Latin 2

Language Skills

1. Familia in urbe multos menses habitabat.

A) in many months    B) for many months     C) after many months    D) before many months

2. Oppidum quod vidi erat parvum.

A) this      B) same      C) which       D) what

3. Legatus fortior erat quam dux.

A) as the leader     B) which leader     C) that leader     D) than the leader

4. Quibis hanc picturam monstrabis?

A) Who     B) With whom      C) To whom      D) Whose

5. Italiam videre volunt.

A) they bring      B) they ought      C) they want     D) they can

6. Roma a multis amata est.

A) will be loved   B) will have been loved     C) had been loved    D) has been loved

7. Multi pisces sub hoc ponte habitant.

A) their     B) this     C) every      D) his

8. Ambulans ad tabernam, miles amicum venit.

A) Walked     B) Walking     C) Going to walk        D) Having walked

9. Mercatores navigare poterant.

A) will be able     B) are able     C) were able     D) will have been able

10. Senator oratorem laudavisse debet.

A) to have praised     B) to praise      C) to be praised      D) to have been praised

Derivations and Phrases

11. The president questioned the treasurer about the allocation of money.

A) amount    B) placement     C) collection        D) absence

12. Oxygen is a necessity for sustaining human life.

A) bona fide      B) ex tempore      C) sine qua non       D) per diem

13. The tacit agreement of his friend made the boy's decision easier.

A) quick     B) spoken     C) solemn       D) silent

14. Which is not a derivative of do, dare?

A) dative     B) tradition      C) data      D) deduce

Geography, Mythology, & Culture

15. Metae, ludi circenses, and spina are words which pertain to

A) chariot races     B) baths     C) religion      D) military exercises

16. During the Republic, the consuls

A) presided over the courts   B) were chief executives   C) served as public treasurers               D) were in charge of public games

17. Theseus : Minotaur :: Hercules : _______

A) Nemean lion    B) Harpies     C) Medusa     D) Chimaera

18. Sailing east from Brundisium across the Adriatic Sea, one would reach

A) Africa      B) Greece     C) Sicily    D) Spain

19. After leading the Romans to victory, Cincinnatus

A) resigned his dictatorship and returned to his plow     B) built a temple in the Forum                C) held a triumphal parade    D) accepted a consulship

20. Who defeated the Parthians and helped Cleopatra rebuild Egypt's power but lost to Octavian at the Battle of Actium in 31 B. C.?

A) Caesar     B) Anthony      C) Pompey      D) Romulus

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