

7. State briefly the occasions on which the following battles were fought, and their results :-The Boyne, Cape St. Vincent, Dunbar, Towton, Talavera, Pinkie.

8. Name four celebrated English Admirals, and specify what has rendered each of them famous.

Another paper:

1. When did the Union take place between England and Scotland? What were its terms? What benefits has each country derived from it? 2. Mention the most distinguished characters who lived in the reign of Elizabeth, and write a short account of any two of them.

3. Give an account of Wat Tyler's Rebellion, of the Gunpowder Plot, of the death of Charles I., the South-Sea Scheme.

4. Give an account of the Star Chamber, the Constitutions of Clarendon, the Petition of Right, the Habeas Corpus Act.

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5. Mention the most remarkable names in the history of British India, and give an account of any two of them.

6. How did Gibraltar and Malta come into the hands of the English?
7. Give a short account of the wars in Ireland in the reign of Henry II.
8. Mention the dates, the names of the commanders on each side, and
the general results of the following battles:-

The Boyne, Copenhagen, Navarino, Mortimer's Cross, Vimeiro,
Minden, Killicrankie, Cape St. Vincent, Plassy.

Describe as minutely as you can the circumstances of any three of them.

(Time, 24 hours.)

1. What were the chief causes which led Henry V. to invade France? Sketch briefly the events of the war which followed, the terms of the treaty which concluded it, and the results to England.

2. What do you know of Cranmer, Robert Bruce, Wilkes, John of Gaunt, Sir Walter Raleigh, Lord Nelson?

3. What part did Henry VIII. take in the Reformation, and by what motives was he apparently actuated?

4. Mention who were the parties engaged in the following battles, and which was victorious, and describe minutely the circumstances of any three of them: - Poictiers, Corunna, Edgehill, Navarino, Prestonpans, Barnet, Sedgmoor.

5. Enumerate the most distinguished men who lived in the time either of Charles I. or of Queen Anne: and write a short life of any two of them. 6. Under what circumstances, and by what right, did the following monarchs come to the throne of England:-Alfred, William the Conqueror, Lady Jane Grey, William III.?

7. Narrate the circumstances under which the Saxons settled in England. 8. How did England acquire Malta, Gibraltar, Bombay, Heligoland?

Another paper:

In all cases dates should be given.

(Time allowed, 24 hours.)

1. Sketch the character of Henry II., Henry VII., George I., Sir T. More, John Hampden, Algernon Sidney, the Marquis of Montrose.

2. State distinctly the claims asserted by Edward IV. and his rivals, respectively, to the throne of England.

3. Write an account of the principal events in the reign of either Henry IV. or William III.

4. In whose reign did the following insurrections take place? What were the objects of the insurgents, and what success did they meet with? -Wyatt's, Jack Cade's, Wat Tyler's, The Rye-house Plot.

5. Write a brief history of the Popish Plot in 1678.

6. In whose reign did the following persons flourish, and for what were they famous respectively:-Cardinal Pole, Protector Somerset, Pandolf, Bishop Latimer, George Villers, duke of Buckingham, Piers Gavaston, Titus Oates, Lady Arabella Stuart, Doctor Sacheverell? 7. When and under what circumstances were the following battles fought? Mention the names of the commanders on each side:- Aboukir, Najara, Poictiers, Malplaquet, Vittoria, Shrewsbury, Neville's Cross, Mortimer's Cross, Dunbar, Pinkey. Describe minutely the circumstances of any one of them.

8. What is the nature of the following ordinances, when were they passed, and by whom?-The Constitutions of Clarendon, the Bill of Rights, the Act of Settlement, the Roman Catholic Emancipation Act.

9. Explain the allusions in the following passage:-" The Duke of York, on the other hand, dreaded the meeting of a Parliament, regarded

the vanquished Whigs with undiminished hatred, still flattered himself that the design formed fourteen years before at Dover might be accomplished, daily represented to his brother the impropriety of suffering one who was at heart a Republican to hold the Privy Seal, and strongly recommended Rochester for the great place of Lord Treasurer."

Another paper:

In all cases dates should be given.

(Time allowed, 2 hours.)

1. Give an account of the chief events that occurred, and the chief persons who flourished, either between 1600-1650 or between 17501800.

2. Give some account of the Wars of the Roses; the causes which led to them; the chief events and actors in them; and their results.

3. What do you know of Stephen Langton, Robert Bruce, General Monk, Lord Bacon, Bishop Burnet, Milton.

4. Explain the nature of the Reform Bill; the Petition of Right. 5. State briefly the occasions of the following battles, the parties engaged in them, and their results:-Bannockburn, Corunna, Cressy, QuatreBras, La Hogue, Bunker's Hill, Prestonpans, Ramillies.

