Exams Tuesday

Tuesday

L - Year 3.5

What was the golden age of Greece like, OR tell about the gods the Greeks believed - They had the god of the sea which might have been Neptune, they had the god of peace, the god of war, the goddess of love, and her son went down and shot arrows at people in their hearts supposedly to make them love each other, I guess, and then they had the god of the sun, and the god of the moon and the stars, and they might have had a god over all of them. And some of the names were Neptune and Pluto. This is how the daughter of one of the gods was born. One day one of the gods had a headache. It kept getting worse so he called a blacksmith to come and hit him on the head with a hammer, and as strange as the request sounded, the blacksmith did it anyway without question. And then--out popped his daughter.

Describe a compass. What does it tell us? - A compass is basically almost like a clock. But instead of having numbers, it has N for north, S for south, W for west and E for east. It has a little red arrow that always points north. And since it's always pointing north, we can tell the other directions from north.

What do you know about light? - Well, for one, if you take a piece of cardboard and you put a pinhole in it, and you shine the flashlight beam through it, then the image of the lightbulb in the flashlight will show a picture of it on the wall. You can't see around a corner because light goes in straight lines. There are two things that can bend light - water and glass.

3X + 4 = 13 - x = 3

J - Year 6

Dictation (prepared, from School of the Woods) - "Now cut ahead of the dogs to the runway and watch for the fox. Here is the hunted creature." (done perfectly)

Explain how and why Octavius became Augustus - After he conquered Antony, the priests and all the higher people wanted to honor him, but because they wanted to gain his favor they wanted to think of something new and so they called him Augustus.

What are some things that cloth is made of? OR describe what Norway looks like. - Cloth is made out of cotton and from sheep's wool.

Describe your favorite episode in The Hobbit - The Battle of the Five Armies: The dwarves' army started to attack the elven army but Gandalf, as soon as the attack began, shouted that he could see orcs. Immediately Dain went to talk to the elven king and Bard. They decided to do combat together against the orcs, and the elves took one arm of the mountain to defend, and the dwarves and men took the other part. The orc host came and attacked from the front to begin with, but when the elves charged, they fell back. Then slowly by weight of numbers they started carrying the elves back towards the mountains. Then the dwarves and men attacked and sent the orcs back again but then some orcs who had climbed over the mountain attacked behind them. So the elves and the men and the dwarves were fighting in a circle Then the eagles arrvived to bring help as well as Beorn, and soon he sent the orcs packing.

What is two-thirds of 48? - 32

T - Year 10

What were some of the blessings and curses that Moses described to the Israelites based on their obedience or disobedience? (Deuteronomy) - If they obeyed they would be given a large and bounteous land, their labor would be fruitful, and the Lord would be with them. If they disobeyed, their enemies would overcome them; other people would reap the fruit of their labors, and they would be driven out of their land.

Give some account of one of the battles of the civil war. - At the taking of Richmond in the last period of the war, General Grant first assaulted the heavy fortifications to the north of the city. He received heavy losses, changed plans, and circled around the city (as McClellan had attempted) so that he could take it from the back. 1-0 (Union-Confederacy).

Trace the ups and downs of Demetrius's life. - Demetrius was the son of Antigonus, one of Alexander's four generals. After Alexander died the generals quarreled and Demetrius led part of his father's army. He and his father made a campaign into Greece and liberated Athens from a previous conqueror. The Athenians loaded the two with honors, even to the point of deifying them. Demetrius and his father made several more campaigns, but they were in the end defeated, Antigonus was killed, and Demetrius fled back to Athens. But the Athenians spurned him and he had to flee again.
In his final campaign he started well, but there was a famine and he ran out of supplies. He had to surrender and was placed under a sort of house arrest. He spent the rest of his life hunting, dicing, and drinking.

Solve 4.59 + 8.125 - 7.68 - .981 - 1.406 = 2.648