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This is the Prose test for 2000. Please get out a number two pencil and step back and punt.

Be advised that some questions may not appear; these questions need to be fixed. I have excluded them until they are corrected. Some of these include questions which have multiple answers as well as older questions for which I need to create a map.

A total of 30 questions

1. Mihi placet ludos spectare.

A. I am sorry

B. It pleases me

C. I ought

D. It is forbidden

2. Tantus erat timor ut nemo maneret.

A. as no one remained

B. in order for no one to remain

C. while no one will remain

D. that no one remained

3. Terentia erat uxor magna intelligentia. (final long a on both)

A. by great intellect

B. of great intellect

C. in great intellect

D. for great intellect

4. Nos capuae cum amicis diu eramus.

A. Capua

B. to Capua

C. at Capua

D. from Capua

5. Hannibal, castris positis, in ripa elephantos disponit.

A. by pitching camp

B. who must pitch camp

C. going to pitch camp

D. after camp was pitched

6. Si sonitum nocte AUDIVISSETIS, perterriti fugissetis.

A. If you should hear

B. If you hear

C. If you will hear

D. If you had heard

7. Pompeius ipse cum militibus ad Graeciam profectus est.

A. proceeded

B. will proceed

C. proceeds

D. had proceeded

8. Militum hortandorum causa, Scipio magnam orationem habuit.

A. Encouraged by his soldiers

B. For the purpose of encouraging his soldiers

C. While encouraging his soldiers

D. Because he had encouraged his soldiers

9. Magister rogat ubi discipula sit.

A. where the student is

B. how able the student is

C. what the student is doing

D. when the student is going

10. Hic puer est filius minimus natu.

A. tallest

B. oldest

C. smartest

D. youngest

11. Ibam ad urbem ut imperatori HONOREM REDDEREM.

A. how to show respect

B. having shown respect

C. by showing respect

D. to show respect

12. Puella parva ursam in silvis errantem vidit.

A. about to wander

B. having wandered

C. wandering

D. to wander

13. What is the best translation of this sentence? erat augusto magnum studium PHILOSOPHIAE.

A. He was the most famous philosophy pupil of Augustus

B. Augustus taught philosohy well.

C. Augustus had a great enthusiasm for philosophy.

D. Augustus must study philosophy.

14. Filia materque eundem servum laudant.

A. the slave himself

B. the same slave

C. each slave

D. a certain slave

15. Cum homines oratorem audire vellent, ad Forum venerunt.

A. Nevertheless

B. Since

C. With

D. During

16. Domus Aurea Neronis erat maior aliis regiis.

A. than other palaces

B. with other palaces

C. to other palaces

D. by other palaces

17. Pluit! Domi maneamus.

A. In order to stay

B. We will stay

C. We are staying

D. Let's stay

18. Dux non laudabat illam legionem quae victa erat.

A. which had been defeated

B. by which he had been defeated

C. for which he had defeated

D. which he had defeated

19. Ut mihi videtur, pulcherrima femina erat causa belli.

A. In order to see me

B. So that I might see

C. As I seem to her

D. As it seems to me

20. Livy's description of Hannibal as a man who had nihil veri, NIHIL SANCTI, NULLUS METUS, NULLUM IUS IURANDUM, NULLA RELIGIO is an example of

A. euphemism

B. personification

C. anaphora

D. simile

21. The Graiae, the three sisters with one eye, helped the hero ___ in his search for Medusa.

A. Perseus

B. Jason

C. Theseus

D. Ulysses

22. During the monarchy, which ordo was established originally as cavalry support for the legions, but later evolved into the commercial and financial class?

A. senatores

B. equites

C. plebs

D. liberti

23. The houses reflected the antebellum period.

A. prehistoric

B. Renaissance

C. prewar

D. modern

24. Which city, founded in 331 B.C. by the Greeks in northern Egypt, became the second largest city of the Roman Empire and the main port of the Eastern Mediterranean?

A. Carthage

B. Brundisium

C. Alexandria

D. Athens

25. The museum proudly announced its acquisition of African janiform figures.

A. larger than life

B. two-headed

C. contemporary

D. realistic

26. Which Roman lawyer, admiral, and natural scientist perished in the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius?

A. Caesar

B. Cicero

C. Pliny the Elder

D. Livy

27. The handles of the Greek jar were auricular.

A. shaped like feet

B. shaped like eyes

C. shaped like ears

D. shaped like hands

28. A fitting motto to mark the establishment of a country might be

A. novus ordo saeclorum

B. de mortuis nil nisi bonum

C. ars gratia artis

D. cum grano salis

29. What is the name of the area at the foot of the Palatine Hill which is the site of the Rostra, the Curia, the Basilica Julia, and the Temple of Castor?

A. Circus Maximus

B. Ostia

C. Forum Romanum

D. Campus Martius

30. Inter nos (Latin), ENTRE NOUS (French), and ENTRE NOSOTROS (Spanish) used to mean

A. obviously

B. confidentially

C. generally

D. endlessly