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INTRODUCTION TO LATIN
ACL/NJCL NATIONAL LATIN EXAM
INTRO EXAM A
CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER FROM A,B,C,OR D. MARK ANSWERS ON ANSWER SHEET.
1. Multae picturae in triclinio sunt. A) will be B) is C) are D)were
2. At the end of the story the eagle flew away. A) fabula B)fabulae C) fabulam D) fabulis
3. Multa amimalia in aqua natare amant. A) are swimming B) will swim C) were swimming D) to swim
4. Novem minus duo sunt ________. A) septem B) duo C) sex D) quinque
5. Parvus puer ________ spectabat. A) reginam B) regina C) reginis D) reginae
6. Magna ________ ante templum stabat. A) statuam B) statua um C) statuae D) statua
7. Quattuor servi in agris ________. A) laborat B) laboro C) laborant D) laboras
8. Curate, discipuli, libros! A) to the students B) students C) of the students D) with the students
9. Quid agis? A) How are you? B) Why are you leaving? C) Will you come with me? D) Where do you live?
10. Pater et duo filii ad Colossemm ambulabant. A) will walk B) are walking C) walk D) were walking
11. Cur rex ad insulam navigabat? A) Where B) Why C) Who D) What
12. Ego habeo parvam tabulam, sed ________ habes magnam tabulam. A) nos B) ego C) tu D) vos
13. The sun moves around the earth. A) ad terram B) sub terra C) circum terram D) trans terram
14. Graecus servus cibum male parat. A) badly B) clearly C) well D) widely
15. Senator dicit, "Properate, Romani, ad Forum!" A) to hurry B) were hurrying C) are hurrying D) hurry
16. Epistula de ludis erat _________ . A) longus B) longa C) longo D) longae
17. Mater liberos de ursa irata monebit. A) was warning B) will warn C) warn D)is warning
18. Mensam et sellas ad villam sine auxilio portant. A) about B) under C) without D) out of
19. Vir amicum in aedificio exspectabat. A) magna B) magnis C) magnum D) magno
20. Nostra magistra nobis statuam Neptuni demonstrat. A) to us B) with us C) from us D) of us
21. Quid facit puella in pictura? A) Puella in triclinio sedet. B) Puella in villa laborat.
C) Puella gladiatores spectat. D) Puella m Via Appia ambulat.
22. The king of the gods, Zeus, was known to the Romams as _______ . A) Apollo B) Jupiter C) Mars D) Pluto
23. The maiden Arachne was trained in the art of _______ A) painting B) wnting C) weaving D) woodcarving
24. The messenger god who led the souls of the dead to the Underworld was __________. A) Apollo B) Mercury C) Mars D) Vulcan
25. Quid pro quo means A) This for that B) For this reason C) What is this? D) What is going on?
26. Quot equi sunt in pictura? A) tres B) septem C) sex D) quattuor
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27. You might ask a friend that you have not seen recently: Quid novi? This question means A) How are you? B) What is new?
C) Where have you been? D) What are you doing?
28. What was the ancient color of rank, royalty, and distinction? A) green B) orange C) purple D) blue
29. Which number on the map identifies Britannia? A) I B) 2 C) 3 D) 4
30. Refer again to the map. Which number on the map identifies Sicilia,
an island in the Mediterranean Sea?
A) 5 B) 6 C) 7 D) 8
31. A derivative from the Latin word for slave is A) servitude B) serial
C) salvation D) science
32. Brundisium et Ostia et Pompeii sunt in A) Graecia B) Asia C) Italia D) Africa
READ THE STORY AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
FABULA DE DUOBUS EQUIS
A farmer and his horses run into problems.
Agricola duos equos habebat. Nomina equorum erant
Regulus et Rex. Duo equi in agro laborabant et agricolam
iuvabant. Olim agricola portam non clausit. Itaque Regulus
ex agro ad ripam currebat. Erat glacies in rivo. Regulus
in glacie ambulabat.
1
2
3 iuvabant = ased to help; Olim = Once: clausit = closed
4 ripam = nverbank; currebat = used to run; glacies = ice
5 in glacie = on the ice
Subito erat fractura in glacie et Regulus in aquam
frigidam cecidit. Equus perterritus erat. Agricola Regulum
in aqua videbat et magna voce clamabat, "Veni, veni, Regule,
ex aqua!" Sed equus ex aqua venire non poterat.
