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This is the Latin 1 test for 1983. 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 35 questions

1. Julius Caesar was a famous Roman general.

A. imperator

B. imperatorem

C. imperatoris

D. imperatores

2. Romans used to watch chariot races at the Circus Maximus.

A. spectabunt

B. spectaverunt

C. spectabantur

D. spectabant

3. Vulcan'S forge was thought to be located under Mount Aetna.

A. Vulcanus

B. Vulcani

C. Vulcanum

D. Vulcano

4. Soon I SHALL HAVE BEEN a Latin student for one year.

A. ero

B. fui

C. fuero

D. eram

5. Nereids, the nymphs of the sea, might be considered mermaids.

A. nympha

B. nymphas

C. nymphae

D. nympharum

6. You can teach me to translate Latin, can't you?

A. doces

B. docetis

C. docete

D. docere

7. Post death Romuli, Numa Pompilius rex factus est.

A. mors

B. mortis

C. mortem

D. morte

8. We have seen many ancient temples in Greece.

A. videmus

B. vidimus

C. videbamus

D. videbimus

9. The rumor was spread widely throughout the country.

A. late

B. latus

C. latior

D. latum

10. Will you walk with us on the Appian Way?

A. tecum

B. nosbiscum

C. vodbiscum

D. mecum

11. Hoc templum est magnum; that templum est parvum.

A. ille

B. illa

C. illorum

D. illud

12. Daedalus constructed the labyrinth with care.

A. cum diligentia

B. diligentia

C. de diligentia

D. sine diligentia

13. Tarpeia showed the sabines the way to the citadel.

A. Sabini

B. Sabinorum

C. Sabinis

D. Sabinos

14. Legati ad regem mittentur.

A. are sent

B. send

C. will be sent

D. will send

15. Ulysses saved his comrades from the lure of the Sirens.

A. sociis

B. socios

C. socium

D. socius

16. Narcissus was the young man whom Echo loved.

A. qui

B. quem

C. quo

D. cuius

17. "hear my words,' said the Sibyl to Aeneas.

A. audi

B. audis

C. audies

D. audite

18. Athena gave the best gift to the city.

A. maximum

B. optimum

C. minimum

D. pessimum

19. Facite, soldiers, iter ad castra.

A. militibus

B. militi

C. milites

D. milite

20. Ubi habitas?

A. What do you have?

B. Where do you live?

C. Who are the inhabitants?

D. Why do you live here?

21. The goddess of wisdom and patroness of arts and crafts was:

A. Diana

B. Juno

C. Minerva

D. Vesta

22. The Latin abbreviation i.e. means:

A. for example

B. and others

C. in the name of the emperor

D. that is

23. The name for the large area in Rome used for military training and athletic exercise was:

A. Curia

B. Basilica

C. Pantheon

D. Campus Martius

24. Epimetheus' curious wife who opened the box of human ills was:

A. Proserpina

B. Medea

C. Pandora

D. Echo

25. The politician's arguments for his re-election were cogent ones.

A. logical

B. forceful

C. deceitful

D. weak

26. The Roman bireme, trireme, and quinquereme were:

A. ships

B. chariots

C. coins

D. public buildings

27. The two young lovers of Babylon whose blood changed the mulberry from white to red were:

A. Pyramus and Thisbe

B. Theseus and Ariadne

C. Jason and Medea

D. Baucis and Philemon

28. Octavian's acceptance of the title "Augustus" in 27 B.C. is associated with the beginning of the Roman:

A. monarchy

B. empire

C. republic

D. democracy

29. The month named for the Roman god of war is:

A. July

B. May

C. August

D. March

30. The jury was convinced that the witness was veracious.

A. truthful

B. greedy

C. lying

D. prejudiced

31. The mythological creature whose head was covered with serpents was:

A. Chimaera

B. Chiron

C. Medusa

D. Pan

32. The Latin phrase in toto means:

A. potentially

B. entirely

C. existing

D. officially

33. Gaius, Marcus, and Publius were common Roman:

A. templa

B. prandia

C. viae

D. praenomina

34. Sicily, Rome's first province, is the largest island in the _____ Sea.

A. Aegean

B. Black

C. Mediterranean

D. Ionian

35. The two most famous epic poets in the ancient world were:

A. Caesar and Cicero

B. Homer and Vergil

C. Livy and Tactius

D. Plautus and Terence