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This is the Poetry test for 1990. Please get out a number two pencil and step back and punt.

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A total of 35 questions

1. Cive servato, miles praemium recepit.

A. I saved the citizen

B. While saving the citizen

C. After saving the citizen

D. In order to save the citizen

2. Cicero creatus est ___ a Comitiis Centuriatis.

A. consules

B. consulem

C. consul

D. consuli

3. "conticuere omnes, intentique ora tenebat."

A. to fall silent

B. while falling silent

C. fell silent

D. will fall silent

4. Julia dixit se fabulas de Romanis antiquis lecturam esse.

A. they

B. he

C. she

D. it

5. The domain of the king of the sea, neptune, included lakes and rivers.

A. Neptunus

B. Neptuni

C. Neptuno

D. Neptunum

6. Let'S BRING grapes and cheese to the Roman banquet!

A. Ferimus

B. Feramus

C. Ferebamur

D. Feremur

7. Mihi licet ire.

A. I'm allowed

B. I'm sorry

C. I'm willing

D. It is important to me

8. Quis ___ persuasit ut in schola maneret?

A. iuveni

B. iuvenis

C. iuvene

D. iuvenem

9. Atalanta ran more quickly than her suitors.

A. celeriter

B. celere

C. celerius

D. celerrime

10. Liberi venerunt ad thermas to swim.

A. natans

B. ad natandum

C. natavisse

D. nataturum esse

11. Effata haec verba, Dido fugit.

A. to have spoken

B. having spoken

C. about to speak

D. must be spoken

12. Longa erant bella ____ in Italia gerebantur.

A. qui

B. quae

C. quam

D. quos

13. The wife of the only man to survive the flood was Pyrrha.

A. solo viro

B. solius viri

C. solis viris

D. solus vir

14. Equus Troianus erat multo altior quam moenia Troiana.

A. rather

B. very

C. much

D. greatly

15. Niobe non intellexit cur dei suos liberos ____.

A. necent

B. necaverunt

C. necabant

D. necarent

16. Pietas:nefas::gaudium:: ____

A. puppis

B. sopor

C. dolor

D. genitor

17. The general left two legions as a guard for the city.

A. praesidium urbem

B. prasidio urbi

C. cum praseidio urbis

D. praseidio ab urbe

18. Si gens fortem ducem deligat, hostes REPELLAT.

A. chose, drove away

B. should choose, would drive away

C. had chosen, would have driven away

D. will choose, will drive away

19. Vale, ____! Cras te videbo!

A. amicus

B. amici

C. amice

D. amicum

20. Nullum bellum? Mirabile ________

A. auditu

B. audite

C. audiendum

D. auditurum

21. What is the corect scansion of this line? "Sollicite expectas, dum te in convivia ducam."

A. DSSSDS

B. SSSDS

C. DSDSDS

D. SSSDDS

22. Augustus' friend and counselor who was the quintessential literary patron was:

A. Antony

B. Maecenas

C. Pompey

D. Bruitus

23. Hecate, Circe, and Medea were associated with stories of ____ in Greek mythology.

A. streams and fountains

B. war and battles

C. the changing of the seasons

D. witchcraft and magic

24. Publius Vergiliuis Maro was born on October 15, 70 B.C.

A. Idibus Octobribus

B. a.d. III Kalendas Octobres

C. pridie Idus Octobres

D. Nonibus Octobribus

25. Crete forms the southern border of the ____ Sea.

A. Mediterranean

B. Black

C. Adriatic

D. Aegean

26. Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides are famous writers of Greek:

A. tragedy

B. letters

C. history

D. love poetry

27. Which groups associated with the Roman house?

A. strigiles, laconica, hypocaustum

B. bulla, fibula, anulus

C. spina, factiones, metae

D. vestibulum, alae, triclinium

28. At the root of the words discordant, CONCORD, and CORDIAL is the Latin noun meaning:

A. peace

B. heart

C. friendship

D. respect

29. Which pair of men were brothers?

A. Aeneas and Priam

B. Odysseus and Telemachus

C. Agamemnon and Menelaus

D. Hector and Achilles

30. The verb at the root of the English words circumlocution, ELOQUENT, and LOQUACIOUS means:

A. to place

B. to read

C. to permit

D. to talk

31. The deceitful Greek who encouraged the Trojans to bring the wooden horse inside the walls of Troy was:

A. Sinon

B. Sarpedon

C. Sychaeus

D. Sisyphus

32. The terms numen, FLAMEN, and HARUSPEX are associated with Roman:

A. entertainment

B. religion

C. clothing

D. slavery

33. Not included among the Julio-Claudian emperors was:

A. Constantine

B. Tiberius

C. Claudius

D. Nero

34. Daphne:laurel tree :: Niobe : ____

A. sunflower

B. flowing river

C. weeping rock

D. wild boar

35. The diploma stated that the student had received his ____ degreee.

A. A.D.

B. A.B.

C. N.B.

D. P.M.