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Questions for West Point Examination
ARITHMETIC

3, Give the quotient of 557S into
6535s547s23 : and the product'of 1871 into
1882 into 1888.
4. Define unit, number, arithmetic, no.
tation, multiplication, division.
3. Write out lineal measure, square
measure, and cubic measure.
6. Reduce 3 hind. 5 gal. to pints; and
change 1881 gr. to pounds, &c.
7. If ] a.. 2 r. be worth $50, find the
value of "a acres.
8. If ~ horses live AZ days on Is BUSH
els, how long could 8 horses live on the
same corn?
o.. How many yards of carpet ! yard
wide will owe a floor IL #. by "a IT,?
10. If ! barrels of flour last 6 persons s
months. how long would 10 barrels last
ID persons?
IL. If 10 men can do piece of work In
"a days, how many men will do ] times
as much work in one-fifth of the time
II. Distinguish vulgar from decimal
fractions : and give examples and detini-
tiols of the various kinds of vulgar frac-
tons.
II. Find the sum of J, o%ne-ninth, three
sevcnteenths, thirty-nine thirty-eighths,
and thirty-three thirty-tOurths.
IA. From the sum of liz and 8 and sew
en-ninths, subtract 0 and nineteen twen-
t~y-secOnds.
Is. Add J, !, I, and onc-ffth, subtract
the sum from 2, multiply the result by Z
of twenty seven forticths of 8, and find
what fraction this is Of 80.
Is. Find the sum, difference, product
and quotient of LOIS and .0lO15.
IL. The quotient being 2 and eleven
twelfths, and the divisor 10, find the div
idend.
IL. From Is thousandths take $40 mil
llonths: and multiply II t%housandth by
10000.
10. If 1 receive 1924 quarterly from
stock which pays 0 per cent. per annum,
how much have I invested?
20. What is the difference between the
simple and compound interest of Sl5OC
for 4 years at 6 per cent?
ENGLISH.
l.. Write q short paper OH the advant.
ages and disadvantages of competitive ex-
aminatiOnS.
3. Correct errors in spelling, grammar,
and punctuation in the following:
The successful candidates to west
Point MILITARY academy enjoys many
crate privileges. They get a excellent
tttulCuUlOh uIlu u OCIlIlCllltilly SVpolG "
eight year and it Is not SURPRISING that
the aspireing Youths of america apreci-
ates such benefits, tlloy arc framed most
careful II be officers in the Army which
arc a responsible and honorable position.
They sometimes are very mischeivious
at West point Us young men always will
be when they congrigate togather in large
numbers they will always harass and
turment each other in evry rogueish
maner conceivable. but they generally
come out of the Academy polished gen
tlemen and we'll fitted for a marshal life.
1 have heard however that some of them
is not able to spell correctly the follerln
words, believe, delfinit, supersede, inter-
sedc. battalion, adjative, parallelled, UNI
breller, sentonse, chciftian, pottatoe, buis-
mess.
8. Give the meaning, land derivation il
possiblej of the following words:
Facility, allegiance, sovereign, COM
prised, competent, immoral, cadet, ardu-
Gus, infirmity, paramount, artillery, in
fantry, police, projectile, velocity, gym
nasticS, garrison. reconnaissance, in.
trenchments, parole.
GRAMMAR.
l. Name, define, and give examples Of
the various parts of speech.
z. Name the various kinds of nouns,
and give an example of each.
8. What is meant by active, passive and
neuter verbs? Give examples.
4. Give the principal parts of tho verbs
wear, swell, thrive, hear, sec, cat, say
take, choose, know, freeze. do, catch, set,
build, hit, plead, burst, fight, lay.
6. Give the three degrees of compari-
son of the adjectives-gOod, bad, glad,
evil, little, old. ll-written, beautiful,
late, entertaining.
6. Give the plurals of tho following -
cali, hoof, knife, strife, house, mouse
box, OK, gems, crisis, beau, thou, sister.
in-law, 1, spoonful. deer, datum, cavalry,
sheep.
done fell off of tho horse. Where is il
at? The ipan what was hurt raised ur
in bed. DO like done. They was tore
all TO pieces by tho oxens.
8. Parse,
There is a tide in the aff,irs of mon,
Which, taken at the flood, leads OH to for
tune. =
o. AnaiyZo ::
A little fire is quickly trodden out,
Which, being suffered, rivers cannot
quouCu.
GEOGRAPHY.
l. Define island, isthmus, cape, archi'
pelago, strait, gulf, lake, ocean, CONT
nent ; and give I'VE examples Of each.
2. How many States, and how many
territories are there in the United States
Name the territories.
3. Name the, States bordering on the
4 fl1nfin ha,vtrtrinr nf tina Sf,lItll and IN.
ing North.
4. Name the States on the shore Of the
Gulf of Mexico, and give their capitals.
s. Describe the course of the Mississip
pi and name its chief tributaries.
6. Name the New England States and
give their chief scaports.
Z. Name the mountain ranges in the
United States, and their highest peaks.
8. Where and what are Niagara, Key
West, the Hudson, Denver, Galveston,
the five great lakes, West Point, Gettys.
burg, Milwaukee, Albany, Utah, Caesars
Head, Fort Sumter3
0. Where and what are the Bermudas,
Alaska, Ottawa, Rio Janeiro, Cuba, Peru,
Labrador, Patagonia, the Amazon, Hall
fax, Quebec, Quito?
10. Where and what are Liverpool,
Genoa, Gibraltar, Natal, Madras, Brus.
sells, Sicily, Australia, the Baltic, the
Ganges, the Crimea, Canton, Ceylon, 81.
IBERIA?
HISTORY.
l. Give the names of the early English
navigators, and a short account of their
discoveries in America, with dates.
2. When and where were the early En-.
elish colonies planted on the continent I
8. Give the names of the thirteen En-
glish colonies existing here at the break
Ing out of the revolutionary war.
4. Give a short account of the causes o!
the war of 1872 the land and naval bat
ties; ame of the prominent com.
manders on both sides.
5. What was the missouri Compro-
mise" and when was it agreed to?
9. Give q brief history OF Texas, its wal
with Mexico, and its annexation to the
United States, with dates.
7. Write q short biography of Thomas
Jefferson.
8. Write a short account Of the con-
quest and Occupation Of Britain by the
Romans, giving the dates, and.the names
of the more prominent generals.
0. Who was Queen Elizabeth ; whom
did she reign i; and for what was hel
reign remarkable?
10. Write a short biography OF Napo'
leon Buonaparte.