6. Name any men who have distinguished themselves in India, and specify what has rendered each famous.

7. When did England gain possession of the following places, and from whom were they taken respectively:- Gibraltar, Corfu, Ceylon, New York?

8. What do you regard as the most interesting and important period of English History ?-Give reasons for your opinion.

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1. By what title did the following monarchs claim the crown of England: William I., Henry II., Henry VII., William III., George I., Queen Victoria?

2. What do you know of Perkin Warbeck, Titus Oates, Duke of Monmouth, Lord Bute, John Wilkes, Lord George Gordon, Bishop Latimer?

3. When were the following battles fought; who were the contending parties; who were the leaders; and what were their results? Hastings, Shrewsbury, Marston Moor, the Boyne, Blenheim, Fontenoy, Saratoga, Navarino, Fuentes d'Onor.

4. Sketch the lives and characters of any three of the following:-Lord Bacon, William III., Harley Lord Oxford, Henry Pelham, Edmund Burke, Lord Castlereagh.

5. Give some account of the trials of (1) Charles I., (2) the Seven Bishops, (3) Warren Hastings.

6. In whose reign was the Union of England and Scotland effected? What were the principal articles of the Act of the Union?

7. What wars were ended by the treaties of Ryswick, Utrecht, and Versailles? What were the chief articles of each?

8. Give the names of any celebrated men who lived in the reign of (1) Elizabeth, (2) Anne, (3) George III.; and specify for what they were severally remarkable.

9. Enumerate the leading constitutional changes produced by the Revolution of 1688.

Another paper:

In all cases dates should be given.

(Time allowed, 3 hours.)

1. Give some account of the Spanish Armada, the Mutiny at the Nore, the First Crusade.

2. What do you know of Stephen Langton, Sir T. Munro, Bishop Latimer, Strongbow Earl of Pembroke, the Master of Stair, Lord Somers, John of Gaunt? 3. Give an account of either of the following periods of English History, mentioning the chief persons and events connected with it:

4. State very briefly the

(1) from 1500 to 1550,

(2) from 1650 to 1700.

occasion, the chief events, and the results of the following wars: the Thirty Years' war, the American war, the Peninsular war, the Succession war.

5. Give an account of the political and social state of England, (1) at the death of William the Conqueror, (2) at the accession of Henry VII.

6. Enumerate in succession the ministries which held office in England during the reign of George III., mentioning the leading features of the policy of each, and the chief persons who formed it.

7. Give an account of the circumstances under which the Union between England and Ireland was brought about; and state briefly the terms of the Union, and what have been its results.

OUTLINES OF HISTORY.

Questions set to Candidates for Clerkships in the War
Department.

In all cases dates should be given.

1. Sketch briefly the history of the Peloponnesian War; mentioning the states concerned in it on each side; its origin; the principal events that occurred in it; the chief men who took part in it; its results.

2. Who were the contending parties in the following battles, and what were their results:-Marathon, Wagram, Naseby, Culloden, Zama, Granicus, Marengo, Poictiers?

Describe minutely the circumstances of any three of them.

3. Trace briefly the causes of the rise and fall of the power (1) of Venice, (2) of Spain. At what period was each at its greatest height of prosperity? In what condition is each at present?

4. Draw a parallel between the war with Russia and any other war in ancient or modern history.

5. Give a brief account of the life and character of any three of the Popes 6. Sketch briefly the causes of the Great Rebellion in England.

7. Sketch briefly the life and character of any three of the following persons:-Vespasian, Mary Queen of Scots, Alcibiades, Francis I. of France, Frederic the Great, Henry VIII.

8. Name the English sovereigns of the House of Plantagenet. Whom do you consider (1) the best, (2) the worst of them? Give reasons for your opinion.

Another paper :

The same, with the following alterations:

For Questions 4, 5, 6, substitute

1. Mention the most important events which occurred, and the most remarkable persons who flourished, between 1700 and 1750 A.D. 2. Who were the parties, and who the most remarkable individuals, engaged in the following wars? What were their causes and results, and what were the most important actions fought in them?—The Peninsular War, the Thirty Years' War, the American War.

MODERN HISTORY.

Questions set to Candidates for Clerkships in the Office of the Committee of Council on Education.

Note. In this examination History is not prescribed, but may be selected by any candidate who has "made it his especial study," with a view of displaying his industry and intelligence.

1. Enumerate the chief provisions of Magna Charta.

2. Plantagenet, Tudor, Stuart, Guelph. In what way did members of each of these families first rise to the English throne?

3. Give a character of Henry the Fifth of England before and after his accession to the throne, and a sketch of his campaigns and conquests in France.

4. Write a short life of Oliver Cromwell, and give some account of the relations between his Government and the other European Powers. 5. Write short lives of Louis the Eleventh of France, and of Charles the Rash of Burgundy. Show how the character and policy of the one was likely to strengthen, and of the other to weaken, his hereditary

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