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This is the Poetry test for 1987. Please get out a number two pencil and step back and punt.

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A total of 35 questions

1. Multi ad forum venerunt ad orationem audiendam. Another way of expressing this phrase is:

A. quin orationem audivisset

B. ut orationem audirent

C. ut orationem audiverunt

D. neque orationem audivisse

2. What am I to do?

A. Quid faciam?

B. Quid facio?

C. Quid feci?

D. Quid facerem?

3. Noli dicere me officium rei purlicae neglegere.

A. my

B. mine

C. of me

D. I

4. Liber: libellus::book: _________________

A. books

B. large book

C. famous book

D. small book

5. Mirabile visu means:

A. I saw a marvelous thing.

B. Wonderful to see

C. By means of a marvelous vision

D. Having seen a marvel

6. Baucis et Philemon cibum deis ____, dederunt.

A. Iuppiter Mercuriusque

B. Iovis Mercurique

C. Iovi Mercurioque

D. Iove Mercurioque

7. Let us use our time wisely!

A. Usi simus

B. Utamur

C. Uteremur

D. Usi sumus

8. Octo ex militibus ad silvam se receperunt.

A. the eighth soldier

B. of eight soldiers

C. eight of the soldiers

D. concerning eight soldiers

9. Rule the empire form this day forward!

A. Regis

B. Regito

C. Regere

D. Regens

10. Amicum auro pretiosiorem inveni.

A. of gold

B. with gold

C. than gold

D. for gold

11. "Non caret ille who non desiderat."

A. qui

B. quis

C. quod

D. quae

12. Dido timet ne Aeneas oras Carthaginienses ______,

A. relinquat

B. reliquit

C. relinquet

D. reliquerat

13. Non nulli sunt qui mihi credant.

A. Many

B. None

C. All

D. Some

14. The most famous oracle of Apollo was at delphi.

A. Delphi

B. Delphis

C. Delphos

D. Delphorum

15. Tot naves in portu erant ut Statuam Libertatis non _____.

A. videremus

B. videmus

C. vidimus

D. videramus

16. "Tandem his aenean compellat vocibus ultro…" the case of Aenean in this line is:

A. nominative

B. genitive

C. dative

D. accusative

17. How brevis erat dulcis vita eius!

A. Quod

B. Quam

C. Qui

D. Quae

18. Swimming can be very relaxing.

A. Natare

B. Natandum

C. Nataturum

D. Natavisse

19. Acer:acerrimus::multus:_______

A. optimus

B. pessimus

C. maximus

D. plurimus

20. Alexander, influenced by a desire for power, set off to conquer the world.

A. adducere

B. adducens

C. adducendus

D. adductus

21. To be caught between Scylla and Charybdis means to be

A. without sufficient funds

B. threatened by two equal dangers

C. shunned by one's friends

D. lost in a crowd

22. Pelion et Soracte et Parnassus sunt ________.

A. urbes

B. insulae

C. montes

D. maria

23. What is the meaning of the Latin noun from which we derive the English word subliminal?

A. divine will

B. omen

C. battle line

D. threshold

24. Cicero was born on january 3, 106 B.C.

A. a.d.III Kal.Ian.

B. a.d.III Non.Ian.

C. Non.Ian.

D. pridie Non.Ian.

25. The sacrifice of Agamemnon's daughter, Iphigenia, is related to the:

A. departure of the Greeks for Troy

B. end of the Punic War

C. defeat of Cleopatra

D. death of Dido

26. The scribe copied the letter verbatim.

A. carelessly

B. again and again

C. slowly

D. word for word

27. Ovid hoped that his appeal for clemency in 17 A.D. would be considered by

A. Julius Caesar

B. Cato

C. Tiberius

D. Cicero

28. The old man had a sanguine complexion.

A. pale

B. wrinkled

C. ruddy

D. olive

29. The phrase mantua me genuit on Vergil's tombstone refers to his:

A. love of the countrysided

B. devotion to Augustus

C. birthplace

D. interest in farming

30. Manes, CONCLAMATIO, and the CYPRESS TREE are all associated with Roman:

A. patron/client relationships

B. educational system

C. political elections

D. funerals

31. In order to bring his army from Northern Africa into Italy, Hannibal first traveled through:

A. Spain

B. Turkey

C. Greece

D. Germany

32. Seneca the Younger, Tacitus, Martial, and Juvenal were all noted authors during the____ Age of Latin Literature.

A. Silver

B. Bronze

C. Iron

D. Golden

33. What figure of speech is present in this line? Plangere nuda meis conabar pectora palmis.

A. simile

B. synchesis

C. polysyndeton

D. anaphora

34. Catullus was a Roman writer known for his:

A. epic poetry

B. histories

C. tragedies

D. lyric poetry

35. The abbreviation Q.E.D. would logically be seen at the end of a:

A. musical composition

B. book report

C. personal letter

D. geometric proof