1996 ACL/NJCL NATIONAL LATIN EXAM

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

LATIN II EXAM C

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1. Imperator exercitum septem menses duxit.  A) before seven months  B) in seven months  C) for seven months  D) after seven months

2. Magister nomina discipulorum scire vult.  A) wanted  B) had wanted  C) will want  D) wants

3. Quem in foro hodie vidisti?  A) Why  B) Where  C) Whose  D) Whom

4. Ignis ab monte videri potest.  A) is able to have seen  B) is able to be seen  C) is able to see  D) is able to have been seen

5. Bonus dux se intellegit.  A) himself  B) themselves  C) them  D) him

6. Videbisne, Luci, amicos tuos?  A) to Lucius  B) of Lucius  C) by Lucius  D) Lucius

7. Pecuniam ______ cras dabo.  A) tuus  B) te  C) tibi  D) tua

8. Mater filios mox venturos esse sperat.  A) had come  B) have come  C) were coming  D) will come

9. Ab notissimo magistro docebatur.  A) she was being taught  B) she is taught  C) she has been taught  D) she will be taught

10. Donum ad Dianam, _____ lunae, fero.  A) dea  B) dearum  C) deam  D) deas

11. Cives victi pacem rogaverunt.  A) conquering  B) to conquer  C) conquered  D) about to conquer

12. Templum quod Romani aedificaverunt in Foro est.  A) to which  B) which  C) of which  D) by which

13. Meae epistulae _____ sunt  A) breves  B) brevibus  C) brevem  D) brevium

14. Ea femina notissima est.  A) That  B) Which  C) The same  D) Who

15. Meus frater auxilium ad amicos mittet.  A) sent  B) will send  C) shall have sent  D) had sent

16. Ager latior quam via est.  A) than  B) how  C) whom  D) which

17. Senator putavit fugisse.  A) legatis  B) legati  C) legato  D) legatos

18. Study very diligently if you wish to be a successful Latin student!  A) diligenter  B) diligentiores  C) diligentissime  D) diligentius

19. "Nolite cutrere in viam!" pater pueros monuit.  A) It is harmful to run  B) Do not run  C) Run cautiously  D) I do not want to run

20. Portae hulus urbis sunt magnae.  A) to this city  B) in this city  C) this city  D) of this city

21. Who carries souls across the River Styx into the Underworld?  A) Baucis  B) Charon  C) Daedalus  D) Pegasus

22. The Curia, the Rostram, and basilicae were located  A) in the Colosseum  B) at the Circus Maximus  C) at the Campus Martius  D) in the Roman Forum

23. What Roman leader became known as Augustus and was later deified by the Roman Senate?  A) Marc Antony  B) Octavian  C) Pompey  D) Hannibal

24. An optimist is  A) a doctor who deals with diseases of the eyes  B) an unethical person who takes advantage of others  C) an individual who constantly brags about his great wealth  D) one who always expects the best in any situation

25. Rome's enemy in the Punic Wars was  A) Greece  B) Carthage  C) Gaul  D) Egypt

26. Aegean, Adriatic, and Tyrrhenian refer to  A) architectural styles  B) bodies of water  C) passes in the Alps  D) groups of barbarians who attacked Rome

27. What sign should be posted on a fence enclosing a snarling dog?  A) cave canem  B) carpe diem  C) festina lente  D) caveat emptor

28. The Appian Way was significant to the Romans as  A) the scene of the death of Cleopatra  B) the route to the port of Brundisium in southern Italy  C) the place where the Romans would go to vote  D) The road Caesar took from Gaul when he marched on Rome

29. What hero slew Medusa and gave her head to Minerva to wear on her breastplate?  A) Theseus  B) Jason  C) Hercules  D) Perseus

30. The principal commented on the paucity of students in the cafeteria.  A) small number  B) excessive noisiness  C) late arrival  D) long line

31. Which Latin expression means without end?  A) ad infinitum  B) habeas corpus  C) in toto  D) per se

32. Numa Pompilius, Tullus Hostilius, and Tarquinius Superbus ruled Rome during  A) the invasion of Rome by the Gauls  B) the Punic Wars  C) the period of the monarchy  D) the period of the empire

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Servius Tullius

Contributions and Death of a Roman Ruler

Servius Tullius, cuius mater captiva Ct serva fuerat. in imperium post Tarquinium
Priscum venit. Hic quoque Sabinos vicit; urbem malorem incremento trium montium
fecit; fossas circum murum duxit. Primus omnium censum constituit, qui adhuc per orbem
terrarum incognitus erat. Roma, ubi omnes in censum laLi erant, habuit LXXXIII milia
civium Romanorum cum illis qui extra urbem erant.
Sed Tarquinius Superbus, filius Tarquini Prisci, imperium cupivit Ct regem occidit.
Filia Servi Tulli. quam Tarquinius Superbus in matrimonium duxerat, auxilium in hoc malo
facto dedit. Post mortem Tulli, Tarquinius Superbus regnum cepit.
adapted from Breviarium ab Urbe Condita of Eutropius

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2 incremento = by the addition
3 fossas = trenches; censum = census
4 lati erint = from fero
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33. We learn in line 1 (cuius...fuerat) that the mother of Servius Tullius was  A) from a wealthy family  B) a captive slave  C) a powerful woman  D) the owner of many captives

34. According to lines 2-3, (Hic...duxit), Servius Tullius improved Rome by  A) expanding the city to include three hills  B) surrounding the water supply with the city walls  C) digging trenches to the water supply  D) giving voting rights to the Sabines

35. According to lines 3-4, (Primus...erat), the census which Servius Tullius took  A) was based on one he had seen on his travels  B) had been established by his predecessors  C) was the first in Rome  D) was demanded by the people of Rome

36. How many citizens were reported in the census?  A) 53,000  B) 83,000  C) 133,000  D) 533,000

37. Line 6 (Sed...occidit) tells us that the death of Servius Tullius was  A) by natural causes  B) caused by the son of the former ruler  C) celebrated by all the citizens  D) punishment for his own wrongdoing

38. We learn in line 7 that Tarquinius Superbus  A) married the daughter of Servius Tullius  B) was a priest in charge of weddings  C) encouraged Servius Tullius to marry again  D) promised to marry the daughter of Servius Tullius if he were made ruler

39. According to lines 7-8, the daughter of Servius Tullius  A) took her own life  B) mourned her father's death  C) took part in her father's death  D) lied about her father's death

40. In line 8, after the death of Servius Tullius, Tarquinius Superbus

 A) divorced his wife  B) restored his father Tarquinius Priscus to the throne  C) was driven from Rome  D) took over as ruler

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