7. What was the nature of the government of Athens after the expulsion of the Tyrants? 8. Name four great battles of the Græco-Persian War, and give the date of any two of them. 9. What states were leaders in the great war between the states of Greece? What caused the war? What were its chief results? 10. Outline the career of conquest of Alexander the Great. About when did he die? How would his undertaking have been more difficult if he had turned west instead of east? 11. In Greek History what is the significance of the following names and phrases: Aristides? The Olympian Games? Solon? The Confederacy of Delos? Delphi? Sophocles? Praxiteles? 12. Give the main points in the Greek colonial system. How did the Roman colonial system differ most conspicuously from the Greek? 13. Give the titles of the principal officers of the Roman Republic and describe their functions. 14. What were the Punic Wars? How many in number? Name two great generals on each side. 15. Mention four causes that led to the fall of the Roman Republic. Discuss briefly the operation of two of them toward this result. 16. Why did the Emperors persecute the Christians? State the attitude of Diocletian and Constantine respectively toward the Christians. 17. For what is each of the following emperors most famous: Marcus Aurelius? Justinian? Nero? 18. In Roman History what is the significance of: The Gracchi? Horace? The Comitia Curiata? Verres? The Battle of Chalons? A Pyrrhian Victory? Æneas? Alaric? 19. What do the following dates mean to you: 800? 1066? 1215? 1453? 20. What do you know of Joan of Arc? 21. How did the Feudal System originate? Define Suzerain, Vassal, Serf. 22. What was The Renaissance? By what inventions and discoveries was it quickened? Through what channel was ancient science transmitted to modern times? 23. Who was Simon de Montfort? 24. What changes took place in the condition of the English peasantry in the fourteenth century? Due to what causes? 25. Toward the close of the fifteenth century in England was the power of Parliament becoming greater or less than it had been previously? By what right was Henry IV. King of England? What was the earliest form of parliamentary assembly in English history? ACADEMIC DUTIES.