6 subito = suddenly; fractura = crack
7 cecidit = fell
8 Veni = Come
9 non poterat = was not able
10 faciam = shall I do; peribit = will die
"Quid faciam?" rogabat agricola. "Meus Regulus peribit!"
11 consilium cepit = thought of a plan; Alterum = other
Tunc agricola consilium cepit. Alterum equum Regem ad ripam
12 statim = at once; duxit = led
statim duxit. Ubi Regulus videbat bonum amicum Regem, erat
laetus. Itaque ex aqua venire poterat. Hoc modo equus salvus erat.13 Hoc modo = in this way
33. Cur duo equi in agro erant (lines 2-3)? A) Agricolam iuvabant. B) Ad ripam currebant. C) Cum agricola ludebant. D) Portam
claudebant.
34. One day the farmer forgot A) to giw grain to the horses B) to check the ice in the river C) to give water to the horses D) to
close the gate
35. Lines 4 and 5 suggest that the story takes place in A) summer B) fall C) winter D) spring
36. Regulus went toward the river and (lines 4-5) A) walked on the ice B) ran back to the field C) drank wate r D) helped the
farmer
37. Regulus fell into the water because A) spring floods overwhelmed him B) there was a crack in the ice C) Rex frightened him
D) he was being chased
38. What did the farmer do when he saw Regulus in the cold water (lines 7-9)? A) ran to the neighbor's B) was not able to speak
C) wept bitterly D) urged Regulus to get out of the water
39. When the farmer realized that Regulus was losing his energy, he A) asked his neighbor for help B) brought Rex to the bank
of the river C) threw a rope D) consulted the gods
40. What finally brought Regulus out of the river? A) a rope around his neck B) intervention of the gods C) the sight of his friend
D) the help of all the neighbors
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CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER FROM A, B. C, OR D. MARK ANSWERS ON ANSWER SHEET.
EXAM C
1. Octo horas saepe dormimus. A) in eight hours B) At the eighth hour C) Until the eighth hour D) For eight hours
2. Mitte, _, hanc epistulam ad principem! A) Marcus B) Marce C) Marco D) Marcum
3. Quis te amat plus quam ego? A) who B) whom C) than D) how
4. Scisne nomen huius discipulae? A) to this student B) of this student C) from this student D) by this student
5. The laws which govem us must be fair to all. A) quae B) quarum C) quas D) quibus
6. Parvus puer canem ferocem videre non poterat. A) is not able B) was not able C) will not be able D) had not been able
7. Noli narrare nobis fabulam miseram! A) I didn't tell B) Do you wish to tell C) Don't tell D) I'm not telling
8. A quo duce Gallia capta est? A) To which general B) For which genenal C) By which genenal D) According to which genenal
9. Verba non erant _ filio. A) grata B) grati C) gratas D) gratis
10. Aeneas Troiam a Graecis captam reliquit. A) captunng B) captured C) about to capture D) going to be captured
11. Augustus, _ imperator, cives Romanos diu ducebat. A) bonus B) boni C) bono D) bonum
12. Sol per caelum curro Apollinis trahebatur. A) pulled B) will be pulled C) was pulling D) was being pulled
13. Illa epistula longa est! Legistine eam? A) us B) it C) him D) them
14. Tullia celerius quam frater currit. A) quickly B) more quickly C) most quickly D) as quickly as possible
15. Narcissus se in aqua spectabat. A) her B) tbemselves C) us D) himself
16. Ad Britanmam nave animalia transportavimus. A)boat B)of a boat C)by boat D)to the boat
17. Caesar ad familiam scripsit se a piratis captum esse. A) that he would captune the pirates B) that he had capmred the pirates
