Exam Questions for Year 9 Term 2
Bible and Spiritual Formation
1. What are the three great parts of morality? OR, Discuss The Great Sin as defined in Mere Christianity.
2. What was Nathan's message to David? Why was it sent, and what was the result?
3. Describe the coming of the Holy Spirit, OR Describe Peter's vision. What was its significance?
Writing/Penmanship
Write 8-10 lines of poetry from memory.
Dictation
(Assigned passage is in the Exam Key.)
Composition
1. Narrate an episode from Rasselas.
2. Tell something of the life of Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson, or Oliver Goldsmith.
3. Summarize a poem you enjoyed by William Cowper.
English Grammar
1. Write a sentence using an adverb formed by adding the "-ly" suffix to an adjective.
2. Write sentences showing correct use of "to," "two" and "too."
3. Is the italicized word an adverb or adjective?
I passed the test easily.
He is a good speller.
4. Identify parts of speech for the italicized words. For nouns and pronouns, say also whether the word is singular or plural. For verbs, say also whether the verb is in past, present, or future tense: It left scars upon his good-looking face, and nearly robbed him of his eyesight. In those days people still believed that this dreadful disease would be cured if the person suffering from it was touched by a royal hand. So when he was two, little Samuel was taken to London by his father and mother, and there he was 'touched' by Queen Anne.
History
1. What do you know about Sir Robert Walpole? Or, tell what you know about Thomas Jefferson.
2. Give an account of the War of Austrian Succession. Or, discuss Thomas Paine's 'Common Sense' and its influence.
3. Tell what you know about the Seven Years' War and/or William Pitt.
4. Tell what you know about the Stamp Act. Or, how did the Revolutionary War affect the slaves?
5. Tell what you know about the War of Independence (Revolutionary War).
6. Tell about Robert Clive, Warren Hastings and India. Or, tell what you know about Alexander Hamilton and James Madison. Or, give an account of Benjamin Franklin or John Adams.
Geography
1. What are some of the curiosities in the library at Marischal College at Aberdeen?
2. "Lough Ness, though not twelve miles broad, is a very remarkable diffusion of water without islands." What else can you say of Lough Ness?
3. What do you know of the Highlands?
Natural History and General Science
1. Discuss some scavengers, the mesa trail, or "the streets of the mountains." Or, what do you know about a fly?
2. Choose a question matched to your term's science subject from here or from your science program.
3. Choose a question matched to your term's science subject from here or from your science program.
Citizenship
1. Use the Year 7-10 Questions for this term's Plutarch from this page.
2. How is integrity shown on the job? In use of time? Use of resources?
3. Explain nihilism or existentialism.
Reading Skill
Father to choose an unseen passage, giving marks for enunciation.
Arithmetic/Geometry (Questions from your math program may be substituted.)
1. Solve for x: 68 = 4(2x + 3)
2. The distance travelled by Bo and Zack is in the ratio 3:4. The distance travelled by Bo is 18 miles. Find the distance travelled by Zack.
3. A teacher bought 26 sketchbooks for $37.70. How much did each book cost?
4. Find the area of a circle with a diameter of 14 cm.
5. 360 is what percent more than 320?
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Foreign Language
1. Make up a dialogue in your foreign language from a scene you read about in one of your books this term.
2. Describe a picture in your language book, using your foreign language.
Picture Study
1. Describe a picture from this term's picture study.
Recitation
Father should choose a poem, two Bible verses and/or a scene from Shakespeare learned this term for student to recite.
Music (such as playing an instrument)
Parent or instructor should assess child's progress.
Music Appreciation
1. Tell about your favorite piece of music from this term.
2. Question to be taken from this term's Composer Study here.
Singing
Sing your favorite folksong and hymn from this term.
Handicrafts
Show some work in handicrafts from this term to someone outside your family.