1. Why did St. George feel that he ought to ride away from his home? What do you conclude from this must have been the chief duty of a knight?
2. What signs did St. George find that he had come to a place where there was work for him to do?
3. For what do you admire the Princess? Which do you think was braver, St. George or she?
4. What nation recently played the part of the dragon in the world? What form of government did this nation have?
5. What nations played the part of St. George? In what way did the governments of all but one of these nations differ from the "dragon" nation?
[NONSENSE TEST]
This is just a little nonsense test but don't be too sure that you can get everything in it exactly right. Carry out the following directions very carefully.
No matter whether Benjamin Franklin was the father of his country or not, draw a circle in the center of your paper. Now if December is the first month of the year put the largest of these four numbers in the circle. (17-6-11-21). But if not, put any one of the smaller numbers there. Then copy this example on your paper under the circle. (7 + 5 = .) Write a wrong answer to it, mark it correct and sign your name at the bottom.
[TURNING OUT THE INTRUDER]
Arrange your paper with your name on the first line at the right, and your grade below it on the second line. Skip the third line, but on the next eight lines, in the margin, write the figures, 1 to 8.
Here is an exercise that will let you see not only how well you can follow printed directions, but also how well you can arrange words in classes or groups. Read the first group of words at the bottom of the page. What kind of list does it seem to be? A list of several kinds of fruit, does it not? Or at least it would be a good list of fruit, if we could omit the word rope, which does not seem to belong to the list at all. After figure 1, on your paper, write the word rope.
In each of the other groups there is also a word that should be dropped out. You are going to write these words on your paper. Start with the next group, and when you find the word that should be omitted, write it after figure 2; and in the same way, finish the remaining groups in the exercise. When you finish wait quietly for the others to do so.
| 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. |
| apple | lion | mountain | lumbering | automobile |
| peach | tiger | gulfs | farming | store |
| rope | elephant | hills | grazing | bank |
| grape | tusks | plain | manufacturing | station |
| pear | horse | valley | jumping | hotel |
| orange | cow | island | fishing | church |
| 6. | 7. | 8. | ||
| flowers | cup | chair | ||
| grass | saucer | table | ||
| fence | plate | room | ||
| tree | pan | sofa | ||
| bush | pitcher | bench | ||
| weeds | bowl | bookcase |