1994 ACL/NJCL NATIONAL LATIN EXAM

CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER FROM A, B, C, OR D.

LATIN II EXAMC

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1.Quod flumen est latius? A) wide B) wider C) widest D) as wide as possible

2. Legistine carmen longum de ____ Troiano? A) bellum B) belli C) bello D) bella

3. If your teacher asks you, "Quot annos habes?" you will give your A) height B) name C) address D)age

4. Pluto Proserpinam _____ cepit. A) infelicis B) infelici C) infelice D) infelicem

5. Pueri Romani a servis in ludum ducuntur. A) wee being led B) will be led C) have been led D) are being led

6. Niobe in saxum durissimum mutata est. A) hardly B) very hard C) harder D) hard

7. Tell, Marce, fabulam deTroia! A)Narrare B)Narrate C)Narra D)Narras

8. Castor et Pollux erant___. A) fratres B) fratrum C) fratri D) fratre

9. Rex _____ pontem erat Ancus Martius. A) qui B) quam C) quo D) quae

10. Caesar ab____ necatus est. A)inimicos B)inimici C)inimicis D)inimicae

11. Hannibal putabat se Romam victurum esse A)had conquered B) would conquer C) was conquering D) is being conquered

12. Discipuli et magister in Foro tres ____ manserunt. A) horas B) horae C) horarum D) horis

13. Spartacus dixit, "Multi servi oppressi sunt" A) had been subdued B) have been subdued C) will be subdued D) will have been subdued

14. Atalanta celerius quam omnes viri currere poterat. A) that B)where C)when D) than

15. Haec verba sunt utilia et clara. A)This B)That C)Those D)These

16. Vult esse miles aut nauta. A) He wants B)He wanted C)He had wanted D)He will want

17. What Latin number comes between septemdecim and undeviginti? A) duodeviginti B) quindecim C) sedecim D) duodecim

18. Tiberius et Gaius, _____, populum Romanum iuvare volebant. A)tribunis B) tnibunos C) tribunorum D) tribuni

19. Leo vulneratus currere non potuit A) will not be able B) was not able C) is not able D) had not been able

20. Nomen novum regi datum est. A) with the king B) by the king C) around the king D) to the king

21. The words animalia, arena, and Colosseum pertain to A) entertainment B) politics C) religion D) war

22. Crete, Delos, and Rhodes are A) islands in the Mediterranean B) mountains in Greece C) cities in Italy D) rivers in Gaul

23. The first Roman emperor and the one whose rule began the Pax Romana was A) Nero B) Cicero C) Julius Caesar D) Augustus

24. The animal associated with Neptune and Bellerophon was the A) lion B) horse C) dog D) tiger

25. Who was absent from his home Ithaca and his wife Penelope for twenty years? A) Hercules B) Jason C) Ulysses D) Theseus

26. Incur, occur, and current are all derived from the Latin word A) cura B) oculus C) incipio D) curro

27. In Roman times, chariot racing took place in the A) thermae B) Colosseum C) Circus Maximus D) Via Appia

28. The mountain that was considered the home of the gods was Mount A) Aetna B) Vesuvius C) Atlas D) Olympus

29. The politician expressed immutable opposition to the plan, A) indefensible B) unreasonable C) unconvincing D) unchanging

30. Put these periods in Roman history in the proper chronological order. 1) empire 2) fall of Rome 3) Republic 4) monarchy A) 3,2,1,4 B) 4,3,1,2 C) 2,4,3,1 D) 1,4,3,2

31. Apollo gave me a bow and arrow. Vulcan gave me a bronze club, and I performed twelve labors sucessfully. Who am I? A) Aeneas B) Achilles C) Hannibal D) Hercules

32. What Latin expression means "to the point of disgust?" A) ad nauseum B) ad hoc C) ad infininim D) ad astra per aspera

READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

HERCULES ET AGRICOLA

The hero, Hercules, meets a farmer on a country road.

Agricola carrum per viam ruri agebat. Pridie
pluverat. Duo equi agricolae per altum lutum carrum
Trahere vix poterat. Subito carrus stetit quod una rota carri
in luto haerebat. Agricola de carro descendit et rotam
spectavit, sed carrum movere non temptavit. Agricola
dixit fortunam esse malam et magna voce clamavit,
"Hercule, fer ad me auxilium!" Hercules statim advenit
et agricolam monuit, "Equos iuvare debes, agricola. Ego te
iuvare nolo si tu ipse te non iuvabis." Agricola carrum
movere temptavit. Mox equi et agricola carrum movere
poterant. Agricola, Herculi gratias agens, per viam
feliciter carrum agebat.
-A fable based on Aesop

1 carrus = wagon; ruri = in the country; Pridie = the day before
2 pluverat = it had rained; lutum = mud
3 rota = wheel
4 haerebat = stuck
5
6
7 Hercule = vocative form of Hercules
8
9 nolo = I am willing

33. The horses were having a hard time pulling the wagon because. A) the load was too heavy B) the road was very narrow C) the axle was broken D) the road was muddy

34. Inlines 3 and 4, a wheel stuck and caused A)the wagon to overturn B) a horse to become lame C) the wagon to stop D) the farmer to fall out of the wagon

35. In lines 4 and 5, the farmer A) looked at the wheel B) got into the wagon C) whipped the horses D) took off the wheel

36. The farmer (lines 6-7) A) told Hercules to bring fresh hoses B) cursed Hercules C) asked Hercules for help D) went to find Hercules

37. Hercules said (lines 8-9) A) he did not know what to do B) the farmer ought to repair the wheel C) the farmer ought to rest the horses D) the farmer ought to try to help himself

38. In lines 10 and 11 the wagon was moved by A) Hercules B) the rain C) the farmer and the horses D) the farmer and his friends

39. What did the farmer do in lines 11-12? A) He cursed Hercules B) He stopped for the night C) He drove off the road D) He went on his way ).

40. The lesson of this Aesop story is A) love conquers all things B) gods help those who help themselves C) divide and conquer

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