CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER FROM A, B. C, OR D. MARK ANSWERS ON ANSWER SHEET.
1. Noli me rogare! A) I don't want to ask B)
Ask me now C) No one asks me D) Don't ask me
2. Principem ipsum in Circo Maximo vidi. A) myself B) himself C)
yourself D) the same
3. Decem dies nuntius equo iter faciebant. A) Forteen days B) On
the tenth day C) in ten days D) After ten days
4. Quos senatores in foro heri audivisti? A) Where B) Who C) Which
D) Whose
5. Me rogavit quo tempore Cornelia advenisset. A) was arriving B)
must anive C) had arrived D) to arrive
6. Puerum in via ludentem monui. A) playing B) having played C) to
play D) about to play
7. Ille orator de rostris cives saepe hortatus est. A) urges B) urged
C) had urged D) will have urged
8. Has litteras date viro rem publicam amanti. A) having been given
B) to give C) while giving D) give
9. Catilina erat vir ferocis animi. A) whose fierce spirit B) by
fierce spirit C) of fierce spirit D) fierce spints
10. Erant Romae aedificia multa et mirabilia. A) to Rome B) at Rome
C) Roman D) from Rome
11. Mater sororque ad Hispaniam navigaturae sunt. A) are sailing
B) have sailed C) are about to sail D) were sailing
12. Pompeius non credidit Caesarem fluvium transivisse. A) to cross
B) would cross C) had crossed D) was crossing
13. Sum multo altior meo fratre. A) taller B) much taller C) as tall
as D) the tallest
14. Alexandria est nobis videnda. A) Alexandria was visible to us B) We
want to see Alexandria C) We have seen Alexandria D) We must see Alexandria
15. Haec est porta qua urbem intrabimus. A) which B) by which C)
whose D) into which
16. His verbis dictis, Cicero e senatu discessit. A) When these words
had been said B) By speaking these words C) These words will be said D)
Which words were said
17. Virutes antiquas doceamus. A) we are teaching B) we shall teach
C) we used to teach D) let us teach
18. Iste novus homo se semper laudat. A) him B) themselves C)
her D) himself
19. Fabius cunctando Hannibalem superare volebat. A) having delayed
B) by delaying C) to delay D) about to delay
20. Quam pulchra est nostra patria! A) As lovely as possible B) Lovelier
than C) How lovely D) Most lovely
21. Which member of the First Triumvirate, nicknamed Dives (Wealthy), was
killed fighting the Parthians in the East? A) Antony B) Crassus C) Octavian
D) Lepidus
22. Soliloquy, loquacity, and circumlocution are compounds
of the Latin verb meaning A) speak B) place C) travel D) follow
23. Cannae, Pharsalus, and Actium
are famous _____________in Roman history. A) rivers B) orators C) philosophers
D) battles
24. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the Latin De mortuis
nihil nisi bonum? A) Speak only good about the dead B) Good always triumphs
over wrong C) Only the good die young D) Good actions never die
25. The Roman emperor Commodus wore a lion's skin and carried a club in
an attempt to imitate which legendary hero? A) Theseus B) Hercules C) Bellerophon
D) Romulus
26. When he went from Spain to Gaul which mountain range did Hannibal have
to cross? A) Caucasus B) Pyrenees C) Apennines D) Atlas
27. In Greek and Roman mythology, Charon, Prosemina, and Sisyphus were to
be found A) in Greece B) on Olympus C) in the Underworld D) in Asia Minor
28. Multa de Vesuvii eruptione in meis litteris scripsi. Quis sum? A) Plinius
B) Livius C) Sallustius D) Tacitus
29. Where would one usually encounter a magister bibendi in Roman
society? A) on a military campaign B) at a banquet C) in the arena D) at
a school
30. For Cicero, this building in the Forum was very familiar as the regular
meeting place of the Roman Senate. A) rostra B) carcer C) curia D) taberna
31. In the Roman calendar, what term was used for the 13th or 15th day of
the month? A) Pridie B) Nones C) Ides D) Kalends
32. The Roman magistrate who had tbe power to count citizens and oversee
public morals was the A) censor B) tribune C) consul D) Pontifex Maximus
READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
| M. Antonii animus humanitate non caruit: post enim proelium | 1 careo, carere, carui, caritus (+abl) = lack |
| cum ille Bruti comus liberto suo ad sepeliendum traderet, iussit etiam | 2 libertus, -i = freedman; ad sepeliendum = to bury |
| paludamentum suum corpori imponi ut Brutus cum honore cremaretur. | 3 paludamentum = general's cloak; cremo, cremare = burn |
| Nam Antonius putabat, hoste Bruto monuo, odium depositum esse. | 4 |
| Sed cum paludamentum ab eodem libeno interceptum esse comperisset, | 5 comperisset = he had leamed |
| magna ira incitatus, statim eum punivit dicens: "Quid? Tu ignorasti | 6 |
| quem virum tibi ad sepeliendum commisissem?" | 7 commisissem = I had entrusted |
| Itaque, Philippei campi non solum fortem piamque illius victoriam ! | 8 Pbilippei = of Philippi (location in Greece) |
| libenter viderunt, sed etiam illa nobilissimae indignationis verba laeti | 9 libenter = gladly; indignationis = of anger |
| audiverunt. | 10 |
36.In line 4 (hoste...odium), Antony thought that A) dead men tell no tales B) with his enemy dead, hatred was laid aside C) a dead enemy should not be buned D) an enemy, though dead, still hates
37.Why did Antony punish his freedman (lines 5-6)? A) for going over to Brutus' side B) for becoming angry C) for taking the cloak D) for trying to run away
38.Philippei campi...viderunt (lines 8-9)
uses a figure of speech called A) personification B) anaphora C) alliteration
D) onomatopoeia
39.In line 8, illius refers to whose "brave and loyal victory"?
A) Antony's B) Caesar's C) the freedman's D) Brutus'
40. In lines 8-9, the writer Valerius considers Antony's "noblest anger"
to be A) excessive B) irrational C) insufficient D) praiseworthy
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