The Millers

This was really interesting. Thought I would share. I do not know if it is correct / true or not...but fun anyway.
Crystal

> Subject: 8th Grade Final Exam - 1895
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> Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they
>only had
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> an 8th grade education? Well, check this out. Could any of us have
>passed
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> the 8th grade in 1895?
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> This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina, Kansas, USA.
>It
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> was
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> taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley
>Genealogical
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> Society and Library in Salina, KS, and reprinted by the Salina
>Journal.
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> 8th Grade Final Exam: Salina, KS -1895 Grammar (Time, one hour)
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> 1. Give nine rules for the use of capital letters.
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> 2. Name the parts of speech and define those that have no
>modifications.
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> 3. Define verse, stanza and paragraph
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> 4. What are the principal parts of a verb? Give principal parts
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> of"lie,""play," and "run."
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> 5. Define case; Illustrate each case.
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> 6 What is punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of punctuation.
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> 7 - 10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that
>you
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> understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.
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> Arithmetic (Time, 1.25 hours)
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> 1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic.
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> 2. A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. wide. How many
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> bushels
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> of wheat will it hold?
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> 3. If a load of wheat weighs 3942 lbs., what is it worth at
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> 50cts/bushel, deducting 1050 lbs. for r tare?
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> 4. District No. 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary
>levy
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> to
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> carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for
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> incidentals?
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> 5. Find the cost of 6720 lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton.
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> 6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent.
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> 7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at $20
>per
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> metre?
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> 8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent.
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> 9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance of
>which
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> is 640 rods?
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> 10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt.
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> U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes)
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> 1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided.
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> 2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus.
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> 3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War.
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> 4. Show the territorial growth of the United States.
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> 5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas.
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> 6. Describe three of the most prominent battles es of the Rebellion.
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> 7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton, Bell, Lincoln,
>Penn, and
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> Howe?
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> 8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800,
>1849,
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> 1865.
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> Orthography (Time, one hour) Do we even know what this is??
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> 1. What is meant by the following: Alphabet, phonetic, orthography,
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> etymology,syllabication
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> 2. What are elementary sounds? How classified?
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> 3. What are the following, and give examples of each: Trigraph,
>subvocals,
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> diphthong, cognate letters, linguals
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> 4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u.' (HUH?)
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> 5. Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e.' Name two
>exceptions
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> under each rule.
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> 6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each.
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> 7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word:
>bi,
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> dis,
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> mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, sup.
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> 8 Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name
>the
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> sign that indicates the sound: card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell,
>rise,
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> blood, fare, last.
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> 9. Use the following correctly in sentences: cite, site, sight, fane,
>fain,
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> feign, vane, vain, vein, raze, raise, rays.
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> 10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation
>by
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> use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.
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> Geography (Time, one hour)
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> 1 What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?
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> 2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas?
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> 3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean?
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> 4. Describe the mountains of North America.
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> 5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia, Odessa, Denver,
>Manitoba,
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> Hecla, Yukon, St. Helena, Juan Fernandez, Aspinwall and Orinoco.
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> 6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S.
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> 7. Name all the republics of Europe and give the capital of each.
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> 8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same
>latitude?
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> 9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the
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> sources of rivers.
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> 10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give the inclination of the
>earth.
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> Notice that the exam took FIVE HOURS to complete. Gives the saying "he
>only
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> had an 8th grade education" a whole new meaning, doesn't it?! Also
>shows
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> you
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> how poor our education system has become... and, NO! I don't
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> have the answers.
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Wow... I would've done horribly!!! That was interesting though!

Jenny
Homeschooling in Greenfield
Danny (5), Kelsey (3) and Evelyn (1)
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Education is not filling a pail but the lighting of a fire. ~William Butler
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