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This is the Prose test for 2009. 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 26 questions

1. Novem ex militibus ad castra redierunt.

A. More than nine soldiers

B. Concerning nine soldiers

C. Nearly nine soldiers

D. Nine of the soldiers

2. Gladii ____ Marius militibus dedit breves sed lati erant.

A. qui

B. quos

C. quae

D. quibus

3. Pacem omnibus gentibus petamus.

A. We are seeking

B. We must seek

C. Let us seek

D. We shall seek

4. The footsoldier defended himself from the attacks of the enemy.

A. se

B. ipse

C. eum

D. istum

5. Rex superbus, a civibus ex urbe expulsus, in exsilium ivit.

A. to drive out

B. to be driven out

C. driving out

D. driven out

6. Multi senatores apud imperatorem cenabant.

A. in the absence of the general

B. at the command of the general

C. at the home of the general

D. in honor of the general

7. Si Hannibal Romam oppugnavisset, urbs cecidisset.

A. fell

B. had fallen

C. would fall

D. would have fallen

8. Erat cincinnato nulla pecunia SED MAGNA GLORIA.

A. Cincinnatus had no wealth but great glory

B. Glory was better than wealth for Cincinnatus

C. Cincinnatus had wealth equal to his glory

D. Wealth held great glory for Cincinnatus

9. Clamores captivarum lacrimantium per urbem auditit sunt.

A. wept

B. to weep

C. about to weep

D. weeping

10. Eratne Hannibal ferocior fabio?

A. to Fabius

B. than Fabius

C. with Fabius

D. of Fabius

11. Spero vos diu victuros esse.

A. had lived

B. did live

C. are living

D. will live

12. Graves iniuriae civibus ferendae erant.

A. were bearable

B. were borne

C. had to be borne

D. were bearing

13. Puer tam fessus erat ut nemo excitare eum posset.

A. will be able

B. was able

C. may be able

D. had been able

14. Legatus rogabit sive exercitus urbem oppugnet sive ad castra redeat.

A. whether … or

B. not only … but also

C. both … and

D. if … then

15. Mater, domo egrediens, liberos convocavit.

A. homeward

B. from home

C. at home

D. into the home

16. Filius patri narrat quid ipse audiverit.

A. heard

B. is hearing

C. will hear

D. would hear

17. Explorator, cupidus videndi latius, montem ascendit.

A. to be seen

B. of seeing

C. having been seen

D. by seeing

18. What mythological character's name gives us the word which means to torment by offering something desirable only to snatch it away?

A. Ixion

B. Siren

C. Scylla

D. Tantalus

19. What military commander was a member of the second triumvirate, had a love affair with Cleopatra, and was defeated at Actium?

A. Pompey

B. Marius

C. Scipio

D. Antony

20. To show frustration with current behaviors, one might exclaim

A. Cave canem!

B. O tempora! O mores!

C. Possunt quia posse videntur!

D. Nosce te ipsum!

21. Ostia is located

A. in northern Africa

B. in Cisalpine Gaul

C. in eastern Sicily

D. in western Italy

22. What youth tragically died because he did not follow his father's instructions?

A. Icarus

B. Jason

C. Cupid

D. Achilles

23. The office of tribunus plebis was first established

A. to collect taxes from the citizens

B. to protect the common people's interest

C. to oversee religious institutions

D. to keep and publish public records

24. Against which Roman consul did Catiline conspire?

A. Cincinnatus

B. Cicero

C. Caesar

D. Sulla

25. The risible actions of the boys distracted the other students.

A. laughable

B. contentious

C. irrational

D. enthusiasti

26. What figure of speech occurs in the words: castrorum imperatorem et DUCEM HOSTIUM in senatu videtis.

A. litotes

B. anaphora

C. chiasmus

D. metonymy