C) that the pinates wene his captives D) that he had been captured by pinates
18. Mea filia _ appellabitur A) Cornelia B) Comeliae C) Comeliam D) Comelius
19. Exploratores silvam intrantes erant penerriti. A) entenng B) having entered C) about to enter D) pnepared to enter
20. Audiesne meam vocem, si clamabo? A) Do you hear? B) Are you heard? C) Will you hear? D) Did you hear?
21. Quot sunt duodecim et quattuor? A) octo B) quattuordecim C) sedecim D) duodeviginti
22. In which famous Greek city could Romans study philosophy and round out their cultural education? A) Sparta B) Athens C) Carthage D) Troy
23. The businessman receives a per diem allowance whenever he travels for his company A) monthly B) weekly C) yeady D) daily
24. A Roman ship, sailing from the port of Ostia to Sicily, would head A) north B) west C) south D) east
25. Repugnant, impugn, and pugnacious all derive from the Latin verb meaning A) jump B) fight C) point D) taste
26. During which periood of Rome's history did Augustus Caesar, Nero, and Trajan rule? A) Prehistonc B) Monarchy C) Republic D) Empire
27. Which Greek hero was associated with Danae, Medusa, md Andromeda? A) Hercules B) Jason C) Perseus D) Odysseus
28. Senator: curia :: gladiator: _ A) tabema B) templum C) amphitheatrum D) insula
29. "Having invaded Italy, I crushed three Romem ammies in one year My goal was to bring Rome's allies over to my side and tbus defeat tbe Roman
and for all. Who am l?" A) Julius Caesar B) Alexemder C) Aeneas D) Hannibal
30. Marcus md his friend went to the thermae to A) bathe and exercise B) watch chanot naces C) hear a court case D) make a sacnfice to the gods
31. If the teacher says to a student, "Cur librum hodie non habes?" she is asking him A) to go to the blackboard B) why is he so quiet C)
why he doesn't have his textbook D) to leave the room
32. Where did Hercules have to go in order to fetch Cerberus as one of his labors? A) Mount Olympus B) Troy C) the Underworld D) Crete
READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE
QIIESTIONS.
A TALE OF THE NOBLE CLAUDIAN FAMILY
A Roman general takes the auspices before an important battle.
Inter Romamos gens Claudia nobilissima habebatur sed superbissima
ferocissimaque. Unus ex hac gente, P. Claudius Pulcher. primo bello
I g e n s , g e n t i s = family: s u p e r b i s s i m a , from superbus = haught
arogant
p r i m o b e l l o P u n i c o = in the first Punic War (against Canhage. 264-
Punico consul factus, multis cum navibus ab Italia ad Siciliam navigant.
Is imperator, antequam contra naves Carthaginienses proelium commisit
4imperator = commander; p r o e l i u m c o m m i s i t = he began battle
auspicia more maiorum petebat. At homo qui pullos sacros curabat
malum omen Claudio nuntiavit: "Pulli," inquit, "neque exeunt
5 a u s p i c i a = auspices (predicting the future by the actions of birds); m
maiorum = according to the custom of his amcestors; pullos = chicken
pullus)
e cavea neque edunt." Itaque Claudius iaci pullos in mare iussit, dicens,
7 e cavea = from their cage; i a c i = to be thrown
"Fortasse bibent quod edere nolunt!" Deinde proelium navale commissum
8 F o r t a s s e = Perhaps
est. Propter illam superbiam Claudii autem, Romani a Carthaginiensibus
victi sunt et octo milia hominum suorum occisa sunt, viginti milia capta.
Adapted from Suetonius, Life of Tiberius
33. We leam from lines 1-2 that the Claudian family was known for its nobility, haughtiness, and A) wealth B) kindness C) ferocity D) generosity
34. In line 3, c o n s u l f a c t u s tells us why Claudius Pulcher was in command: A) his family had bought the ships B) he had the best plan
C) he had been made consul D) the Carthaginians feared him
35. Lines 3-4 suggest that the First Punic War A) was largely a naval war B) was fought in Africa C) was an undeclamd war D) was won by the Carthag
36. What did Claudius do before the battle (lines 4-5)? A) He put on his best armor B) He encouraged his men.
C) He sought a sign of divine favor D) He sent spies to the Carthaginian camp.
37. What does the keeper of tbe sacred chickens tell Claudius (lines 5-7)? A) The chickens have gotten out of their cage. B) The chickens are not eati
C) Tbe omens for success are good. D) The enemy have poisoned the sacred chickens.
38. In line 7, what order does Claudius give? A) that the chickens be returned to their cage B) that the chickens be given more food C)
that the keeper be thrown into chains D) that the sacred chickens be thrown overboard
39. What was the outcome of the battle? A) Claudius won a great victory in spite of his arrogance. B) 28,000 Romams were killed or captured.
C) The Romans won but had many men captured. D) The Carthaginians fled in terror
40. What lesson does the writer intend by this story? A) Great generals should be proud men. B) Pride and impiety can lead to disaster C)
Omens are unreliable. D) Human strategy is more important than the help of the gods.
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ACL/NJCL NATIONAL LATIN EXAM
LATIN III-IV
POETRY LATIN III EXAM E
CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER FROM A, B. C, OR D.
