Beta Review Master 1.1a by Septuagint.org

NLE > Prose > 1992

This is the Prose test for 1992. 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 32 questions

1. Matronae Romanae, flores _____ portantes, ad templum lente ambulaverunt.

A. manibus

B. manus

C. manuum

D. manui

2. Tomorrow you will be called together to discuss and vote on the senate budget proposals.

A. convocabitis

B. convocamini

C. convocabimini

D. convocaveratis

3. Itinere perfecto, milites arma impedimentaque deposuerunt.

A. To make a journey

B. Planning to make a journey

C. After the journey was completed

D. By making a perfect journey

4. Post bellum periculosum non licebit illis senatoribus redire ad patriam.

A. senators won't begin

B. senators did not want

C. senators will not be permitted

D. senators had no reason

5. Imperator Romanus captivos tres menses teneri iussit.

A. to hold

B. to have held

C. to have been held

D. to be held

6. Omnes discipuli discipulaeque linguae Latinae nomina of the months discere debent.

A. mensium

B. mensibus

C. menses

D. mensi

7. Mense Iulio we will be there vobiscum.

A. adsumus

B. adfueramus

C. aderamus

D. aderimus

8. Pliny announced to his friends that he had seen leaping flames and falling ash.

A. se conspectum esse

B. se conspicere

C. se conspexisse

D. se conspecturum esse

9. Cras proficiscamur ut Romam tertio die perveniamus.

A. we had set out

B. we will set out

C. if we set out

D. let's set out

10. Dominus ad villam rusticam redire wishes.

A. voluit

B. vellet

C. volet

D. vult

11. Dic mihi, quaeso, cur consules ex urbe iter faciant.

A. will travel

B. are traveling

C. travelled

D. must travel

12. Ulysses was so strong that he was able easily to string the bow and shoot an arrow through the twelve iron axes.

A. ut potest

B. ut possit

C. ut poterat

D. ut posset

13. Cicero Marcum Tulliamque, his son and daughter, ad villam rusticam misit.

A. filio filiaque

B. filio filiaeque

C. filius filiaque

D. filium filiamque

14. Dux erat sapientior hoste.

A. of the enemy

B. through the enemy

C. by the enemy

D. than the enemy

15. Cum poeta P. Ovidius Naso de amore scripserit, notior tamen est nobis propter fabulas de deis.

A. Since

B. Although

C. With

D. When

16. Perseus showed the head of Medusa to the enemies pursuing him.

A. insequens

B. insequentes

C. insequenti

D. insequentibus

17. Haec fabula audienda est.

A. must hear

B. was heard

C. must be heard

D. is going to be heard

18. Noli credere omnia quae audis, noli dicere omnia quae scis.

A. which

B. she

C. these

D. who

19. The Roman author Seneca said, "quidquid bene dictum est ab ullo, meum est."

A. Who said it well

B. Whatever has been said well

C. Whatever word is good

D. Any speech is good

20. The two families fought very bitterly for three generations.

A. acerrime

B. acrius

C. acriter

D. acrior

21. Which most closely resembles the Latin expression suum cuique?

A. He is his own man

B. What is mine is yours

C. To his own advantage

D. To each his own

22. The conflicts between Caesar and Pompey led to the downfall of the Roman:

A. provinces

B. Empire

C. Republic

D. Monarchy

23. What Latin verb is at the root of the English derivatives participant, SUSCEPTIBLE, DECEIVE, and RECIPIENT?

A. curare

B. cavere

C. capere

D. cedere

24. The Twelve Tables specified that the bodies of the dead be buried:

A. in the Forum

B. on the Palatine Hill

C. outside the city walls

D. on the banks of the Tiber

25. The Romans constructed large colonnaded buildings to use as courthouses which were used later by Christian as churches. The Romans called these buildings:

A. stadia

B. basilicae

C. templa

D. thermae

26. Versatile, OBSERVE, ADVERTISE, and CONVERTIBLE are derivatives from the Latin verb:

A. vincere

B. vertere

C. vendere

D. vereor

27. In Greek mythology, Daphne, Baucis, Clytie, and Arachne:

A. underwent metamorphoses

B. killed their husbands

C. had their children taken away

D. were followers of Bacchus

28. Goods shipped to Rome from Mediterranean ports would be unloaded at Rome's port city of:

A. Byzantium

B. Brundisium

C. Alexandria

D. Ostia

29. Herodotus, Livy, and Tacitus were ancient:

A. philosophers

B. writers of comedy

C. historians

D. writers of tragedy

30. Which Roman ruler, whose name is associated with the Golden Age of Latin literature offered encouragement to Vergil and Horace in their literary efforts?

A. Julius Caesar

B. Scipio the Younger

C. Augustus

D. Trajan

31. Who traditionally inspired the creative efforts of artists in the ancient world?

A. Graces

B. Muses

C. Fates

D. Gorgons

32. Tantalus, Sisyphus, Tityos, and Ixion were mythological characters who:

A. suffered terrible punishments in the Underworld

B. fought in the Trojan War

C. accompanied Jason on the Argo

D. were killed by Hercules