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general literature department cxv The floor was carpeted in the same manner From centre hung an immense chandelier throwing such marvellous blaze of light on the starry ceiling as to rival the sun raised platform ran along the whole length of the apartment carpeted like the hall with benches all round covered with gold brocade Overarching the platform was latticed ו bower of box ivy and evergreens from which roses and other flowers trailed The king took his seat at the table on high dais covered with cloth of gold placing the Duchess of AlenQon at his left and next her the Bishop of Ely On his right was the papal legate with the beautiful Countess of Borromeo daughter of Galeazzo Visconti next her the Earl of Worcester with noblemen and ladies alternately The gentlemen of the embassy dined at tables on the floor below the platform Grammatical Questions Write down two prepositions governing the genitive the dative the accusative either the dative or accusative and form short German sentences showing their application δ Which conjunctions do not affect at all the order of words in German sentence Give ex- amples and mention some conjunctions which cause an inversion of subject and verb and others which the verb to be placed at the end of the cause sentence Give the rules with examples for the use of Germ the subjunctive and conditional moods in Are there any verbs after which the indicative mood should as rule be employed Mention also the various forms of the imperative