The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-02-16
LIST OF QUESTIONS

LIST OF QUESTIONS
The following list Of questions WAS pro
pounded At the teachsrS examination
held at the school house in lola, last Sat
urday: M
| ARITHMETIC.
/. Name and define the fundamental
rules of arithmetic.
2. What is the difference between sim.
pie and compound numbenf
| 3. Reduce to . decimal, multiply il
by twenty-five thousandths, and divide
the product by two ten millionths.
4. If I sell 80 yards of cloth for $l42,
and gain ten per cent, how ought I to
sell it yard to lose Is per cent.
5. From Al Of day take .16 Of an
hour, and give the answer in hours, min
utes and seconds.
6. On two notes of $3.50 and 1915 re.
spectively, $l82.70 interest had been
paid, to be applied proportionately to
the value Of the notes, how much of the
interest must 60 on each?
Z. Interest in the last example was
four years accruing; what was the rate.
8. Thirty-five men have provision for
"a days; if IA men leave, how long would
it feed the remainder
9. The rsfters of house ere 10 feet
long on each side, and rise feet in the
middle, how wide is the house?
10. The length of fish is required,
whose head is Is inches long, and whose
tail is a. long as its head plus 2-5 of the
length of thebody, increased by Is inches,
and whose body is az long asits head and
tail plus 30 inches.
GEOGRAPHY.
]. Name and define the different geo.
graphical circles.
2. What are the boundaries of the sew
eral zones? Explain the varying length
of day and night.
8. Name the races into which the hui
man family is divided. What people are
included in each race?
4. Describe the location of the chief
commercial city of the United States of
South America; of Europe; of Asia
of Africa.
5. Name the river systems of Africa,
and describe the Nile.
6. What are the natural regions which
compose South America?
Z. Name and describe the river sys-
TENS of South America.
8. Name the countries of Europe, and
describe its principal rivers.
9. Bound the republics of Europe, and
and locate their capitals and principal
cities.
10. What three great peninsulas are in
Southern Asia? What waters border
upon each?
GRAMMAR.
1. Define declension, conjugation,
analysis.
2. How is the plural number of nouns
regularly formed! Mention some ex-
ceptions.
3. Give an example of the common,
EN- phatic, progressive, and passive forms
of the>verb to teach.
4. What are the principal parts of
verb? Give the.principal parts of the
verbs sit, set, lie and lay.
s. Write q sentence with verb in the
subiunctive mode, emitting the sign.
6, What is q distributive adjective?
Name them.
7. Define redundant and unipersonal
verbs.
8. Parse the words underscored
(a) What! art thou mad, Horatio?
(b) The boys went a fishing.
(c) The eggs were boiled hard.
9. Correct the following sentences:
(a) Deceiving is much the same thing |
as to lie.
(b) The books are neither his, nor
theirs. nor hers.
(d The number of teachers are in
creasing.
10. Analyze and parse ITO live in
hearts we leave behind is not to die"
oRTHoaRAPHY.
l. Define orthography and ortheopy.
2. Define letter, vowel, diphthong,
'yllable, word.
8. What is phonic spelling?
4. Correct errors in spelling the fol
owing list: Separate. until, comeing.
procede, superceed, cymetry,
yrrany.
5. Mark. the letter to denote the
ound of 8. What is the mark. called ?
Mark to denote the sound of k.
6. Of what use is the diaresis.
7. Write three words having the sof
ound of g. II
8. Give q rule for the division of a
vord at the end of line.
9. Give rules for the use of capitals.
10, Correct errors in the use of capitals,
md punctuate the following sentence:
he spent sunday reading lady of the
axe and misses Stoves article on lord
'yron.
l. Make and name the principles used
n writing.
2. What do you mean by . slant of
2, base line and space7
8. Write q group semi extended let
ers.
4. Give the rule for crossing t; for
citing j.
5. Write your name and analyze the
stters of it.
HISTORY. ID
/. Give brief history of the life and !
ublic acts of George Washington.
2. Give brief history of the life and
ublic acts of Abraham Lincoln.
3. Tell briefly what you know of the
american Revolution.
4. Tell briefly what you know of the
tie Rebellion.
8. What territory has been secured to
he United States since Washington's G
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TEACHERS EXAMINATION. :
At the examination of teachers held