New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-04
SCHOOL-BOY WISDOM.
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Tho following Is a collection Of genuine answers
giver ny bovs TO questions them In school exam
nations The compiler has included none wh'ch
could not be satisfactorily verhed-the greater part
indeed being CLEANED from examination papers COT
reced by himself
ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
ou.stlon-r;lve an example OF an abstract noun
Answer-Drt.
ENGLISH LITERATURE.
Ouestlon-With what periodical Is the name or Ad-
olson associated?
Answer-The Saturday Review.
Question-Who were the greatest poets Oh t"e
EliZabethan age?
Answer-Whiter and Browning.
Questions (on the Lady of the I-ake)-Explan "Sii-
van "Iraes" "DispensatiOn.'
Answers-Sllvan means something that Is merely
an imitation Of something else. 1t Is a good instant
Of metphor Braes is Scottish air-dance Dispeh-
sation is decree Of the Popes allowing any one to
do something Illegal
Oueston-What is the difference between a drama
and an epic poem?
Answers-A drama Is a writing written In verse
and is generally put in a play. A epic poem Is d
poem which has no rhlm called bank verse DINER
enc. between drama and an epic Is that a drama
IL a pay and is generally very exciting. ana many
great adventures and deeds in it, while an epic
poem Is a sort OF play perhaps just meant Tor
reading and is full Of love and pathos
Oueston-Name the principal writings or Gold
smith.
Answer-Goldsmth wrote Cato. Julius saezar
Question What are the principal features OF Ma
caulays style
Answers -Macaulay was very FOND OF using Dig
words and had a large vocabulary. Macnu'ays style
Is one OF best style In the world he wrote plays,
poems proze and also a Novelist. Macaulays style
was very finished. indeed although not ike that OF
Pope he seemed write great deal on nature
Anything he took ahold Of he seemed to put new
life into II although OF very quiet disposition MN
self his works were intlr;y different
ENGLISH HISTORY.
Miscellaneous answers.
Jane GRAY was a youth OF about sixteen.
WvrlI, was the frs, man who sailed the Papa
The Armada was great flea sent over to England
from Spain
Sir Walter Raleigh man that discovered
colony and H. was 4 very great because he
founded things which we use pretty much, ne
invented. potatoes and tobacco.
BIBLE HISTORY.
Question who was Hannah
Answer The well-known author ot the lyrical
ballad Magnihcat
GEOMETRY.
QUESTION Define a circle
Answer \ circle Is a straight line drawn parallely
.oUnI a point.
FRENCH
Question WIFI. down the days 81 the week
Answer Iundi. Wr.nc+di Thori. Frigar. Lundi.
Meaning u words.
fsprgl"rirs- Iisemp.Oym.uts.
ia poiirinc he poctc.-
la hste fauve the little favourte.
l., tourbllou the town
I'm nagrant deni managing rags.
Translation into English.
This opinion nee - r1pagee' through the na'ional
IA vanity falls from an historic examiner the DIFF
derived and which In our language actu"lle eNprime
tant 81 the diverse qualities
JAPANESE
Composition by a Toxic schoobJy THE Char
ncirr Of the Engii -hman"
IN. England which occupied OF the larRes; ana
greatest dominion which rarely can b. The English
man works with very powerful hands and he
long legs AMI even the cmn"nced mind. his chin Is
- ,-rap. n h. lid seized something. Being spread
ont from Europe - Australia TO America his do
iulnion drra1fuly extensive that his country
men blaStalls say the sun never sets on our
dominion" The Testimony Of English said that n"
ihAt lost the common sens. H. never any beneht.
though hs had gained complete world The Eng
lish are cunning intention to est lhlish great En-
- the other nation. Give me your land and VIII
give You my testimony" 50 II Is not robbed but
exchanged A. The Engshman always confde the
object 10 bc pure and IN" order 10 be holy ana
ihcy rcproch him II any them ARE Killed to death
with the contention OF other man