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A total of 35 questions

1. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius lasted three days.

A. tribus diebus

B. tres dies

C. tertio die

D. trium dierum

2. Cicero _______ persuasit ut discederemus.

A. nos

B. nostri

C. nobis

D. nostrum

3. Avari homines sunt _____ cupidi.

A. sub pecunia

B. pecunia

C. ad pecuniam

D. pecuniae

4. Duo viri whom in foro vidisti erant consules.

A. qui

B. quos

C. quae

D. quem

5. The Latin word for forty is

A. quadraginta

B. quattuor

C. quartum

D. quadriga

6. Si Romam eas ruinas antiquae videas.

A. you saw

B. you see

C. you would see

D. you had seen

7. Amici sunt cari; _______ fruamur!

A. eis

B. eos

C. eae

D. eorum

8. The city mouse lived in a larger house than the country mouse.

A. in magna domo

B. in maiore domo

C. in meliore domo

D. in maxima domo

9. Discipulus rogat quod Plinius ______.

A. scribit

B. scriberet

C. scripserit

D. scripsit

10. Cicero was about to see his beloved daughter Tullia.

A. visurus erat

B. videbat

C. viderit

D. videndus erat

11. Which of these forms is not an infinitive of tango?

A. tangere

B. tangi

C. tetigi

D. tactum esse

12. Do you think that you have done well so far on this exam?

A. agere

B. egisse

C. agi

D. acturum esse

13. A doctor would be called if you had a

A. mora

B. munus

C. morbus

D. mos

14. An antonym for lentius is

A. gravius

B. celerius

C. clarius

D. latius

15. Multi Romani ad Graeciam ____ navigaverunt.

A. studere

B. studendi causa

C. studebant

D. studens

16. Tito arranged for cicero'S letters to be published.

A. Cicero

B. Cicerone

C. Ciceronis

D. Ciceronem

17. Non erat dubium ___ Cato ad senatum iret.

A. quin

B. ut

C. ne

D. quid

18. Catilina Manlium ____ praeesse dixit.

A. castra

B. castris

C. castrorum

D. ex castris

19. Where were you yesterday?

A. heri

B. cras

C. hodie

D. proximo die

20. Some students prefer to read Ovid.

A. mallent

B. malunt

C. malent

D. malint

21. Cicero often called attention to an idea by first stating that he would not discuss it. This rhetorical device is:

A. onomatopoeia

B. alliteration

C. anaphora

D. praeteritio

22. Bellerophon and Pegasus battled the monster ______.

A. Medusa

B. Chimaera

C. Minotaur

D. Cerberus

23. Cicero was exiled on the charge that he had:

A. accepted bribes

B. misused public funds

C. divorced his wife

D. executed citizens without a proper trial

24. The Greeks sailed across the ___ to Troy.

A. Black Sea

B. Aegean Sea

C. Straits of Gibraltar

D. Atlantic Ocean

25. Name the deity from whom the derivative jovial comes.

A. Mercury

B. Janus

C. Juno

D. Jupiter

26. Caveat emptor means:

A. empty cave

B. beware the dog

C. to each his own

D. let the buyer beware

27. The Roman Empire officially began when Octavian was granted the title of Augustus in:

A. 27 B.C.

B. 100 B.C.

C. 476 A.D.

D. 509 B.C.

28. Another name for the Colosseum is:

A. Campus Martius

B. Circus Maximus

C. Pantheon

D. Flavian Amphitheater

29. Consider the meanings of these four nouns. Which means something you might wear?

A. bracchium

B. calceus

C. prandium

D. vestibulum

30. Which of these Roman writers is famous for his epigrams?

A. Nero

B. Vergil

C. Martial

D. Plautus

31. The destruction of Jerusalem by the Emperor Titus in the year 70 A.D. was commemorated by the building of:

A. a temple

B. an arch

C. an aqueduct

D. a column

32. What Roman orator was Cicero's principal rival and also the unsuccessful defender of Verres?

A. Hortensius

B. Lentulus

C. Demosthenes

D. Cato

33. A plethora of plagues escaped to harass hapless man when _____ opened the box.

A. Persephone

B. Phaedra

C. Penelope

D. Pandora

34. The part of an oration that contains the introductory remarks is the:

A. refutatio

B. exordium

C. confirmatio

D. argumentatio

35. The first Olympicc Games were held in:

A. Italia

B. Graecia

C. Libya

D. Britannia

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