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This is the Latin 1 test for 1984. Please get out a number two pencil and step back and punt.

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A total of 35 questions

1. The commander of the troops watched the battle from the hill.

A. copiis

B. copias

C. copiae

D. copiarum

2. The enemy had seized the top of the hill.

A. occupant

B. occupaverant

C. occupabant

D. occupaverunt

3. Liberi in speluncam cucurrerunt.

A. into the cave

B. from the cave

C. in the cave

D. around the cave

4. Claudius writes his story on a tablet.

A. fabula

B. fabulam

C. fabulae

D. fabulas

5. Estne legatus brave?

A. forte

B. fortis

C. forti

D. fortem

6. You will be able to study Latin in college, won't you?

A. poteris

B. poteras

C. potes

D. potueris

7. Miles Caligulam, _____ imperatorem, interfecit.

A. malus

B. mala

C. malum

D. malo

8. Duo plus octo sunt _____ .

A. VI

B. IX

C. XII

D. X

9. Are there many classical texts in your school's library?

A. Nonne sunt

B. Suntne

C. Num sunt

D. Sunt ibi

10. Vir cives tuba convocabat.

A. of the trumpet

B. from the trumpet

C. with a trumpet

D. for the trumpet

11. Medusa's head was on the shield of Athena, the daughter of Zeus.

A. filiae

B. filia

C. filiam

D. filiarum

12. Monete, nautae, pueros de saxis in aqua.

A. You warned

B. They warn

C. Warn

D. He warns

13. Dea to good men amica erat.

A. bonis

B. bonarum

C. boni

D. bonae

14. Picturae _____ Minerva faciebat erant pulchrae.

A. qui

B. quae

C. quas

D. quarum

15. The best movies are shown worldwide.

A. monstrantur

B. monstrabantur

C. monstrabuntur

D. monstrata sunt

16. The goddess herself searched for her lost daughter.

A. ipsa

B. haec

C. illa

D. ea

17. The coach will give trophies to his outstanding players.

A. dat

B. dabit

C. dedit

D. dederit

18. Tarquin paid dearly for the Sibylline books.

A. care

B. carissime

C. caram

D. carius

19. "brother," said Romulus, "do not cross this wall!"

A. Frater

B. Fratris

C. Fratrem

D. Fratre

20. The most beautiful temple was dedicated to Vesta.

A. pulcherrimum

B. pulchrum

C. pulchrius

D. pulcher

21. The central room in a Roman house was the:

A. cubiculum

B. atrium

C. triclinium

D. culina

22. Which Latin phrase means orally?

A. vade mecum

B. vice versa

C. viva voce

D. vox Dei

23. The Romans called the 13th or 15th of each month the _____ .

A. Nones

B. Kalends

C. Ides

D. Mensis

24. Mercury left the cradle on the day he was born and created the seven-stringed lyre, which he later gave to his brother _____.

A. Vulcan

B. Midas

C. Neptune

D. Apollo

25. From 753 B.C. to 510 B.C., Rome was ruled by:

A. consuls

B. emperors

C. kings

D. praetors

26. Quis erat deus belli et pater Romuli Remique?

A. Bacchus

B. Mars

C. Iuppiter

D. Pluto

27. Besides the city of Rome, what other city is located on the Tiber River?

A. Naples

B. Pompeii

C. Brundisium

D. Ostia

28. After the Helvetians had burned their homes, their decision to depart was irrevocable.

A. unalterable

B. unjustified

C. unfortunate

D. unwise

29. Which early Italian rustic god, usually equated with the Greek Cronos, brought a Golden Age and taught men to till fields?

A. Saturn

B. Janus

C. Apollo

D. Pan

30. If you were to travel from Athens to ancient Troy, in what direction would you be going?

A. west

B. northeast

C. south

D. southwest

31. Pegasus and Bellerophon, with the help of Athena, freed the country of Lycia from a frightful monster called the:

A. Medusa

B. Minotaur

C. Hydra

D. Chimaera

32. The twelve lictors who preceded each consul carried what symbol of Roman power?

A. aquilae

B. fasces

C. tubae

D. signa

33. What was the first meal of the day in ancient Rome?

A. secunda mensa

B. cena

C. prandium

D. ientaculum

34. Rx is the symbol for the Latin word:

A. rex

B. rogo

C. reduco

D. recipe

35. The English word corpulent refers to the size of one's:

A. head

B. heart

C. body

D. nose