1. Cives animalia in Colosseo saepe viderant.
A) will see B) used to see C) had seen D) saw
2.Discipuli suam magistram de fabula antiqua rogaverunt.
A) your B) her C) their D) our
3.Rex filiam maxime amabat.
A) much B) very much
C) very much D) very large
4. Temptum ______ Augustus aedificavit pulcherrimum erat.
A) quo B) quod C) cui D) cuius
5.Noster amicus ad poruim cras perveniet.
A) arrives
B) has arrived C) was arriving D) will arrive
6.Orpheus pulchre cantare potuisse dicitur.
A)will be able B) to have been able C) was able D) to he able
7.lex: legum; impetus : _______
A) impeto B) impetui C)impetibus D) impetuum
8.Let the consul beware of certain unscrupulous citizens.
A) ConsuI caveat B) Consulem cave C) Consul cavet D) Consul cavebit
9. Orator civibus leniter dixit.
A) softest B)soft C) softly D) too softly
10. Viator Romam iter fecit ut ad Siciliam navigaret
A) as he must sail S) while sailing C) since he sailed D) in order to sail
11.The king asks the old man where he hid the money.
A) celat B) celaverit C) celavisset D) celavit
12.Magister illi chartam dedit.
A) to him B) by him C) from him D) with him
13.Venator animalia fugientia trans campos sequebatur.
A) to flee B) about to flee C) fleeing D) having fled
14.Venus erat pulchrior lunone.
A) by Juno B) from Juno C) to Juno D) than Juno
15.Cicero dicit se patriam amare.
A) loves B) loved C) will love D) had loved
16.Infans erat carissimus matri.
A) of (his) mother B) to (his) mother C) by (his) mother D) from (his) mother
17. Si piscem ex flumine cepisset, eum edisset.
A) he would have eaten B) he will eat C) he was eating D) he had eaten
18. Omnes libri hodie movendi sunt.
A) will be moved B) are being moved C) have been moved D) must be moved
19.Senatores sunt tam laeti de victoria Romana ut ducem laudent.
A) that they must praise B) that they had praised C) that they praise D) that they praised
20.Claudius navem defendere conatus est, sed hostes erant potentiores.
A) will try B) is trying C) had tried D) tried
21."quae cum ita sint," an expression often used by Cicero, means
A) What about these things B) Since these things are so C) Bear with these things D) There are many such things
22.A Roman would travel from Rome to Brundisiurn, and then across the Adriatic Sea in order to reach
A) Greece B) Spain C) Egypt D) Britain
23.The established succession of offices which Cicero held on his way to becoming consul was the
A) toga praetexta B) pedites C) cursus honorum D) decemviri
24.The abbreviation et seq. means
A) and others B) it does not follow C) and the following D) in the same place
25.The words confide, fiduciary, and perfidious share a common Latin root having to do with
A) money B) health C) trust D) bravery
26.Chiron, who had the body of a horse and the head of a man and was the teacher of heroes, was a
A) gorgon B) satyr C) minotaur D) centaur
27.Cicero gave the First Oration against Catiline on October 21, 63 B.C.
A) pridie Non. Oct. B) ad. XII Kal. Nov. C) ad. vii Id. Oct. D) Id. Oct.
28.A typical Roman citizen often visited the thermae.
A) baths B) markets C) taverns D) Iawcourts
29.The father was incredulous at the girl's tale. He
A) laughed B) didn't believe it C) grew angry D) started to cry
30.What literary device does the quote cum tacent clamant contain?
A) simile B) oxymoron C) anaphora D) metonymy
31.The three old women known as the Parcae control
A)the direction of the winds B) song and memory C)the Underworld D) the thread of human destiny
32.What Roman author wrote a letter detailing the eruption of Vesuvius?
A) Cicero B) Caesar C) Sallust D) Pliny
READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
Suetonius describes Julius Caesar.
1 peritissimus = very skilled; interdum = sometimes
2 anteibat = ante + eo; seu...seu = whether...or
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5 nando = by swimming; ratibus = by rafts
6 insidiosa = treacherous
7 perspeculatus = (he had) thoroughly explored; transvexit = crossed over
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9 praetantissimorum = of the most outstanding
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33.In line 1, Caesar is described as
A) a very good horseman B) well protected by arrnor C) the leader of the cavalry D) eager to do battle
34.In lines 1-2 (In..anteibat), Caesar
A) admonished his footsoldiers B) sometimes rode just behind the cavalry
C) more often preceded his army on foot D) marched twenty-five miles in one day
35.In lines 2-3 (Illi...esset),
A) Caesar wore a helmet as protection from the sun and rain B) The sun and rain never deterred his army
C) Caesar usually marched when the sun was shining D) Caesar went bareheaded in the sun and rain
36.In lines 3-4 (Longissimas...confecit), we learn that Caesar
A) built 100 bridges in one day B) covered great distances in one day
C) set up many camps along the roadways D) sent messengers ahead to scout the territory
37In crossing rivers, lines 4-6 (Si..adveniret), Caesar
A) often arrived at the camp ahead of the messengers B) often pitched the camp near the river
C) sent the messengers ahead on rafts D) listened to the messengers who had swum across the rivers
38.In lines 6-8 (Exercitum..exploravisset), Suetonius eeIls us
A) that Caesar scouted out territory before advancing B) how the army marched
C) why Caesar went to Britain D) that Caesar set up camp with access to water
39.In line 9, Eloquentia inilltarique re refers to Caesar's
A) planning ability and military dress B) outlook and horsemanship
C) strategy and compassion D) speaking style and art of war
40.In lines 9-10 (Eloquentia..superavit), Caesar is
A) mourned B) delayed C) outwitted D) praised
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