CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER FROM A, B, C, OR D. MARK
ANSWERS ON ANSWER SHEET.
1. Honestas pretiosior auro est. A) most
preciously B) preciously C) very precious D) more precious
2. Deus carrum trans caelum agens ad terras lucem fert. A) about
to drive B) driving C) must be driven D) driven
3. Augustus multos annos Romae habitavit. A) of Rome B) to Rome C)
at Rome D) from Rome
4. Si Theseus Ariadnam amavisset, mansisset. A) he must stay B) he
may stay C) he would have stayed D) he stayed
5. Homines _______dei amant bene vivunt. A) quae B) quos C) quem D) cui
6. Dido cives convocavit ut navigarent. A) as they were sailing B)
that they will sail C) when they are sailing D) so that they might sail
7. Erant Iunoni septem pulcherrimae nymphae. A) Juno had seven very beautiful
nymphs B) Juno was more beautiful than seven nymphs
C) The nymphs are seven times more beautiful than Juno. D) Juno was one
of seven very beautiful nymphs
8. Apollo Cassandram eum amaturam esse sperat. A) had loved B) was
loved C) loves D) will love
9. Equo in urbem tracto, Troiani celebraverunt. A) From dragging
the horse B) About to drag the horse C) When the horse had been dragged
D) Dragging the horse
10. Rex Achillem oravit ut corpus fili redderetur. A) so that his
sons might return the body B) as the body was being returned to his son
C) that his sons might return with the body D) that the body of his son
be returned
11. Apollo sequi Daphnen quam celerrime constituit. A) as swiftly
as possible B) who was very swift C) swifter than she D) the swiftest of
whom
12. Eratne Vergilius maior poeta Horatio? A) as Horace B) from Horace
C) than Horace D) by Horace
13. Rogo cur tu me non ______. A) amas B) ames C) amabas D) amabis
14. Edimus ad vivendum. A) to live B) by living C) when they had
lived D) about to live
15. Agamus gratias deis nam nostros hostes superavimus. A) We give
B) Let us give C) We will give D) We have given
16. Homines se intellegere debent. A) themselves B) him C) it D)
herself
17. Puer, cum parvus sit, fortissimus tamen est. A) although B) when
C) since D) until
IS. Ovidius carmina scripsit de arte amandi. A) to loving B) by loving
C) for loving D) of loving
19. Licetne mihi spectare ludos? A) Do I have to? B) When can l?
C) Am I permitted? D) Why can't I?
20. Eratne Aeneas similis _______? A) patres B) patri C) patrem D) patre
21. In a line of Latin poetry docuerunt might be written in the alternate
form A) docuere B) docuens C) docuisse D) docuerant
22. Which Latin motto could well have been uttered by the Trojans as their
city fell in flames around them? A) Mens sana in corpore sano
B) Possunt quia posse videntur C) Sic transit gloria mundi D) Festina lente
23. Cui dono novum libellum? The use of libellum instead of
the more conventional librum indicates A) the author's feelings toward
his little work
B) the number of copies published C) the expensive papyrus on which the
work was published D) the popularity of the author
24. Scan the first four feet of rhis dactylic hexameter line: Tum pater
aeterno fatur devinctus amore A) DDDD B) DSSS C) SSSS D) SSDS
25. The professor at the medical school lectured on organ ablation.
A) failure B) function C) examination D) removal
26. These famous siblings of Helen and Clytemnestra became the constellation
Gemini. A) Iphigenia and Orestes B) Paris and Hector C) Menelaus and Agamemnon
D) Castor and Pollux
27. What was the literary name given by Catullus to the woman who inspired
his most passionate poems? A) Lesbia B) Lydia C) Claudia D) Corinna
28. In what general direction did the Phoenicians travel from Tyre and Sidon
to found Carthage? A) north B) south C) east D) west
29. The buzzing of the pestiferous mosquitoes filled the damp night
air A) extremely noisy B) plague-bearing C) very active D) surprisingly
small
30. In this example of ellipsis, Dux femina facti, what Latin word
has been omitted? A) cum B) et C) quae D) est
31. The "Circle of Maecenas" was a A) Roman geometrical
theorem B) group of Augustan writers C) political party D) company of Greek
actors
32. Which god invented the lyre, which he presented as a gift to his brother
Apollo A) Vulcan B) Jupiter C) Mercury D) Neptune
READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
| Enpitur nobis iam pidem cara puella: | 1 |
| et tu me 1acrimas fundere, amice, vetas? | 2 vetas = forbid |
| nullae sunt inimicitiae nisi amoris acerbae: | 3 |
| ipsum me iugula. lenior hostis ero. | 4 iugula = kill! |
| possum ego in alterius positam spectare in lacerto? | 5 in lacerto = in the embrace |
| nec mea dicetur, quae modo dicta mea est? | 6 modo = recently |
| Omnia vertuntur: certe vertuntur amores: | 7 |
| vinceris aut vincis, haec in amore rota est. | 8 rota = cycle |
| magni saepe duces, magni cecidere tyranni | 9 cecidere from cado, cadere, cecidi |
| et Thebae steterant altaque Troia fuit. | 10 |
| munera quanta dedi vel qualia carmina feci! | ll |
| illa tamen numquam ferrea dixit "Amo." | 12 ferrea = hard as iron |
Elegies of Propenius, II. viii
33. In spite of the fact that nobis
(line 1) is plural, to whom or what does the word refer? A) the friend
B) Love C) the poet D) the girl
34. In line 2, the poet addresses a friend who seems to A) disapprove of
his grief B) encourage him C) sympathize with him D) have stolen his girl
35. In line 3, the poet says A) only death brings more bitterness than love
B) to destroy love is to destroy life C) life without love is meaningless
D) no hatreds are bitter except those of love
36. Line 5 reveals the poet's A) sense of humor B) jealousy C) happiness
D) kindness
37. In line 7, the poet describes love as A) explosive B) bitter C) changeable
D) hopeless
38. Thebes and Troy are mentioned in line 10 as proof that A) when lovers
are happy, cities rejoice B) some cities have been made famous by love C)
many cities have heen destroyed by a lack of love D) cities, like love,
pass away
39. The poet (line 11) tried to win the heart of his love with A) words
and deeds B) gifts and poetry C) praise and flattery D) flowers and sweets
40. The mood in lines 11-12 is one of A) bitter resignation B) hopeful anticipation
C) strong indifference D) long-awaited relief
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