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Intro to Latin Exam |  |
After all the exams were graded and the scores were compared, the NLE determined which questions on each exam the majority of students answered correctly (easiest questions) and which questions had the most incorrect answers (hardest questions). These are the questions which proved to be the most challenging and the easiest on each of the levels of the 2000 National Latin Exam.
Language Questions
Hard: 3. Magister vocat nomen Corneliae. Cornelia respondet, "_____ " .
A) Vale B) Adsum C) Minime D) Sol lucet
(40% knew that B is the correct answer.)
Easy: 11. Quot arbores sunt in pictura?
A) VII B) IX C) VIII D) IV (picture of eight trees)
(94% knew that C is the correct answer)
Other Questions
Hard: 22. He was chosen to be president by acclamation. Acclamation comes from the Latin word meaning
A) to shout B) to wish C) to increase D) to hope
(22% knew that A is the correct answer.)
Easy: 24. The abbreviation a.m. stands for ante meridiem, which indicates
A) before noon B) noon C) afternoon D) night
(93% knew that A is the correct answer.)
Latin I Exam | |
After all the exams were graded and the scores were compared, the NLE determined which questions on each exam the majority of students answered correctly (easiest questions) and which questions had the most incorrect answers (hardiest questions). These are the questions which proved to be the most challenging and the easiest on each of the levels of the 2000 National Latin Exam.
Grammar Questions
Hard 18. In Foro verba oratoris audiebamus.
A) the words B) the word C) by the words D) of the word
(43% knew that A is the correct answer.)
Easy: 1. Magni Pisces in aqua habitant.
A) in the water B) through the water C) into the water D) near the water
(94% knew that A is the correct answer.)
Other Questions
Hard: 29. Numa Pompilius, Ancus Marcius, and Tarquinius Superbus were Roman____
A ) g e n e r a l s B ) s e n a t o r s C) kings D) emperors
(38% knew that C is the correct answer.)
Easy 23. The English words deport, importation, portable, and reporter all come from the Latin word which means
A) lead B) enter C) walk D) carry
(92% knew that D is the correct answer.)
Latin II Exam | |
After all the exams were graded and the scores were compared, the NLE determined which questions on each exam the majority of students answered correctly (easiest questions) and which questions had the most incorrect answers (hardiest questions). These are the questions which proved to be the most challenging and the easiest on each of the levels of the 2000 National Latin Exam.
Grammar Questions
Hard: 24. Daphne est nympha _____deus Apollo amavit.
A) qui B) quae C) quod D) quam
(24% knew that D is the correct answer.)
Easy: 4. Scisne principem meliorem quam Augustum?
A) better than B) the best possible C) as good as D) who was the best
(77% knew that A is the correct answer.)
Other Questions
Hard: 27. With which legendary hero are a blind prophet, clashing rocks, Medea, and a golden ram all associated?
A) Aeneas B) Ulysses C) Perseus D) Jason
(56% knew that D is the correct answer.)
Easy: 26. The Latin expression Ignorantia legis neminem excusat might most likely be declared by
A) a judge B) a farmer C) an athlete D) a musician
(91% knew that A is the correct answer.)
Prose III and IV Exam | |
After all the exams were graded and the scores were compared, the NLE determined which questions on each exam the majority of students answered correctly (easiest questions) and which questions had the most incorrect answers (hardiest questions). These are the questions which proved to be the most challenging and the easiest on each of the levels of the 2000 National Latin Exam.
Grammar Questions
Hard: 14. Filia materque eundem servum laudant.
A) the slave himself B) the same slave C) each slave
D) a certain slave
(34% knew that B is the correct answer)
Easy: 10. Hic puer est filius minimus natu.
A) tallest B) oldest C) smartest D) youngest
(94% knew that D is the correct answer.)
Other Questions
Hard: 25. The museum proudly announced its acquisition of African janiform figures. A) larger than life B) two-headed C) contemporary D) realistic
(40% knew that B is the correct answer.)
Easy: 23. The houses reflected the antebellum period.
A) prehistoric B) Renaissance C) prewar D) modern
(94% knew that C is the correct answer.)
Poetry III and IV Exam | |
After all the exams were graded and the scores were compared, the NLE determined which questions on each exam the majority of students answered correctly (easiest questions) and which questions had the most incorrect answers (hardiest questions). These are the questions which proved to be the most challenging and the easiest on each of the levels of the 2000 National Latin Exam.
Grammar Questions
Hard: 8. Helena tam pulchra erat ut multi videre eam ____ .
A) cuperent B) cupiverunt C) cupere D) cupiunt
(53% knew that A is the correct answer.)
Easy: 6. Horatius praedixit se clarum futurum esse.
A) they B) he C) she D) we
(87% knew that B is the correct answer.)
Other Questions
Hard: 18. Horace's expression Ab Ovo usque ad mala refers to
A) an elegant dinner B) a decisive military victory
C) a moving religious experience D) a moment of doubt
(27% knew that A is the correct answer.)
Easy: 22. The English words music and museum are derived from the name of
A ) t h e i n s t r u m e n t p l a y e d b y A p o l l o
B) the river in the Elysian fields
C) the nine goddesses who inspire creativity D) the wife of Orpheus
(93% knew that C is the correct answer.)
