the Liturgy of the Church of England-The Q. What is the date of the Spanish Armada? Q. Give me the names of some learned men who adorned England in the sixteenth century? A. Sir Thomas More-Cranmer-Latimer-Colet -Ascham-Bacon-Spenser - Ben Jonson -Shakespeare-Hooker-Camden. Q. Give me the names of some of the great men of other countries, who brought about the revival of literature in the sixteenth century? A. Pope Leo X.-Charles V. Emperor of Germany-Francis I. King of France-Cardinal Ximenes, minister of Spain-The Sultan Selim -Soliman the Magnificent. Q. The principal Reformers? A. Luther-Calvin-Melancthon-Erasmus-Knox. Q. What are the events of the seventeenth century, Revolution-The Accession of William and Q. What is the date of the Martyrdom of King A. 1649. Q. Of the Restoration? A. 1660. Q. Of the great Fire of London ? A. 1666. Q. Of the Revolution? A. 1688. Q. What learned men adorned England in the seventeenth century? A. Milton-Harvey-Dryden-Butler-Waller Boyle-Denham-Evelyn. Q. What great men flourished in other countries during the same period? A. Frederick the Great, of Prussia-Peter the Great, of Russia-Charles XII. of SwedenGrotius, the Theologian-Vandyke, the Painter -Des Cartes, the Astronomer-Moliere, the comic writer-William Penn, the Quaker. Q. What are the events of the eighteenth century, as regards English History? A. The reign of Queen Anne-The victories of Marlborough-The reigns of George I. George II. and George III. Q. Who reigned in France at the beginning of the eighteenth century? A. Louis XIV. Q. When was Gibraltar taken? A. In 1703. Q. Who were the wits of Queen Anne's reign, in the early part of the eighteenth century? a A. Watts-Otway-Gay-Locke-Prior-Swift Addison-Pope-Newton. Q. What is the date of the Accession of George I.? A. 1714. Q. Of George II.? A. 1727. Q. When was the Pretender at Derby? Q. When was the New Style introduced? A. In 1752. Q. What is the date of the Earthquake at Lisbon ? A. 1755. Q. Of the taking of Quebec, and the death of General Wolfe? A. 1759. Q. Of the Accession of George III.? A. 1760. Q. Of the American Independence? A. 1782. Q. Of the French Revolution, and the beheading of Louis XVI.? A. 1793. Q. Of the battle of the Nile ? A. 1798. Q. What learned men flourished in the reign of George III., towards the end of the eighteenth century? A. Young-Akenside-Gray-Goldsmith-Thom Q. What are the events of the nineteenth century? 1801-The battle of Trafalgar, and the death Q. What are the dates of the rise and fall of Napoleon Buonaparte? A. He was made first Consul in 1799-Emperor in 1804-Dethroned in 1814-Made a prisoner at St. Helena in 1815-and died in 1821. Q. What is the date of the accession of George IV.? A. 1820. ROMAN ANTIQUITIES. Q. WHAT were the divisions of the Roman People? A. Patricians and Plebeians. Q. What connection subsisted between them? A. The former were Patrons, the latter Clients.or dependants. Q.Was there not a third order? A. The Equites. Q. Who were the Nobiles? A. Those whose ancestors had borne any Curule office. Q. What right had they? A. The Jus imaginum, that of having busts or images of their ancestors. Q. Who was the novus homo? A. The upstart, the first of a family who had raised himself to a Curule office. Q. How did the Romans name their progenitors? Avia Proavia Abavia Atavia. A. Patruus, on the Father's side; Avunculus, on the Mother's side. |