MARK ANSWERS ON ANSWER SHEET. LATIN IV EXAM G
1. Romani carmina Catulli audire magnopere cupiebant. A) more B) greatly C) most D) great
2. Lucretius rogavit quomodo homines creati essent. A) had been created B) will be created C) used to be created D) would be created
3. Vestales erant feminae ____ flammae sacrae servatae sunt. A) qui B) quas C) cuius D) a quibus
4. Maluistine Catulli quam Horati carmina legere? A) Do you prefer B) Will you prefer C) Did you prefer D) Had you preferred
5. Poena Tantali par sceleri erat. A) to the crime B) the crime C) by the cnme D) of the crime
6. Venus ad lunoneln fari volebat. A) speaking B) to speak C) to have spoken D) having spoken
7. Si cervus sacer non necatus esset, Agamemnon suam filiam Iphigeniam non sacrificavisset. A) did not sacrifice B) must not be sacnficed C)
would not have sacrificed D) should not be sacntlced
8. Dea tantum invidiae demonstravit. A) of such jealousy B) which jealousy C) so much jealousy D) jealousy itself
9. Pluto dixit Proserpinam cum matre sex menses habitare posse. A) had been able B) must be able C) ought to be able D) was able
10. Medea Iasonem monuit ne novam nuptam in matrimonium duceret. A) who might not marry B) when he married C) if he should marry D) not to marry
11. Thisbe Pyramum iacentem humi invenit. A) under the ground B) on the ground C) to the ground D) from the ground
12. Mos maiorum Romanis venerandus est. A) The Romans must respect the custom of the ancestors. B) The Romans will respect the custom of the
ancestors. C) The Romans have respected tbe custom of the ancestors. D) The Romans had respected the custom of the ancestors.
13. Turno interfecto, anima sub umbris discessit. A) By killing Tumus B) Tumus about to kill C) Turnus is killing D) After Turnus had been killed
14. Ulixes ex Asia rediens Ithacam petebat. A) about to return B) returning C) to retum D) having been retumed
15. Ne credite, homines, hostibus. A) We can't trust B) Don't trust C) In order not to trust D) Let him not trust
16. Augures aves spectabunt ut omina pronuntient. A) if they declare the omens B) in order to declare the omens C) tbe omens must be declared
D) after tbe omens had been declared
17. Perseus monstrum facie horribili vidit. A) by a dreadful appearance B) for a dreadful appearance C) with a dreadful appearance D) adreadfulappearance
18. Niobe filias orabat, "Eritisne solacio mihi in meo dolore?" A) with my comfort B) for me to comfort C) a comfort to me D) while comforting me
19. Omnes dicere Latine oportet. A) Everyone regrets B) Everyone ought C) Everyone is sick D) Everyone is bored
20. Scripsitne Horatius tot carmina quot Ovidius? A) so...as B) as many ..as C) as oflen...as D) the same...as
21. Which of these is NOT a mother/son relationship? A) Thetis/Achilles B) ClytemnestralAgamemnon C) Venus/Aeneas D) Penelope/Telemachus
22. The leader was chosen by acclamation. A) a secret ballot B) write-in votes C) shouted votes D) a show of hands
23. This Roman poet, noted for his Odes, Epodes and Satires, also served as military tribune under Brutus, was a friend of Vergil, and became a
member of the literary circle of Maecenas. A) Plautus B) Ovid C) Horace D) Catullus
24. You might find the words in perpetuum ave atque vale on a Roman A) tombsrone B) shop C) milestone D) villa
25. Because I broke a promise never to look at my husband, I had to perform several tasks for my mother-in-law Venus in order to win him back.
Who am l? A) Ariadne B) Thisbe C) Eurydice D) Psyche
26. The best translation for tbe syncopated verb audierat is . A) he had heard B) he hears C) he will have heard D) he was hearing
27. Scan the first four feet of this dactylic hexameter line: ossaque post tergum magnae iactate parentis A)DSSSB)DDSSC)DDDSD)DSDS
28. Actium, the site of Antony's camp in 31 B.C., gave its name to the naval battle in which Antony was defeated by A) Pompey B) Lepidus
C) Octavian D) Brutus
29. A peculium was an allowance given to Roman slaves; a peculiolum, as the suffix indicates, was a A) large sum of money B) promise of an inhentance
C) small savings account D) heavy fine levied by a court
30. Catullus spent a year on the staff of the govemor of Bithynia, a country in A) Hispania B) Britannia C) Asia Minor D) Africa
31. The great library of _ was bumed when Caesar was besieged there in 47 B.C. A) Brundisium B) Alexandria C) Carthage D) Athens
32. Erato, the muse of Iyric poetry, served as inspiration to A) Tacitus and Livy B) Homer and Vergil C) Catullus and HoraceD) Plautus and Terence
READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
A LEGENDARY MAIDEN
Camil la, a Valscian, joins the forces of Turnus for the war against Aeneas.
