1. What was the condition of landed property under the later Empire, and what was the character of its cultivation?

2. Explain the relations of Charlemagne with the Papacy, and also the meaning and purpose of the Holy Roman Empire.

3. What was the state of the French Monarchy on the accession of Hugh Capet? Give a short sketch of its subsequent growth.

4. At the time of the transfer of the crown of the Holy Roman Empire from the French to the German king, Italy was divided into three groups; name these, and state their distinctions.

5. Explain the fact that the Italian republics in the 15th and 16th centuries were governed by several princely families.

6. Give a short historical sketch of the Parliament of Paris, and tell its functions.

7. "The reign of Francis I may, more than any other, be said to mark the distinction between the middle. ages and more modern civilization." Explain this.

8. Trace the rise of the Guise family, and the growth of their power in France.

9. Give an account of the development of the democratie principles which resulted in the French Revolution of 1789. 10. What was the nature of the Directory, and of the New Constitution of 1796?

11. What circumstances led to the establishment of the Consulate, and afterwards of the Empire?

12. What position did Talleyrand claim for France in the Congress of Vienna?

1. Explain the establishment of the several Octarchie kingdoms, and the circumstances of their union.

2. Account for the few traces of the Celtic element in the English language or constitution.

3. State the circumstances of the demarcation between England and Scotland in 1018. What had been the previous configuration of the two countries?

4. The County Court of the Anglo-Saxons is called a folkmote. Why? Who constituted it? What were its

functions?

5. What changes were effected by the Norman Kings in regard to the general administration of the government? 6. "The Charter may be regarded as closing one epoch of English history and beginning another." Explain this. 7. State the terms of the Constitutions of Clarendon.

8. Give some account of the Curia Regis, distinguishing it from the Magnum Concilium. What courts developed out of the Curia Regis?

9. Account for the continuance of the Long Parliament. 10. What are the terms of the Declaration of Rights of 1689 ?

11. What influences led to the separation of the executive from the legislative in the Constitution of the United States? 12. What was the form prescribed in the original Constitution for the election of President? What changes have taken place?

13. What was the mode of carrying on the government of Canada between the cession in 1760 and the Quebec Act of 1774.

14. State the respective powers of the Federal and Provincial Legislatures under the British North American Act.

For intra-murals.

1. What elements of the pre-Socratic philosophy have been incorporated in Plato's ideal theory?

2. What is the fundamental conception of Euripides? Contrast it with the religious views of the Sophists.

3. State and examine Aristotle's conception of 'purpose.'

4. Give Aristotle's definition of science' and compare it with Plato's view of knowledge as found in the Theotetus.

5. State and interpret Aristotle's view of "self-sufficiency" in its political, ethical and metaphysical bearings. 6. In what, according to M. Arnold, consists the ideal life? Examine his position.

7. How are the finite and infinite to be conceived? Include in your answer some criticism of Spencer's conception of the Unknowable.