1995 ACL/NJCL NATIONAL LATIN EXAM

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

LATIN II EXAM C

MARK ANSWERS ON ANSWER SHEET.

1. Familia in urbe multos menses habitabat.  A) in many months  B) for many months  C) after many months  D) before many months

2. Nolite _____, discipuli!  A) currere  B) currimus  C) curritis  D) currunt

3. Oppidum quod vidi erat parvum.  A) this  B) same  C) which  D) what

4. Legatus fortior erat qum dux  A) as the leader  B) which leader  C) that leader  D) than the leader

5. Mater dicit villam esse pulcherrimam  A) was  B) is  C) will be  D) had been

6. Quibus hanc picturam monstrabis?  A) Who  B) With whom  C)To whom  D) Whose

7. Italiam videre volunt  A) they bring  B) they ought  C) they want  D) they can

8. Roma a multis amata est.  A) will be loved  B) will have been loved  C) had been loved  D) has been loved

9. Multi pisces sub hoc ponte habitant.  A) their  B) this  C) every  D) his

10. Monstrum pueros territos cepit.  A) terrifying  B) terrified  C) to terrify  D) about to terrify

11. Adulescens dicit se montem ascensurum esse.  A) climbs  B) to be climbed  C) climbed  D) will climb

12. Magisier fabulam de clarissimis laboribus Herculis narrabit.  A) famous  B) more famous  C) very famous  D)famously

13. "Veto!" a tribuno dictum est.  A) concerning the tribune  B) with the tribune  C) near the tribune  D) by the tribune

14. Ambulans ad tabernam, miles amicum vidit.  A) Walked  B) Walking  C) Going to walk  D) having walked

15. Mercacores navigare poterant.  A) will be able  B) are able  C) were able  D) will have been able

16. Senator oratorem laudavisse debet  A) to have praised  B) to praise  C) to be praised  D) to have been praised

17. Romani fortier pugnaverunt  A) most bravely  B) more bravely  C) brave  D) bravely

18. Stolae a feminis geruntur.  A) will be worn  B) have been worn  C) are being worn  D) were being worn

19. Phaeton carrum patris aget.  A) was driving  B) did drive  C) will drive  D) had driven

20. Perseus ____ in templum duxit.  A) matrem  B) matri  C) matre  D) mater

21. King Midas foolishly  A) wished for the Golden Touch  B) challenged Hercules to a fight  C) drove the chariot of the Sun  D) tried to steal Cerberus from the Underworld

22. Metae, ludi circenses, and spina are words which pertain to  A) chariot races  B) baths  C) religion  D) military exercises

23. Sailing east from Brundisium across the Adriatic Sea, one would reach  A) Africa  B) Greece ) Sicily  D) Spain

24. The president questioned the treasurer about the allocation of money.  A) amount  B) placement  C) collection  D) absence

25. Theseus: Minotaur :: Hercules:_____  A) Nemean lion  B) Harpies  C) Medusa  D) Chimaera

26. Oxygen is a necessity for sustaining human life.  A) bona fide  B) ex tempore  C) sine qua non  D) per diem

27. After leading the Romans to victory Cincinnatus  A) resigned his diciatorship and returned to his plow  B) built a temple in the Foram  C) held a triumphal parade  D) accepted a consulship

28. During the Republic, the consuls  A) peesided over the courts  B) were chief executives

 C) served as public treasurers  D) were in charge of public games

29. The tacit agreement of his friend made the boy's decision easier.  A) quick  B) spoken  C) solemn  D) silent

30. 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) Antony  C) Pompey  D) Romulus

31. Which is not a derivative of do, dare?  A) dative  B) tradition  C) data  D) deduce

32. Scylla, Circe, and Polyphemus were some of the challenges that faced  A) Theseus  B) Jason  C) Hercules  D) Ulysses

READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.

BATTLE OF LILYBAEUM

The Roman navy meets he Carthaginain navy at the Battle of Lilibaeum in 242 BC.

Catutus consul bellum contra Africanos incepit.
Romani cum trecentis navibus ad Siciliam navigaverunt
Africani contra Romanos quadrigentas naves paraverunt.
Numquam in mari tantus numerus navium pugnaverat.
Catulus aeger navem ascendit, in pugna superiore
vulneratus erat. Contra Karthaginienses, Romani
ingenti virtute pugnaverunt. LXXXIII Karthaginiensium
naves captae sunt, CXXV submersae, XXXII milia hostium
capta. XIII milia occisa, summa infinita auri et argenti
in potestatem Romanorum redecta. Etiam e classe Romana
XII naves submersae sunt. Karthaginienses tamen pacem
petiverunt. Etiam captivos suos e Romanis petiverunt.
Senatus pacem et captivos dari Africanis iussit.
Adapted from Eutropius’ Breviarium

1
2 trecentis = 300
3 quadrigentas = 400
4
5 aeger = ill
6 Karthaginienses = Carthaginians
7
8 submersae = were sunk
9 occisa = killed; summa = amount
10 reducta = bought; classe = fleet
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13

33. Catulus was a  A) Carthaginian naval commander  B) Roman leader  C) messenger to Rome  D) Carthiginian prisoner

34. According to line 4, the sea battle was unique because it was fought  A) near Africa  B) with such a great number of ships  C) on the Island of Sicily  D) with thirty ships

35. Catulus was ill because he  A) had been wounded in a previous battle  B) was seasick  C) was old  D) missed his farm

36. In line 7, the Romans fought with  A) superior weapons  B) the help of the Sicilians  C) great courage  D) great terror

37. How many Carthaginian ships sank?  A) 83  B) 32  C) 300  D) 125

38. In line 9, in addition to ships and soldiers, the Carthaginians also surrendered  A) catapults and flamethrowers  B) all of their rowers  C) gold and silver  D) the standards of their legions

39. In line 10, what is the best translation of the phrase in potestatem Romanorum redacta?  A) power brought from the Romans  B) Rome brought from power  C) powerful Romans were brought  D) brought into the power of the Romans

40. According to line 13, what two things were given to the Carthaginians at the end of this battle?  A) peace and their prisoners  B) their captured ships and repayment  C) an apology and a permanent peace treaty  D) Lilybaeum and Roman prisoners

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