CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER FROM A, B, C, OR D. MARK
ANSWERS ON ANSWER SHEET.
1. Quis in horto laborat? A) What B) When C) Who D) Why
2. Greedy Midas wishes to have more gold. A) habere B) habeo C) habe
D) habet
3. Puellae _________in caelo spectabant. A) stellas B) stellarum C) stellis
D) stellae
4. Ego eram in Foro Romano cum Marco. A) We B) They C) I D) You
5. Magistri linguam Latinam docebant. A) will teach B) are teaching
C) to teach D) were teaching
6. You might say Valete, omnes! when you A) want to thank someone
B) are leaving your friends C) see your teacher in the morning D) ask friends
for help
7. Magnum praemium viro damus. A) to the man B) by the man C) of
the man D) with the man
8. Cur librum portas? A) is he carrying B) are we carrying C) are
they carrying D) are you carrying
9. Do you know the names of the gods and goddesses? A) deorum et
dearum B) deos et deas C) dei et deae D) deum ct deam
10. Servus ex atrio ambulat A) out of the atrium B) toward the atrium
C) through the atrium D) into the atrium
11. Tres et quinque sunt A) novem B) sex C) septem D) octo
12. Atalanta happily runs many races. A) laeto B) laetus C) laete
D) laetam
13. Lupa Romulum et Remum curabit. A) will care for B) to care for
C) is caring for D) was caring for
14. Pueri ad _________ festinant. A) ianua B) ianuam C) ianuis D) ianuae
15. Pater fabulas bene narrat. A) today B) well C) slowly D) often
16. Mane, Icare, prope terram! A) To stay B) We stay C) I stay D)
Stay
17. Eccel Est statua __________ ante templum. A) pulchros B) pulchra C) pulchram D) pulcher
18. "Mox puella Arachne erit misera!" clamat Minerva. A) is B)
will be C) was D) to be
19. Salve, _________! Quid agis? A)amice B)amicum C)amico D)amicis
20. Nos Corneliam amamus. A)You B)We C)They D)He
21. According to the sign below, how far is it to Rome? A) 300 miles B)
13 miles C) 30 miles D) 3 miles
22. Hispania: Spain:: Gallia: ____________A) France B) Germany C) Greece
D) Egypt
23. The Tiber is a A) mountain B) river C) city D) sea
24. The Latin abbreviation that means and the rest is A) A.M. B) i.e. C)
etc. D) N.B.
25. The Roman senate house, located in the Forum, was the A) Circus Maximus
B) Via Appia C) Colosseum D) Curia
26. The god pictured below is A) Bacchus B) Pluto C) Mercury D) Vulcan
27. The word convocation comes from the Latin word meaning A) see
B) love C) call D) have
28. Cave canem means A) rare bird B) beware of the dog C) time flies
D) let the buyer beware
29. Quis est deus belli? A) Mars B) Neptune C) Iupiter D) Vulcan
30. The regina deorum pictured below with her peacock is A) Venus
B) Vesta C) Minerva D) Juno
31. The word insulated comes from the Latin
noun meaning A) a ship B) an island C) a cave D) a temple
32. The abbreviation that represents the Roman state is A) SPQR B) A.D.
C) P. S. D) P. M.
READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE
QUESTIONS.
| Erat lengum bellum inter Graecos et Troianos. In urbe Troia | 1 bellum = war; inter = between |
| habitabat magnus vir nomine Hector. | 2 nomine = named |
| Olim Hector pugnare parabat. Hector ad altum murum Troianum | 3 murus = wall |
| ambulabat. Uxor Andromache in muro stabat et parvum filium | 4 Uxor = (his) wife |
| tenebat. Hector osculum uxori dabat. Andromache multis cum | 5 osculum = kiss; uxori = to his wife |
| lacrimis clarnabat, "Noli pugnare in proelio! In proelio Graeci te | 6 lacrimae = tears; Noli = Don't; proelium = battle |
| necabunt . Timeo. | 7 necabumt = will kill |
| Tum Hector filium tenere cupiebat. Sed parvus filius patrem time- | 8 cupiebat = wanted |
| bat quod Hector magnam galeam gerebat. Tandem Hector ad proeli- | 9 galeam gerebat = was wearing a helmet |
| um redire parabat. "Vale!" clamant vir et uxor. Dum Hector in proe- | 10 redire = tn retum |
| lio pugnat,Andromache cum filio domum ambulat. Et in proslio vir | 11 |
| Graecus magnum Hectorem necat. | 12 |
33. Where does this story take placs? A) in the Forum of Rome B) in the
countryside of Greece C) on the wall of Troy D) on a street in Italy
34.When Hector saw his wife (lines 4-5), she was holding A) his sword B)
their small son C) a gift for Hector D) a helmet
35. According to line 5, how did Hector greet his wife? A) He said, "I
love you." B) He wept C) He kissed her D) He reached for her hamd.
36. In lines 5-6, what did Hector's wife do?
A) She showed him a helmet. B) She asked to go into battle with him. C)
She kissed her son. D) She cried and told Hector not to go into battle.
37. What reason does Hector's wife give (lines 6-7) for feeling afraid?
A) The Greeks will kill him. B) She does not want their son to be a soldier.
C) He has never fought in a battle before. D) She has to watch tbe battle
from the wall.
38. Why was Hector's little boy afraid of him (lines 8-9)? A) Hector was
shouting. B) Hector was such a big man. C) Hector was crying. D) Hector
was wearing a helmet.
39. What did Hector's wife and son do when he went back to the batle (line
11)? A) They went back home B) They stayed on the wall. C) They followed him into battle.
D) They left the city.
40. What happened at the end of this scene? A) Hector killed many Greeks
in battle. B) Hector returned safely to his family. C) Hector was killed
in battle by a Greek. D) Hector took his family te live in a new city.
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