Introduction to Latin Questions to Try
Language Skills
1. Magna animalia amamus.
A) You love B) They love C)
She loves D) We love
2. Claudius et Iulius ex silva ambulant.
A) out of B) into C)
around D) through
3. Multae villae erant pulchrae.
A) was B) were C)
are D) is
4. The astronauts watched the moon.
A) lunam B) luna C)
lunarum D) lunae
5. Quid vides?
A) How B) What C)
Who D) Where
6. In templis deorum sunt multae statuae.
A) toward the gods B) with the gods
C) of the gods D) from
the gods
7. Dea aquam mihi dabat.
A) to me B) of me C)
from me D) with me
8. Mea soror fabulam bene narrabat.
A) quick B) well C)
clearly D) badly
9. Tuus frater trans rivum natabit.
A) will swim B) swims C)
was swimming D) swam
10. Picturae in villa Romana erant _______.
A) pulchrarum B) pulchram C)
pulchrae D) pulchris
Derivations, Mythology, and Culture
11. Horticulture is the cultivation of
A) plants B) fish C)
animals D) insects
12. The Roman numeral for 100 is
A) D B) L C)
X D) C
13. Oculist and binocular come from the Latin
word which means
A) eye B) ear C)
forehead D) neck
14. Romans would go to the _______ to buy and sell goods and
to listen to political speeches.
A) Templum B) Colosseum
C) Tiber D)
Forum
15. Pluto stole Proserpina and took her to his kingdom
A) on Mount Olympus B) in the Mediterranean
Sea C) in the underworld D)
in the sky
Duo Romani Fratres
Two brothers have an adventure in Rome.
Duo fratres, Claudius et Iulius, ambulant in via
ad Forum. In Foro pater Claudi et Iuli filios
exspectat. Pater in Curia laborat quod senator Curia = the senate house
est. Pueri templa et viros in via spectant.
Subito Iulius clamat, "Videsne, Claudi, magnum
Subito = suddenly
leonem?" "Video leonem," dicit Claudius. "Ego
territus sum quod leo ex Colosseo fugit." Subito
fugit = has fled
quattuor servi in viam currunt et clamant, currunt = run
"Ubi est leo?" Claudius et Iulius servis dicunt,
"Leo est ante templum Iovis." Servi ad templum
Iovis = of Jupiter
currunt et leonem capiunt. Nunc leo iterum est
capiunt = capture; iterum
= again
in Colosseo. Itaque fratres ad Curiam ambulant Itaque = And so
et patri fabulam de leone narrant.
16. Where are the boys (lines 1 and 2)?
A) in the Forum B) on the road C)
at the senate house D) in the field
17. Why are the brothers going to the Forum (lines 2 and 3)?
A) to meet their friends B) to see the Colosseum
C) to meet their father D) to work
in the senate house
18. Ubi pater laborat?
A) in via B) in Colosseo C)
post leonem D) in Curia
19. Why is Claudius afraid (lines 6 and 7)?
A) he cannot find his brother B) his father
is angry C) he sees a lion D)
it is getting dark
20. Cur servi in viam currunt?
A) to capture the lion B) to look at the
Colosseum C) to find the brothers D)
to see the senators
21. Ubi est leo (line 10)?
A) in the Colosseum B) outside the Forum
C) near the senate house D) in front
of the temple
22. What happens to the lion?
A) he is killed by the slaves B) the slaves
take him back to the Colosseum C) he chases the boys
D) he escapes to Africa
23. Quis fabulam de leone audit (lines 12 and 13)?
A) pater B) fratres C)
servi D) leo
