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Take this
test and pass it on to your more literate
friends..
What it
took to get an 8th grade education in
1895...
Remember
when grandparents and great-grandparents stated
that they only had an 8th grade education? Well,
check this out. Could any of us have passed the
8th grade in 1895?
This is
the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina
, Kansas , USA . It was taken from the original
document on file at the Smokey Valley
Genealogical Society
and
Library in Salina , and reprinted by the Salina
Journal.
8th Grade
Final Exam: Salina , KS -
1895
Grammar
(Time, one hour)
1. Give
nine rules for the use of capital
letters.
2. Name
the parts of speech and define those that have
no modifications.
3. Define
verse, stanza and paragraph
4. What
are the principal parts of a verb? Give
principal parts of 'lie,''play,' and 'run.'
5. Define
case; illustrate each case.
6 What is
punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of
punctuation.
7 - 10.
Write a composition of about 150 words and show
therein that you understand the practical use of
the rules of grammar.
Arithmetic
(Time,1 hour 15 minutes)
1. Name
and define the Fundamental Rules of
Arithmetic.
2. A wagon
box is 2 ft. Deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. Wide.
How many bushels of wheat will it hold?
3. If a
load of wheat weighs 3,942 lbs., what is it
worth at 50cts/bushel, deducting 1,050 lbs. For
tare?
4.
District No 33 has a valuation of $35,000.. What
is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven
months at $50 per month, and have $104 for
incidentals?
5. Find
the cost of 6,720 lbs. Coal at $6.00 per
ton.
6. Find
the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days
at 7 percent.
7. What is
the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft..
Long at $20 per metre?
8. Find
bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at
10 percent.
9. What is
the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the
distance of which is 640 rods?
10. Write
a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt
U.S.
History (Time, 45 minutes)
1. Give
the epochs into which U.S. History is
divided
2. Give an
account of the discovery of America
by Columbus
3. Relate
the causes and results of the Revolutionary
War.
4. Show
the territorial growth of the United
States
5. Tell
what you can of the history of Kansas
6.
Describe three of the most prominent battles of
the Rebellion.
7. Who
were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton ,
Bell , Lincoln , Penn, and Howe?
8. Name
events connected with the following dates: 1607,
1620, 1800, 1849, 1865.
Orthography
(Time, one hour)
[Do we
even know what this is??]
1. What is
meant by the following: alphabet, phonetic,
orthography, etymology,
syllabication
2. What
are elementary sounds? How
classified?
3. What
are the following, and give examples of each:
trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters,
linguals
4. Give
four substitutes for caret 'u.'
(HUH?)
5. Give
two rules for spelling words with final 'e.'
Name two exceptions under each rule.
6. Give
two uses of silent letters in spelling.
Illustrate each.
7. Define
the following prefixes and use in connection
with a word: bi, dis-mis, pre, semi, post, non,
inter, mono, sup.
8. Mark
diacritically and divide into syllables the
following, and name the sign that indicates the
sound: card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise,
blood, fare, last.
9. Use the
following correctly in sentences: cite, site,
sight, fane, fain, feign, vane , vain, vein,
raze, raise, rays.
10. Write
10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate
pronunciation by use of diacritical marks
and by
syllabication.
Geography
(Time, one hour)
1 What is
climate? Upon what does climate
depend?
2. How do
you account for the extremes of climate in
Kansas ?
3. Of what
use are rivers? Of what use is the
ocean?
4.
Describe the mountains of North America
5. Name
and describe the following: Monrovia , Odessa ,
Denver , Manitoba , Hecla , Yukon , St. Helena,
Juan Fernandez, Aspinwall and Orinoco
6. Name
and locate the principal trade centers of the
U.S. Name all the republics of Europe and give
the capital of each..
8. Why is
the Atlantic Coast colder than
the Pacific in the same latitude?
9.
Describe the process by which the water of the
ocean returns to the sources of
rivers.
10.
Describe the movements of the earth. Give the
inclination of the earth.
Notice
that the exam took FIVE HOURS to
complete.
Gives the
saying 'he only had an 8th grade education' a
whole new meaning, doesn't it?!
No wonder
they dropped out after 8th grade. They
already knew more than they needed to
know!
No, I
don't have the answers! And I don't think
I ever
did!
Have fun
with this ...pass it on so we're not the
only ones who feel stupid!!!
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