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A total of 32 questions

1. Vergil began his career as a poet on his father's farm in the country.

A. ruris

B. ruri

C. rus

D. rura

2. "Nihil melius, nihil pulchrius vidi."

A. better

B. good

C. larger

D. best

3. "Pater, oro te ut _____ ignoscas."

A. me

B. ego

C. mei

D. mihi

4. Multi quaerebant quid optimum _____.

A. est

B. fuit

C. sit

D. esset

5. "crescentem sequitur cura pecuniam," inquit poeta Horatius

A. increased

B. about to increase

C. increasing

D. increase

6. Which of the following nouns is indeclinable?

A. vis

B. fas

C. nemo

D. domus

7. Iuno Irim demisit quae animam luctantem Didonis ____. (Juno sent Iris to release Dido's struggling soul.)

A. resolvit

B. resolvere

C. resolveret

D. resolverit

8. A synonym for gladius is:

A. antrum

B. taeda

C. pilum

D. ensis

9. Aeneas, whose naves incensae erant, desperabat.

A. quorum

B. qui

C. cuius

D. quae

10. Haec verba sunt acerba _______. (These words are bitter to hear.)

A. audire

B. audientia

C. auditu

D. auditura

11. Nihil tam difficile est ut cum studio investigari non _______.

A. posset

B. possit

C. posse

D. potuisset

12. "Populus stultus unworthy men honores saepe dat."

A. viros indignos

B. viris indignis

C. virorum indignorum

D. viri indigni

13. Dido et Aeneas ad __________ profecti sunt.

A. venari

B. venandum

C. venantur

D. venandam

14. "De mortuis nihil nisi bonum let us speak."

A. diximus

B. dicimus

C. dicemus

D. dicamus

15. The professor told the class that Vergil had written the" Georgics" before the "Aeneid."

A. scriptum esse

B. scribere

C. scripsisse

D. scripturum esse

16. Gemini fortiter pugnaverunt et tandem _____ potiti sunt.

A. pons

B. pontem

C. ponte

D. pontis

17. "Cur fabulam meam rides? nomine mutato, de te fabula narratur."

A. Having been deified

B. With the name changed

C. After selecting the goddess

D. Having moved north

18. I AM ABOUT TO RECITE carmen Catulli.

A. recitatus sum

B. recitatus esse

C. recitaturus sum

D. recitandus sum

19. "Ni te plus oculis meis amarem …"

A. than my eyes

B. of my eyes

C. away from my sight

D. for my eyes

20. "Nymphae summo in vertice ululaverunt." Ululaverunt is an example of:

A. chiasmus

B. alliteration

C. metonymy

D. onomatopoeia

21. A pause in a line of poetry caused by the ending of a word within a foot is called:

A. hiatus

B. caesura

C. diastole

D. syncope

22. Zeus sent an eagle to abduct ____ from Troy to replace Hebe as cupbearer on Olympus.

A. Glaucus

B. Cupid

C. Ganymede

D. Antenor

23. In research papers, the abbreviation used to refer to a work previously mentioned is:

A. ad lib.

B. op.cit.

C. vs.

D. et al..

24. Ascanius, filius Aeneae, quopue appellabatur.

A. Euryalus

B. Iulus

C. Lausus

D. Dardanus

25. The suffix -alia added to a Roman name has a special meaning. cerealia means ___ of Ceres.

A. deification

B. family

C. festival

D. monument

26. The words "Calabri rapuere" inscribed on Vergil's tomb refer to his death at:

A. Brundisium

B. Mantua

C. Rome

D. Capua

27. The Titan who mothered the nine Muses was:

A. Moira

B. Mnemosyne

C. Minerva

D. Medea

28. "Equo ne credite," inquit _____.

A. Laocoon

B. Sibylla

C. Venus

D. Laomedon

29. The daughter of Priam who foretold the future but was never believed was:

A. Cassiopeia

B. Circe

C. Camilla

D. Cassandra

30. A Roman would see spina, METAE, OVA ET DELPHINI at the:

A. Thermae

B. Circus Maximus

C. Templum Vestae

D. Curia

31. The patryonymic aeneadae refers to the ____ of Aeneas.

A. wealth

B. opponents

C. descendants

D. ancestors

32. Ossify is derived from the Latin word:

A. os oris

B. osculum osculi

C. ora orae

D. os ossis

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