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This is the Poetry test for 2008. 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 27 questions

1. Thisbe magno timore leonis in speluncam fugit.

A. without great fear

B. because of great fear

C. of great fear

D. according to great fear

2. Catullus mappam in mensa neglegentius reliquit.

A. most carelessly

B. as carelessly as possible

C. rather carelessly

D. carelessly

3. Horatius scripsit fulmen quasdam arbores percutere.

A. other

B. the same

C. any

D. certain

4. Donum tibi dabo quod di immortales meae puellae donarunt.

A. have given

B. give

C. will give

D. were giving

5. Qualis pastor suam gregem relinquat?

A. What sort of

B. Whose

C. How many

D. Whoever

6. Haec rogantibus Aeneas respondit, "Ad Hesperiam navigabimus!"

A. to the ones asking these things

B. the ones having been asked these things

C. the ones about to ask these things

D. the ones to be asked these things

7. Catullus quaesivit quot basiationes Lesbiae satis essent.

A. are enough

B. were enough

C. have been enough

D. will be enough

8. Gaius Octavianus quam plurimos dies Athenis manserat.

A. for very many days

B. for many days

C. for as many days as possible

D. for many more days

9. Hi versus mihi memoria tenendi sunt.

A. of me

B. by me

C. me

D. with me

10. Si quis artem amandi non novit, hoc legat.

A. to love

B. while loving

C. to be loved

D. of loving

11. Regina iam moritura oculos ad caelum tollit. This sentence tells us that the queen

A. had already died

B. doesn't want to die

C. is now about to die

D. is not able to die

12. Multas naves, mirabile dictu, in mari conspeximus!

A. says wonderfully

B. wonderful to say

C. said to be wonderful

D. for saying a wonderful thing

13. Augustus tam iratus erat ut Ovidium in exsilium mitteret.

A. he sent

B. he will send

C. he must send

D. he had sent

14. Iuppiter et Mercurius nuntiaverunt se esse deos immortales

A. he

B. she

C. it

D. they

15. "miserere, mater, tantorum laborum!" Aeneas deplorabat.

A. Take pity on

B. They took pity on

C. Taking pity on

D. Having taken pity on

16. Narcissus iuxta suam imaginem recumbens mortuus est.

A. beneath

B. above

C. next to

D. around

17. Si Iuppiter ipse me peteret, ego tamen tecum in aeternum manerem.

A. I may stay

B. Let me stay

C. I had stayed

D. I would stay

18. Oculi turgiduli meae puellae flendo rubent.

A. little swollen eyes

B. exceedingly puffy eyes

C. large angry eyes

D. fairly red eyes

19. What Roman emperor defeated Maxentius, converted to Christianity, moved the capital of the empire from Rome to Byzantium, and named it after himself?

A. Constantine

B. Hadrian

C. Marcus Aurelius

D. Domitian

20. Apollo's priestesses at Delphi, at Cumae, and elsewhere were called

A. nymphs

B. maenads

C. furies

D. sibyls

21. When a Roman departed from Brundisium, he set sail on the

A. Tyrrhenian Sea

B. Aegean Sea

C. Adriatic Sea

D. Black Sea

22. Inhumation, HUMBLE, and HUMILIATION are all related to the Latin word for

A. poverty

B. death

C. ground

D. laughter

23. Who was the foremost patron of the literary arts during the reign of Augustus?

A. Tiberius

B. Maecenas

C. Agrippa

D. Marcellus

24. Delia, Corinna, and Lesbia are the names of

A. priestesses of Juno

B. girlfriends of Roman poets

C. wives of Marc Antony

D. mothers of Greek heroes

25. On his way to deliver a message from Jupiter to Aeneas, Mercury stopped on the Atlas Mountains which are located

A. in northern Africa

B. between Spain and Gaul

C. in southern Greece

D. in central Europe

26. A task described a sisyphean is

A. swift

B. endless

C. fruitful

D. helpful

27. A Roman might use the expression cura ut valeas as a(an)

A. curse on an enemy

B. invitation to a party

C. complaint about the weather

D. closing of a letter