bellatrix, non illa colo calathisve Minervae
1 colo calathisve = distaff or basket for spinning wool
femineas adsueta manus, sed proelia virgo
2 adsueta = accustomed to
dura pati cursuque pedum praevertere ventos.
3 praevertere = outstrip
illa vel intactae segetis per summa volaret
4 intactae segetis = of the untouched com; vel...volaret = whether she were flying
gramina nec teneras cursu laesisset aristas,
5 nec...laesisset = and had not bruised; aristas = ears of com
vel mare per medium fluctu suspensa tumenti
ferret iter celeres nec tingeret aequore plantas.
7 plantas = soles of the feet
illam omnis tectis agrisque effusa iuventus
turbaque miratur matrum et prospectat euntem,
attonitis inhians animis ut regius ostro
10 inhians = gaping; ut = how; ostro = with purple
velet honor leves umeros, ut fibula crinem
11 velet = covers
auro internectat, Lyciam ut gerat ipsa pharetram..,
Vergil, Aeneid Vll. 805-816
33. Camilla, referred to in line 1 as b e l l a t r i x , is a A) goddess B) priestess C) weaver D) warrior
34. Lines 1-2 ( c o l o . . . m a n u s ) refer to Minerva's role as goddess of A) wisdom B) cities C) handicrafts D) war
35, Line 3 ( c u r s u q u e . . . v e n t o s ) implies that Camilla possesses extraordinary A) speed B) beauty C) intelligence D) compassion
36. Lines 4-5 ( i l l a . . . a r i s t a s ) suggest that Camilla A) marvels at the harvest B) possesses grace and agility C) is seeking food for her troops D) is injured in the fields
37. The two verbs ferret and tingeret (line 7) suggest that Camilla might be able to A) swim in the rough water B) calm the roaring waves
C) create a storm on the sea D) swiftly skim the tops of the waves
38. The crowd in lines 8-9 (effusa...matrum) consists of A) Volscian soldiers B) the opposing army C) young men and mothers D) farmers and shepherds
39. The use of the anaphora in lines 10-12 (ut...pharetram) emphasizes the crowd's A) fear B) admiration C) scom D) relief
40. When you read the description of Camilla in this passage, you are reminded of A) a sea-nymph B) an Amazon maiden C) a Vestal Virgin D) a gorgon
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1998 ACL/NJCL NATIONAL LATIN EXAM LATIN III-IV PROSE
PROSE
LATIN IV EXAM F
CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER FROM A, B. C, OR D. MARK ANSWERS ON ANSWER SHEET.
1. Orator hosvem pat a persecutus est. A) will pursue B) had pursued C) pursued D) is pursuing
2. Stella mirabili visa, rex oraculum statim consuluit. A) He will see the strange star B) When a strange star had been seen C) See the strange star
D) He must see a strange star
3. Cura marri erat magna. A) Take care of your mother B) The mother had great concern C) I am concerned about mother D) The greatest care is their mother
4. Quisque suum librum tulit. A) Who B) No one C) Each one D) Which
5. Claudius erat tam superbus ut sine auxilio deorum bellum gerere temptaret. A) that B) when C) in order to D) how
6. Achilles honoris causa victoriam petivit. A) for the sake of honor B) in an honorable cause C) to honor his cause D) in case of honors
7. Discipuli a Ilidis discedere nolebant. A) wanted B) were unwilling C) promised D) became
8. Romulus erat rex magna virtute. A) of great courage B) for great courage C) about great rage D) from great courage
9. Verum dicere oportet. A) To speak the truth brings opportunity. B) it is necessary to speak the truth. C) True opportunity always speaks. D)
This is the importance of speaking the truth.
10. Horatius ipse sororem occidit. A) his B) himself C) the same D) that
11. Cum Fabricius neque regnum neque pecuniam cupiat, rex tamen multa dona offert. A) Although B) Since C) With D) When
12. Cena servis paranda est. A) The dinner had been prepared by the slaves. B) The dinner must be prepared by the slaves. C) The dinner is being
prepared by the slaves. D) The dinner will be prepared by the slaves.
