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NLE > Prose > 2001

This is the Prose test for 2001. 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. Vidi viros simillimos illis.

A. of those

B. by those

C. from those

D. to those

2. Feminam clamantem in via invenimus.

A. shouting

B. shouted

C. about to shout

D. to shout

3. Servus ad villam quam celerrime currunt.

A. quickly

B. more quickly

C. very quickly

D. as quickly as possible

4. Scio ___ linguam Latinam intellegere.

A. tui

B. tibi

C. te

D. tu

5. Mittit nuntium ad regem ipsum.

A. that

B. certain

C. your

D. himself

6. Ille mihi videtur amisisse mentem!

A. about to lose

B. to have lost

C. he had lost

D. to lose

7. Nos sequemur te ad fines orbis terrarum!

A. we were following

B. we have followed

C. we shall follow

D. we are following

8. Caesar Gallos pugnatis multis proeliis vicit.

A. for fighting many battles

B. by fighting many battles

C. after many battles had been fought

D. while fighting many battles

9. Camillus erat tam fortis ut Romam servare ____.

A. potest

B. poterat

C. posset

D. poterit

10. Meus pater tres dies capuae manebit.

A. from Capua

B. at Capua

C. to Capua

D. for Capua

11. Tribunus novas leges toti urbi nuntiabit.

A. by the whole city

B. to the whole city

C. around the whole city

D. of the whole city

12. Feminae nesciverunt cur servi ad flumen ducti essent.

A. might lead

B. were leading

C. are being led

D. had been led

13. Non modo discipuli SED ETIAM parentes illum magistrum amaverunt.

A. Not only… but also

B. Some … others

C. Not … even

D. Neither … nor

14. Licet ei appropinquare templo.

A. It is permitted for him

B. Let him be permitted

C. He will permit

D. I gave him permission

15. Si Marcus Antonius hostes vicisset, Cleopatra Romanos REXISSET.

A. were conquering … would rule

B. is conquering … is ruling

C. had conquered … would have ruled

D. should conquer … would rule

16. Patre necato, Tullia coniugem regem salutavit.

A. After her father had been killed

B. About to kill her father

C. Since her father had killed her

D. Her father beign a killer

17. Hoc flumen latius illo est.

A. that one

B. than that one

C. to that one

D. by that one

18. Novus princeps ludos circenses populo daturus est.

A. will be given

B. is giving

C. is going to give

D. must give

19. Sallust's description of Catiline as having satis eloquentiae, SAPIENTIAE PARUM shows an ABBA word arrangement called

A. litotes

B. chiasmus

C. metaphor

D. anaphora

20. In Roman mythology, the ____ were responsible for controlling the length of one's life.

A. Fates

B. Nymphs

C. Muses

D. Furies

21. What area of Rome was set aside for military training and mass voting?

A. Campus Martius

B. Forum

C. Flavian Amphitheater

D. Circus Maximus

22. The investigators found an incendiary device in the rubble.

A. poisonous

B. defective

C. dangerous

D. flammable

23. The abbreviation A.U.C. (ab urbe condita) refers to

A. a senatorial decree

B. a military formation

C. a system of numbering years

D. the dedication of a temple

24. When and ancient city is described as having cyclopean walls, it means that the walls were

A. made of giant stones

B. sparkling white

C. easy to destroy

D. in existence for more than a century

25. When a Roman orator spoke to the people in the Forum, he would usually stand

A. at the door of the Curia

B. in a basilica

C. on the steps of the temple of Vesta

D. on the rostra

26. The boy was considered a rara avis by his friends. A rara avis is

A. an unusual person

B. an average student

C. a generous friend

D. an unreliable teammate

27. Which author wrote letters that include an eyewitness account of the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79 and references to early Christians in Asia Minor?

A. Cicero

B. Caesar

C. Augustus

D. Pliny

28. When Julius Caesar crossed the ____ River, he defied the Roman Senate and declared war on Rome.

A. Tiber

B. Rubicon

C. Nile

D. Rhine

29. My parent only gave me one caveat about living in a strange city.

A. a bit of information

B. favorable thought

C. argument

D. warning

30. When the poet Juvenal talked about the panem et circenses, he was referring to

A. entertaining the common people

B. cheering a victorious general

C. making a sacrifice

D. shopping in the marketplace