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A total of 35 questions

1. "_____ Vergili Maro, te salutamus!"

A. Publio

B. Publius

C. Publi

D. Publium

2. Haec res est una solque quae me beatum facere ______.

A. possit

B. posse

C. potuisse

D. potuisset

3. Consulatum petere ____ non licet dum quadriginta tres annos habeas.(you are not allowed to stand for the consulship until you are forty-three years of age.)

A. tu

B. tui

C. tibi

D. te

4. Ad signum dandum ____ usus est Romulus.

A. manus

B. manui

C. manu

D. manuum

5. Let us not fear reprisals!

A. Ne vereamur!

B. Non veremur!

C. Non verebimur!

D. Ne vereremur!

6. Seneca wrote that although he lived in rome, he considere the whole world his home.

A. Roma

B. Romae

C. Romanis

D. Romam

7. Oraculum praedixit regnum Titanorum mox _____.

A. cadere

B. casum esse

C. cecidisse

D. casurum esse

8. Having set out for africa, he instructed the priests to pray for his safe arrival.

A. ex Africa

B. in Africam

C. per Africam

D. ab Africa

9. Caligula orders his soldiers to fetch baskets so that seashells may be carried from the beach.

A. vehentur

B. vehuntur

C. vehantur

D. veherentur

10. Decemviros ad leges ____ creavimus. (We have appointed decemvirs to prepare laws.)

A. scribendus

B. scrbendi

C. scribendorum

D. scribendas

11. For as long as I live, I SHALL BEAR this honorble title.

A. feror

B. feram

C. fero

D. ferrem

12. Omnibus viribus atque opibus repugnabimus

A. men

B. poisons

C. youth

D. strength

13. Tam longe aberam ____ te viderem.

A. quin

B. ne

C. vel

D. ut not

14. Haec signa condita mente teneto. The sense of the capitalized words is:

A. keep (these) in your mind

B. having been held by the mind

C. holding (these) with his mind

D. in my mind I have kept (these)

15. Si viveret, verba eius audires.

A. you heard

B. you will hear

C. you would hear

D. you hear

16. Cicero, litteris acceptis, Attico statim rescripsit. Which of the following does NOT reflect the meaning of thecapitalizedwords?

A. ubi litteras acceperat

B. postquam litteras accepit

C. cum litteras accepisset

D. cum litteras accipiet

17. Midas commanded his barber not to tell anyone about his ass's ears.

A. ne dicat

B. ne dixerit

C. ne dixisset

D. ne diceret

18. Many American families plan picnics on the fourth of july.

A. a.d.IV Id.Iul.

B. prid. Id. Iul.

C. a.d. IV Non.Iul.

D. a.d. XVI Kal.Aug.

19. Venimus eam admonitum.

A. to warn

B. warning

C. warned

D. about to warn

20. Phaedrus' statement, "Non semper ea sunt quae videntur," means:

A. Some things which exist are not visible

B. Things are not always what they seem to be.

C. These are not always recognized by those.

D. Some are always seen, others never.

21. The use of martem indomitum to mean INGENTEM PUGNAM illustrates using the poetic figure:

A. metonymy

B. zeugma

C. oxymoron

D. synchesis

22. It is generally agreet that when Homer set down his two great epic poems of the Trojan War, he relied on:

A. eyewitness accounts of the war

B. an oral tradition of tales abouto the war

C. his own experience in the war

D. historical chronicles kept at Delphi

23. In 41 B.C. Maecenas introduced Vergil to _______, who then became his lifelong protector and patron.

A. Horace

B. Antony

C. Cicero

D. Octavian

24. The gods of the ancient Greeks and Romans are termed anthropomorphic, meaning:

A. benevolent toward mankind

B. having the appearance or form of human beings

C. inherited from the religions of older cultures

D. destined never to die

25. At Cumae, the Sibyl, prophetess of Apollo, told Aeneas that he must bury his lost comrade and ____ before he could visit his father in the Underworld.

A. find a golden bough to take with him

B. visit the oracle at Delphi

C. leave all his weapons behind

D. purify himself by fasting

26. Complicate, MULTIPLY, PLIANT, and SUPPLIANT are derivatives of the Latin verb which means:

A. seize, take

B. shut, close

C. fold, bend

D. add, increase

27. When did a Roman girl put aside her bulla and the playthings of her childhood?

A. when she officially inherited her mother's property

B. on her wedding day

C. on the day she completed her schooling

D. on her tenth birthday

28. What role does Hermes play in the stories of Ceres/Proserpina, Orpheus/Eurydice, and Priam/Achilles?

A. avenger

B. tattle-tale

C. escort

D. thief

29. The words invidious, PROVIDENCE, and SUPERVISE share a common Latin root which means:

A. hate

B. see

C. rule

D. come

30. Boreas, Zetes, and Calais saved King Phineas from the monstrous winged Harpies, and in return he warned Jason about the:

A. clashing rocks

B. Calydonian boar

C. whirlpool of Charybdis

D. bed or Procrustes

31. With what aspect of Roman life are the following terms associated: pollice verso, VENATIO, LANISTA, RETIARIUS, and MUNERA?

A. sea travel

B. children's games

C. gladiatorial shows

D. cooking

32. Mithras, ISIS, and CYBELE were the names of:

A. epic poems of the Silver Age

B. gods worshiped by cults which spread to Rome

C. priestesses of Apollo

D. Vestal Virgins when Augustus was Pontifex Maximus

33. The word hellenistic refers to a period of history in _____ after the death of ______

A. Crete/Minos

B. Rome/Augustus

C. Troy/Priam

D. Greece/Alexander the Great

34. Which member of the Second Triumvirate exacted his revenge on Marcus Tullius Cicero by having him proscribed and executed?

A. Pompey

B. Octavian

C. Lepidus

D. Antony

35. Est cuique opinio sua. What other Latin expression is closest in meaning to this statement?

A. Possunt quia posse videntur.

B. Pro bono publico

C. Quot homines, tot sententiae

D. Nemine contradicente

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