13. Tullia erat Ciceroni cara. A) to Cicero B) by Cicero C) with Cicero D) from Cicero
14. Nonne erat Brutus sapientior comitibus? A) with his companions B) by his companions C) of his companions D) than his companions
15. Vidimus illum virum litteras scribentem. A) to write B) having written C) wnting D) wntten
16. Let's teach all our friends Latin! A) Docebamus B) Docuimus C) Doceamus D) Docemus
17. Romani artem bene dicendi laudabant. A) of speaking B) about to speak C) having been spoken D) by speaking
18. Cato scivit quae Catilina fecisset. A) does B) had done C) was doing D) will do
19. Rumor quam celerrime volat. A) more swiftly B) as swiftly as possible C) too swiftly D) rather swiftly
20. Plinius epistulam scripsit ut Tacitus de Vesuvii eruptione intellegeret. A) had understood B) might understand C) has understood D) while understanding
21. Which day would be the Kalends of May? A) May I B) May 15 C) May 30 D) May 9
22. Achilles' tutor Chiron, who was half-man and half-horse, was a A) satyr B) nymph C) sea monster D) centaur
23. Julius Caesar was the author of De Bello Gallico and De Bello Civili, works of A) oratory B) lyric poetry C) history D) tragedy
24. Hadrian's Wall was intended to keep the barbarians out of A) Gemmany B) Roman Britain C) Roman Gaul D) Greece
25. A perspicacious person is one who A) sees right through to the heart of a matter B) does not understand C) betrays his fnends D) shows great generosity
26. The motto Aut viam inveniam aut faciam expresses A) honesty B) determination C) fear D) joy
27. The Greek hero who fought the Minotaur in Crete is A) Jason B) Theseus C) Perseus D) Odysseus
28. The words incipient, deceptive, and captivating all have a common Latin root which means A) change B) search C) ride D) take
29. The Fates were portrayed as A) women with thread and scissors B) birds that grab people's food
C) monsters that wreck ships D) warriors armed with swords
30. In order to discern the will of the gods, a Roman priest might A) play dice games B) observe the livers of animals
C) search for a golden apple D) look into a cup of wine
31. Caesar's message V e n i , v i d i , v i c i is memorable for its A) alliteration B) polysyndeton C) anaphora D) chiasmus
32. Cicero's in Catilinam. Pro Rascio, and in Verrem are examples of A) essays B) letters C) speeches D) poems
READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
A DISTURBANCE AT THE AMPHITHEATER
The Nucerians and Pompeians riot in Pompeii.
Inter colonos Nucerinos Pompeianosque levi initio atrox caedes in 1 coloni Nucerini = people of the neighboring town of Nucena; atrox = appalling
gladiatono spectaculo orta est. Quippe coloni invicem primo probra. 2 Quippe = indeed; i n v i c e m = in turn; probra = insults
deinde saxa, postremo ferrum sumpserunt, Plebs Pompeianorum
3
maior erat, in cuius oppido spectaculum edebatur. Ergo deportati
4 spectaculum edebatur = the show was presented
sunt ex oppido multi e Nucerinis, corporibus per vulnera truncatis.
5 truncatis = maimed
Tandem iudicium eius rei ad senatum relatum est: Pompeiani decem
6
annos publico coetu eius modi prohibiti sunt. Collegia, quae contra
7 p u b l i c o c o e t u = from public assembly; C o l l e g i a = Fan clubs
leges instituta erant, dissoluta sunt. Quidam vir e Pompeianis, qui
8
spectaculum ediderat et seditionem conciverat, exilio punitus est.
