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This is the Poetry test for 1985. Please get out a number two pencil and step back and punt.

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A total of 34 questions

1. Aeneas ense umbras pepulit.

A. on his sword

B. to his sword

C. with his sword

D. of his sword

2. Teucri fatis acti circum omnia maria errabant.

A. driven

B. driving

C. drove

D. about to drive

3. Did Horace know that his farm was a gift from Maecenas?

A. villae

B. villam

C. villa

D. villis

4. Cum liberi cum patre navigarent, mater tempestatem non timebat.

A. with

B. since

C. after

D. so that

5. Aeneas dixit, "ipse deum intrntem muros manifesto in lumine vidi."

A. myself

B. himself

C. he

D. yourself

6. Pius consul erat _____ dignus.

A. huius honoris

B. hoc honore

C. hunc honorem

D. huic honori

7. "Bis conatus erat casus effingere in auro; bis patriae cecidere manus.

A. will fall

B. had fallen

C. to have fallen

D. fell

8. Post ignem naves non erant idoneae for sailing.

A. naviganti

B. navigandis

C. navigando

D. navigantibus

9. Dido dicit, "Accidat ut aliquis ultor nostris ex ossibus _____."

A. exoriatur

B. exoritur

C. exoriebatur

D. exortus est

10. "este amici animalibus," magistra liberis dixit.

A. We are

B. I have been

C. You will be

D. Be

11. Marius delectus est _______ septiens.

A. consul

B. consules

C. consulem

D. consule

12. Quisquis in litore ambulabit multas aves videbit.

A. Someone

B. Whoever

C. Anyone

D. Whatever

13. Echo clamabat, "Ubi es, ______?"

A. Narcissus

B. Narcissi

C. Narcisse

D. Narcissum

14. Si antiqui Romani hodie viverent, fora in omnibus oppidis essent.

A. are living

B. were living

C. had lived

D. will live

15. Ambulare in silva est pleasant.

A. amoenus

B. amoeni

C. amoenum

D. amoena

16. Infantes ____ Faustulus prope flumen invenerat erant gemini.

A. cuius

B. quos

C. qui

D. quem

17. Imperator Gallos monuit to stay in casis.

A. mansisse

B. ut manerent

C. quin mansissent

D. mansuros esse

18. Regibus eiectis, consules imperium obtinuerunt.

A. of the overthrown kings

B. concerning the overthrown kings

C. in order to overthrow the kings

D. after the kings were overthrown

19. Cum senatores in curiam praetores convocassent, tamen consules aberant. The underlined word is a syncopated form of:

A. convoceras

B. convocaturi essent

C. convocavissent

D. convocati essent

20. In 43 B.C. Antony and Lepidus formed the Second Triumvirate with:

A. Octavian

B. Cicero

C. Caesar

D. Crassus

21. Which of the following authors is well-known for his poetry based on mythological stories?

A. Ovid

B. Juvenal

C. Horace

D. Tacitus

22. Many Greek cities claimed to be the home of the epic poet _____, who told the story of the Trojan War.

A. Alexander

B. Horace

C. Vergil

D. Homer

23. The meaning of the Latin root in the English word dissident is:

A. to run for office

B. to sit

C. to sow

D. to strive

24. Magnum opus means:

A. Great wealth

B. Great reward

C. Great opportunity

D. Great work

25. The offspring of the Titanesss Mnemosyne, whose name means "memory" were the:

A. Muses

B. Graces

C. Furies

D. Sirens

26. Bovine refers to

A. sheep

B. cattle

C. deer

D. boar

27. The new provision was passed nemine contradicente.

A. by a wide margin

B. unanimously

C. with little difficulty

D. after much debate

28. The three old crones, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, who controlled the life span of mortals, were the

A. Gorgons

B. Fates

C. Furies

D. Harpies

29. The dulcet sounds of the countryside lulled him to sleep.

A. distant

B. dull

C. bright

D. soothing

30. Numitor and Amulius were the rivals for the throne which passed on to:

A. Brutus

B. Coriolanus

C. Pyrrhus

D. Romulus

31. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle were ancient Greek:

A. generals

B. athletes

C. kings

D. philosophers

32. "Odi et amo. Quare id faciam fortasse requiris" How many dactyls are there?

A. 1

B. 2

C. 3

D. 4

33. Apollo searched the earth before he killed the monster Python and established his oracle at:

A. Delphi

B. Dodona

C. Athens

D. Mycenae

34. The Romans would have expressed June 26 as:

A. a.d.VI Kal.Iun.

B. a.d. X Kal.Iul.

C. a.d. XII Kal.Iun.

D. a.d. VI Kal.Iul.