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A total of 27 questions

1. Troia decimo anno capta est.

A. in ten year

B. for ten years

C. in the tenth year

D. ten years later

2. Midas putavit satyrum paulo melius apolline cantare.

A. as well as Apollo

B. rather than Apollo

C. Apollo, the best by far

D. a little better than Apollo

3. Ariadne, e Creta egressa, in insulam parvam pervenit.

A. having left

B. about to leave

C. leaving

D. forced to leave

4. P. Ovidius, augusto irato, in exsilio remansit.

A. to anger Augustus

B. of Augustus' anger

C. Augustus made him angry

D. because Augustus was angry

5. Eurystheus Herculem misit qui hydram necaret.

A. to kill the Hydra

B. when the Hydra was killed

C. why he killed the Hydra

D. whom the Hydra killed

6. Cuius poetae Maecenas erat patronus?

A. Those poets

B. Of which poet

C. With which poet

D. To this poet

7. Utinam audivissemus tua verba!

A. When we hear

B. That we may hear

C. If only we had heard

D. Upon our hearing

8. Argonautae navigabant velleris aurei petendi causa.

A. having sought the golden fleede

B. by seeking the golden fleece

C. because of the golden fleece

D. for the sake of seeking the golden fleece

9. Ne psyche excitet deum dormientem.

A. Let Psyche not awaken

B. Psyche is not awaking

C. If Psyche should awaken

D. Don't awaken Psyche now

10. Mirabile visu! Accidit ut Baucis Philemonque arbores fierent.

A. were becoming

B. had become

C. to become

D. are becoming

11. Vergilius, e nave egressus, brundisi mortuus est.

A. from Brundisium

B. to Brundisiuim

C. for Brundisium

D. at Brundisium

12. Celeriter ambulando, Horatius virum molestum vitare conabatur.

A. having walked

B. by walking

C. to walk

D. about to walk

13. Sophocles tragoedias fecisse dicitur.

A. said that he wrote

B. is said to have written

C. said they had been written

D. says he could write

14. Cicero, cum novus homo esset, consul tamen est creatus.

A. because

B. with

C. although

D. after

15. Aeneas, regina insciente, cum sociis profecturus erat.

A. was going to set out

B. was setting out

C. set out

D. had to set out

16. Icarum oportuit patrem sequi.

A. Icarus asked if his father was following.

B. It was necessary for Icarus to follow his father.

C. The father wanted Icarus to follow.

D. Icarus followed his father's example.

17. Si nobiscum ad theatrum venias, gaudeamus.

A. we are glad

B. we will have been glad

C. we were glad

D. we would be glad

18. Driven to suicide for his misrule and possible burning of Rome, this emperor's final words were said to be "How great an artist dies!"

A. Augustus

B. Caligula

C. Nero

D. Hadrian

19. Ego sub terras ad umbras descendi ut uxorem mortuam referrem. Quis sum?

A. Orpheus

B. Hercules

C. Ulysses

D. Theseus

20. The teacher pointed out many similarities mutatis mutandis between our government and that of ancient Rome.

A. too many to mention

B. with a touch of humor

C. for good or ill

D. making the necessary changes

21. This mountain, home of the Muses and the location of Delphi, is said to have been the first land to appear after the great flood.

A. Parnassus

B. Vesuvius

C. Olympus

D. Aetna

22. Complete the following analogy: stoic : duty :: epicurean : _____

A. courage

B. pleasure

C. sacrifice

D. jealousy

23. The principal met with students to discuss the moribund literary magazine.

A. popular

B. dying

C. funny

D. offensive

24. Lupercalia, SATURNALIA, and MATRONALIA refer to

A. hills of Rome

B. famous battles

C. Roman festivals

D. epic poems

25. Into which general direction did Zeus, in the form of a bull, swim when he took Europa from Phoenicia to Crete?

A. north

B. south

C. east

D. west

26. Who was the Greek poetess from the island of Lesbos, famous for her love lyrics, and sometimes called the "Tenth Muse"?

A. Sappho

B. Dido

C. Pythia

D. Cleopatra

27. How many elisions are in Catullus' line odi et amo, QUARE ID FACIAM FORTASSE REQUIRIS?

A. zero

B. one

C. two

D. three

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