9 s e d i t i o n e m = not; c o n c i v e r a t = had started
Tacims, Annales XIV, 17 (adapted)
33. In lines I and 2, we learn that a fight broke out between A) gladiators and fans B) the people of two different towns
C) two famous gladiators D) feuding families
34. The author says (lines 1-2) that the temble slaughter arose A) on a stormy day B) from a mild beginning
C) in the middle of the night D) after the omens were taken
35. At first the noters hurled insults, then they A) set many fires B) ran out of town C) used rocks and swords D) artacked the senave
36. Who came out ahead in the struggle (lines 3-5)? A) the defeated gladiators B) the senavors C) the Nucerians D) the Pompeians
37. According to lines 4-5, the wounded were A) left for dead B) brought before the senate C) carried out of town D) ready to start another riot
38. The senate (lines 6-7) decided that for ten years the Pompeians A) must make restirution to the Nucenans
B) would not be permitued to hold public of fice C) could not rravel to other cities D) could not assemble for games in their town
39. The fam clubs (lines 7-8) had A) assisted the wounded citizens B) been formed illegally C) helped put down the not D) protested the punishment
40. Who was exiled? A) the gladiators B) the fan clubs C) the sponsor of the games D) the Nucerian survivors
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KEY
INTRO
LATIN I
LATIN II
PROSE
POETRY
LATIN V
1. C
2. B
3. D
4. A
5. A
6. D
7. C
8. B
9. A
10. D
11. B
12. C
13. C
14. A
15. D
16. B
17. B
18. C
19. D
20. A
21. B
22. B
23. C
24. B
25. A
26. D
27. B
28. C
29. A
30. C
31. A
32. C
33. A
34. D
35. C
36. A
37. B
38. D
39. B
40. C
1. C
2. B
3. B
4. A
5. A
6. C
7. D
8. B
9. D
10. C
11. B
12. D
13. A
14. A
15. D
16. A
17. D
18. A
19. C
20. D
21. D
22. B
23. D
24. A
25. C
26. C
27. D
28. D
29. B
30. A
31. B
32. B
33. D
34. D
35. B
36. A
37. B
38. A
39. C
40. B
1. D
2. B
3. C
4. B
5. A
6. B
7. C
8. C
9. A
10. B
11. A
12. D
13. B
14. B
15. D
16. C
17. D
18. A
19. A
20. C
21. C
22. B
23. D
24. C
25. B
26. D
27. C
28. C
29. D
30. A
31. C
32. C
33. C
34. C
35. A
36. C
37. B
38. D
39. B
40. B
1. C
2. B
3. B
4. C
5. A
6. A
7. B
8. A
9. B
10. B
11. A
12. B
13. A
14. D
15. C
16. C
17. A
18. B
19. B
20. B
21. A
22. D
23. C
24. B
25. A
26. B
27. B
28. D
29. A
3Q B
31. A
32. C
33. B
34. B
35. C
36. D
37. C
38. D
39. B
40. C
1. B
2. A
3. D
4. C
5. A
6. B
7. C
8. C
9. D
10. D
11. B
12. A
13. D
14. B
15. B
16. B
17. C
18. C
19. B
20. B
21. B
22. C
23. C
24. A
25. D
26. A
27. A
28. C
29. C
30. C
31. B
32. C
33. D
34. C
35. A
36. B
37. D
38. C
39. B
40. B
1. C
2. B
3. D
4. A
5. A
6. C
7. C
8. B
9. B
10. C
11. D
12. A
13. B
14. A
15. A
16. B
17. B
18. D
19. A
20. A
21. A
22. D
23. D
24. B
25. B
26. C
27. D
28. A
29. B
3a D
31. A
32. D
33. C
34. D
35. C
36. D
37. A
38. C
39. B
40. A
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TRANSLATIONS OF READING PASSAGES
INTRO
FABULA DE DUOBUS EQUIS
A farmer had two horses. The names of the horses were Prince and King. The two horses used to work in the field and used to help the farmer. Once the
farmer did not close the gate. And so Prince used to run from the field toward the riverbant. There was ice on the river. Prince walked on the ice.
Suddenly there was a crack in the ice and Prince fell into the cold water. The horse was terrfied. The farmer saw Prince in the water, and he shouted in a
loud voice, 'Come, come out of the water Prince!' But the horse was not able to come out of the water.
'What shall I do?' the farmer asked. 'My Prince will die!' Then the farmer thought of a plan . He immediately led the other horse King to the
riverbank. When Prince saw [his] good friend King, he was happy. And so he was able to come out of the water. In this way the horse was saved.
LATIN I
ANTAEUS AND HIS MOTHER
Gaea was 'Mother Earth,' the mother of all things on earth. This goddess was great, powerful, and beautiful. She nourished all the birds, fishes, and
all animals that lived on earth. Among her many children were the mountains, the stars, the ocean, and the trees. One of the sons of Gaea was a
giant, named Antaeus, who was born in Libya. When Antaeus was a baby and then a boy, he lived in a large cave in Africa. Antaenus was strong, but
also cruel. The boy used to kill lions and then devour the dead lions. Antaeus used to like to fight with all the travelers who came through Libya. This
cruel man killed many miserable travelers.
