Nomen: ____________________________
Latin II: Fall Exam
Midterm Exam 2015-16
FORMAT
I. Grammar
A. Adjectives and Adverbs: Fill in the missing forms of the following adjectives and adverbs. (10 pts)
[Adj Quiz & Adv 1 &2]
Positive
Comparative
Superlative
a.
facilis
B. ID & Translate degrees of irregular adjectives & Adverbs [Adj 1&2] (12)
C: Adjectives & Adverbs: Choose the best word or phrase to translate the following. (6) [Adj 2]
_____ 1. Eucleides vulnus gravissimum accepit.
a. rather severe
b. worse
c. too severe
d. very severe
D. Verbs
Give synopses of the following verbs in the requested person & number. (24 pts) [Verb 4&5] [Verb
Quest; Test 31] Need to be able to give complete translations and both voices
F. Give the requested verb forms. (8 pts) [Verb Quest; Test 31]
Given principal parts—give Latin forms
G. Translate the following verb forms. (10 pts) [Verb 5&6: Practice 2] [Verb Quest;Test 31]
______________________________ 1. estis
H. Syntax [Verb 2,3 & 4; also Noun & Adj, Participle Work] [All and Noun Review Test] [Relative Pronoun
1: Practice 3] [Test 28 & 31]
Using your knowledge of Latin grammar pick the best word or phrase to translate the underlined.
(8 pts)
_____ 1. Haec verba dixit Aeneas.
a. by a word
b. the word
c. in a word
____2. Watch the man whom you saw at the games.
a. quos
b. quibus
c. quem
d. words
d. quis
Part II: Translation and Applied Grammar:
A. Translate (28) and answer the grammar questions for 7 of the following sentences. (7) OMIT 1.
N.B. They DO go in order and DO tell a story.
Expect-
Relative Clauses
Odd Pronouns,
Participles
Both voices of verbs
Case usage—the usual suspects + ablative of agent
New Comparison stuff:
partitive genitive
ablative of comparison
quam + same case as thing compared
ablative of degree of difference
LATIN II: GRAMMAR INFORMATION AND OBJECTIVES
MID-TERM EXAM: CHAPTERS 28-35
VERBS:
Indicative Mood:
 Conjugate verbs in all six tenses in the active and passive voice.
o present
o future
o pluperfect
o imperfect
o perfect
o future perfect
 Translate all tenses in both moods
o Know helping verbs used in each tense
Infinitives:
 Create Present Passive Infinitives
o Remember 3rd conjugations are odd: -ere  -i
 Translate Infinitives
Participles:
 Explain what a participle is
 Translate PPPs
o verbal adjective
o having been verbed
o dependent clause
 Create Perfect Passive Participles
PRONOUNS/ ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS:
Relative Pronouns & Relative Clauses
 Translate relative clauses
 Apply rule of relatives
o Relative pronouns agree with their antecedents in gender and number; their case is
determined by its use it its own clause.
Indefinite Adjectives (quidam, quaedam, quoddam) & Interrogative Pronouns (quis, quid)
 Translate Indefinite Adjective & Interrogative
 Choose the correct form to modify a given noun (m.choice)
Demonstrative Pronouns:
 hic, haec, hoc
 is, ea, id
 idem, eadem, idem
 ille, illa, illud
 ipse, ipsa, ipsum
 Translate the demonstratives
 Choose the correct form to modify a given noun (m.choice)
Comparison of Adjectives & Adverbs
 ID & Translate positive, comparative, and superlative degrees of adjectives and adverbs
 Form comparative & superlative adjectives for regular adjectives
 Form regular positive, comparative & superlative adverbs if given an adjective
 Form comparative and superlative degrees for irregular adjectives and adverbs
o
o
o
o
o bene
o magnope
o multum
o sero
o male
re
o diu
o facile
o paulum
o saepe
Translate comparison structures: quam + same case, ablative of comparison, partitive genitive with
superlative
bonus
malus
magna
o
o
o
parvus
multus
multi
NOUNS:
 Decline nouns of all five declensions in all five genders
 Know the uses of all cases as outlined on the blue noun sheet
o NEW USE: Ablative of agent with a/ab