11. Q. From what drama of Euripides does our author take a celebrated chorus, in part eulogistic of Athens? A. The “Medea.” 12. Q. Who stands alone as representative to us of Greek comedy? A. Aristophanes. 13. Q. What two comedies of Aristophanes retain for us more interest than perhaps any other of his works? A. “The Frogs” and “The Clouds.” 14. Q. Who were the especial targets of these two comedies respectively? A. Euripides of the “Frogs” and Socrates of the “Clouds.” 15. Q. Who is first in fame among ancient lyric poets? A. Pindar. 16. Q. What does Sappho remain to this day in general estimation among those entitled to adjudge her just rank, from the various trustworthy indications that survive? A. The foremost woman of genius in the world. 17. Q. What is the only complete poem that has come down to us from Sappho? A. The “Hymn to Aphrodite.” 18. Q. On what does the fame of Simonides chiefly rest? A. On his epigrams. 19. Q. What is the most celebrated, perhaps, of all the epigrams of Simonides? A. That on the Spartan Three Hundred who fell at Thermopylæ. 20. Q. What is the great name in Greek idyllic poetry? A. Theocritus. 21. Q. What two other pastoral poets are associated with Theocritus, in a kind of parasitic renown? A. Bion and Moschus. 22. Q. From what two idyls of Theocritus does our author give presentations? A. The “Death of Daphnis,” and the “Festival of Adonis.” 23. Q. Who is first among the masters of eloquence? A. Demosthenes. 24. Q. The name of what other orator is associated with that of Demosthenes? A. Æschines. 25. Q. What are the most celebrated of Demosthenes’s public orations? A. The “Olynthiacs,” the “Philippics,” and the oration on the “Crown.” II.—QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON “CHEMISTRY,” FROM PAGE 85 TO PAGE 156, INCLUSIVE. 26. Q. Why is chlorine a substance of very great commercial importance? A. On account of its extensive use as a bleaching agent. 27. Q. Of what common article is chlorine an important constituent? A. Salt. 28. Q. What are the three most striking properties of chlorine? A. Its noticeable weight—greater than that of the air—its greenish color, and its exceedingly irritating odor. 29. Q. In connection with what two principal properties does chlorine, as a chemical agent, manifest its activities? A. Its affinity for hydrogen and its affinity for the metals. 30. Q. Of what may the substance known as bleaching-powder be spoken in a general way as consisting? A. Of lime saturated with chlorine. 31. Q. When was bromine first recognized as an elementary substance, and by whom discovered? A. In the year 1826, by Balard, a French chemist. 32. Q. Where does the substance bromine occur? A. In the brine of the ocean, and in the water of mineral springs, united with certain metals in the form of bromides. 33. Q. To what does bromine show very decided resemblances, in its chemical relations? A. To chlorine, having affinities for the same substances, only less in intensity.