1996 NATIONAL LATIN EXAM
LATIN III-IV PROSE

 

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.

JULIUS CAESAR

Suetonius describes Julius Caesar.

  1. Armorum et equitandi peritissimus erat. In agmine intendum
  2. equo saepius pedibus miliites anteibat. Illi erat nulla galea seu
  3. sol seu imber esset. Longissimas vias incredibili celeritate
  4. atque centum milia passuum in unum diem confecit. Si flumina
  5. morarentur, nando aut ratibus transivit ut saepe ad castra prae
  6. nuntios adveniret. Exercitum per insidiosa itinera numquam
  7. duxit nisi perspeculatus loca, neque in Britanniarn transvexit,
  8. nisi ante portus et navigationem et accessum ad insulam exploravisset.
  9. Eloquentia militarique re aut aequavit praestantissimorurn virorurn
  10. gloriam aut superavit.
Adapted from Suetonius, Di vus Iulius I
 

1 peritissimus = very skilled; interdum = sometimes
2 anteibat = ante + eo; seu...seu = whether...or
3
4
5 nando = by swimming; ratibus = by rafts
6 insidiosa = treacherous
7 perspeculatus = (he had) thoroughly explored; transvexit = crossed over
8
9 praetantissimorum = of the most outstanding
10

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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