10. What fresh aid was given to the building at Jerusalem? 11. What was the date of Ezra's arrival? 12. What is counted from this date? 13. Who was the other assistant who arrived? 14. How had Nehemiah obtained leave to come and assist? 15. In what state did he find the city? 16. What prophecies were' there of her desolation?--_Ps_. lxxx. _Is_. xxxii. 13, 14. 17. What was Nehemiah's great work? 18. How were the Jews obliged to build? 19. How had this been foretold?--_Dan_. ix. 25. 20. What blessing had been laid up for Nehemiah?--_Is_. lviii. 12, 13. 21. What reformations did Ezra and Nehemiah bring about? 22. What became of the schismatical priest? 23. Where was the Samaritan temple? 24. Who was the last of the prophets? 25. What were his great predictions?--_Mal_. iii. I, 2, 3. --iv. 2, 5, 6. 26. What books are thought to have been compiled by Ezra? 27. What Psalms were collected by Ezra?--From cvii. to the end. 28. What prophetic verse is ascribed to the time of Ezra?--cxviii. 22. 29. What were the songs of degrees?--_Ps_. cxx. to cxxxiv. 30. Who had the keeping of the Scriptures? 31. In what tongue were the early Scriptures? 32. What tongue was commonly spoken after the captivity? 33. What was therefore done when the Law was read? 34. What arrangement did Ezra make for public worship? 35. What was the synagogue service? 36. How were the Jews dispersed? 37. In what state was the Persian Empire? LESSON XV. 1. Who were the Greeks? 2. Who was the chief Greek god? 3. What were the Greek philosophers trying to find out?--See _Acts_, xvii. 27, 28. 4. What were the Greek games?--See I _Cor_. ix. 24, &c. 5. Which were the two chief Greek cities? 6. What was the most learned of all cities? 7. Who subdued all the rest of Greece? 8. What was the name of the great King of Macedon? 9. How was Macedon figured in Daniel's visions?--_Dan_. vii. 6.--viii. 5, 6, 7. 10. What yet older prophecy was there of the Greek invasion?--_Num_. xxiv. 24. 11. What was Chittim? _A_. The east end of the Mediterranean. 12. In what year did Alexander enter Asia? 13. How was the swiftness of his conquests shown? 14. How did Darius go out to battle with him? 15. What cities did Alexander take in Palestine? 16. What was Zechariah's prophecy about Tyre?--_Zech_. ix. 2, 3, 4. 17. What was his prophecy about the Philistine cities?--_Zech_. ix. 5, 18. What about Jerusalem?--_Zech_. ix. 8. 19. How was Alexander received at Jerusalem? 20. What did he declare that he had seen? 21. What city did Alexander build in Egypt? 22. What became of Darius? 23. How far did Alexander spread his conquests? 24. What city did he wish to make his capital? 25. How did the Jews at Babylon show their constancy? 26. What befell Alexander at Babylon? 27. How had this been foreshown?--_Dan_, viii. 8.--xi. 3,4. 28. What was the year of Alexander's death? 29. What difference did his conquest make to the East?