National Latin Exam

National Latin Exam Index

Students will find here a variety of materials to help them prepare for the National Latin Exam. They should give a good idea how to study strategically and succeed at taking the Exam.

• Home Site of the National Latin Exam. Find current exam applications past exam information here.
• 1996 National Latin Exam: Latin III-IV Prose
• Translation of the reading passage
• Common Latin abbreviations
• Vocabulary list of architectural terms
• Famous authors and their major works
• Geography word search
• How to use the calendar
• Vocabulary words concerned with ceremonies
• Table of the five declensions
• Aspects of Roman entertainment
• Holidays and festivals in Rome
• Geography of the Roman Empire
• Timeline of historical events in Rome
• Who? and When? of Rome
• The Cursus honorum
• Mnemonic devices to aid memorization
• Various Latin mottoes
• A multiple field matching quiz
• Common cultural topics to review for cultural sections

The following links require a KET password to utilize, since they are created for KET Distance Learning students only. Take any of these exams and find out immediately how you did.

Attention Latin III students: You will take the prose exam, not the poetry exam.

• 1996 National Latin Exam
• NLE Review - Certamen 1
• NLE Review - Certamen 2
• NLE Review - Certamen 3
• NLE Review - Certamen 4
• 1997 National Latin Exam, Levels III-IV Prose
• 1998 National Latin Exam, Levels III-IV Poetry
• 1998 National Latin Exam, Levels III-IV Prose
• 1999 National Latin Exam, Levels III-IV Poetry
• 1999 National Latin Exam, Levels III-IV Prose
• 2000 National Latin Exam, Levels III-IV Poetry
• 2000 National Latin Exam, Levels III-IV Prose
• 2001 National Latin Exam, Levels III-IV Poetry
• 2001 National Latin Exam, Levels III-IV Prose