When he was fighting, Mother Earth always used to give Antaeus help. Once Antaeus fought with Hercules, and with the help of his mother Gaea he
almost conquered Hercules. After the two men were fighting for a long time, Hercules finally understood the tricks of Antaeus and his mother, and he
killed the giant.
LATIN II
A TALE OF THE NOBLE CLAUDIAN FAMILY
Among the Romans, the Claudian family was considered very noble but very proud and very fierce. One of this family, P. Claudius Pulcher, having
been made consul in the first Punic War, sailed with many ships from Italy to Sicily. This commander, before he began battle against the
Carthaginian ships, was seeking the auspices according to the custom of his ancestors. But the mam who was taking care of the sacred chickens
announced a bad omen to Claudius: 'The chickens,' he said, were neither going out of their cage nor are they eating.' And so Claudius ordered the
chickens to be thrown into the sea, saying, "Perhaps they will drink, because they do not wish to eat!" Then the naval battle was begun. Because of
that haughtiness of Claudius, however, the Romans were defeated by the Carthaginians and eight thousand of their men were killed, twenty thousand
[were] captured.
PROSE
A DISTURBANCE AT THE AMPHITHEATER
Among the Nucerian and Pompeiam colonists an appalling slaughter arose from a mild beginning at a gladiatorial show. Indeed the colonists in turn
first took up insults, then rocks, finally the sword. The common people of the Pompeians, in whose town the show was being put on, were greater
(in number). Therefore many of the Nucenans were carried out of the town, their bodies maimed through injuries. Finally the judgment of this matter
was referred to the senate; the Pompeians were prohibited from public assembly of this type for ten years. The fan clubs, which had been established
contrary to the laws, were disbanded A certain man of the Pompeians, who had put on the show and had started the riot, was punished with exile.
POETRY
A LEGENDARY MAIDEN
. . . a warrior-maiden, that one [who had] not accustomed her womanly hands to the distaff or basket of Minerva, but a maiden [accustomed] to endure
harsh battles and to outstrip the winds with the running of her feet. Whether she were flying over the topmost blades of untouched corn and had not
bruised the tender ears of corn in her course, or she were journeying through the middy of the sea suspended above the swelling wave and did not dip
the swift soles of her feet in the sea. All the young people poured forth from houses and fields, and the throng of mothers wonder at and watch her as
she goes, gaping with minds astonished [at] how the glory of royal purple covers her smooth shoulders, how the hairpin entwines her hair with
gold, how she herself carries a Lycian quiver. . .
LATIN V
A CONVERSATION BETWEEN TWO GENERALS
To Africanus asking who he believed had been the greatest general, Hannibal answered Alexander, the king of the Macedonians, because with a small
force he had vanquished innumerable armies and because he had traveled through the most distant regions, which it was beyond hmman hope to view.
To him then asking whom he placed second, Hannibal named Pyrrhus, saying that he had first taught [the science of] measuring out (surveying) a
camp; that, moreover, no one had chosen sites [or] had placed has garrisons more carefully; that in addition the same man had possessed that art of
winning men over to himself in such a way that the Italian tribes preferred the rub of a foreign king rather than of the Roman people, so long the
master in that land. To him investigating whom he considered third, Hannibal without hesitation named himself. Then, laughing, Scipio threw out,
"What in the world would you say if you had defeated me?" "Then, in truth,' Hannibal replied, "I would place myself both before Alexander and before
Pyrrhus and before all other generals." This unexpected response moved Scipio deeply.
THE REIGN OF SATURN
How well were they living when Saturn was the king, before the earth was opened up into long roads! Not yet had the pine tree scorned the blue
waves and offered its spread-out curve (of a sail) to the winds; nor had the wandering sailor, seeking profits in unknown lands, loaded his boat with
foreign merchandise. At that time the strong bull did not undergo yokes, nor did the horse champ at the bit with its tamed mouth. Not any house had
doors; a stone was not fixed in the fields which might mark the cultivated fields with certain boundaries. The very oaks were giving honey; and
sheep voluntarily were bringing udders [full] of milk to meet carefree [shepherds]. There were no battle lines, no wrath, no wars; nor had the cruel
craftsman fashioned the sword with pitiless skill. Now under lord Jupiter there are slaughters and wounds always; now the sea [slays]. now [there are]
suddenly a thousand ways of death.
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