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Part I: Latin Grammar
Select the best answer.

1.   _____ bene dictum est ab ūllō, meum est.
A.  Quicquid
B.  Quī
C.  Quid
D.  Quisque

2.  Dulce et decōrum est prō patriā _____.
A.  morior
B.  morere
C.  moriminī
D.  morī

3.  Dūrum _____ est sed ita lźx scrīpta est.
A.  haec
B.  hoc
C.  is
D.  illa

4.  Vīxźre fortźs ante _____ multī.
A.  Agamemnōn
B.  Agamemnona
C.  Agamemnō
D.  Agamemnōnum

5.  Senectūs morbus _____.
A.  sum
B.  est
C.  es
D.  estis

6.  Cupīdō _____ cūnctīs adfectibus flagrantior est.
A.  dominārī
B.  dominī
C.  dominātum
D.  dominandī

7. Dī mź _____ et Iuppiter.
A.  terret
B.  terreō
C.  terrent
D.  terrźs

8. _____ argentum est aurō, virtūtibus aurum.
A.  Vīlior
B.  Vīlius
C.  Vīlis
D.  Vīle

9. _____ mentem populus.
A.  Mūtāvit
B.  Mūtant
C.  Mūtāre
D.  Mūtō

10. Fortūnam īnsānam _____ perhibent philosophī.
A.  sunt
B.  est
C.  esse
D.  sum

11. Armat spīna _____.
A.  rosae
B.  rosās
C.  rosa
D.  rosā

12. Dūcunt volentem fāta, _____ trahunt.
A.  nōlźns
B.  nōlentem
C.  nōlentźs
D.  nōlle

13. Nōn _____ meruī.
A.  laus
B.  laudis
C.  laude
D.  laudem

14. Fźlīx _____ potuit rźrum cognōscere causās.
A.  quī
B.  cui
C.  quod
D.  quīs

15. Lupus est homō _____.
A.  mulierem
B.  hominī
C.  hominem
D.  mulier

Part II: Latin Grammar
In each Latin sentence, select the one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect.

1.  Dum inter hominī sumus, colāmus hūmānitātem.
A.  hominī
B.  sumus
C.  colāmus
D.  hūmānitātem

2. Nōs ignōrźmus, quid est mātūra senectūs.
A.  nōs
B.  ignōrźmus
C.  quid
D.  est

3.  Rīdźtur mala quī compōnunt carmina vźrum gaudent scrībentźs.
A.  rīdźtur
B.  carmina
C.  vźrum
D.  scrībentźs

4. Nūlla potest mulier tantum sibi dīcere amātam.
A.  nūlla
B.  mulier
C.  sibi
D.  amātam

5. Dīligit populus Rōmānus magnificentia.
A.  dīligit
B.  populus
C.  Rōmānus
D.  magnificentia

6.  Fortūna vitrea est: tum cum splendet frangit.
A.  Fortūna
B.  est
C.  cum
D.  frangit

7. Ad nocendō potentźs sumus.
A.  ad
B.  nocendō
C.  potentźs
D.  sumus

8. Cum tū, deum meum, quaerō, vītam beātam quaerō.
A.  tū
B.  meum
C.  vītam
D.  quaerō

9. Philosophia est ars vīta.
A.  philosophia
B.  est
C.  ars
D.  vīta

10. Illa cantat, nōs tacźtis.
A.  illa
B.  cantat
C.  nōs
D.  tacźtis

11. Nox erat et caelō fulgźbat lūna serźnō cum minōra sīdera.
A.  caelō
B.  fulgźbat
C.  cum
D.  sīdera

12. Dź vitiīs nostrīs scālam nōbīs facimus sī vitia ipse calcāmus.
A.  dź
B.  nōbīs
C.  ipse
D.  calcāmus

13. Vīvāmus, mea Lesbia, atque amāmus.
A.  vīvāmus
B.  Lesbia
C.  atque
D.  amāmus

14. Dź mihi bāsia mīlle.
A.  dź
B.  mihi
C.  bāsia
D.  mīlle

15. Nil sine magnō vīta labōre dedit mortālźs.
A.  sine
B.  vīta
C.  dedit
D.  mortālźs

Part III. Latin Vocabulary
Select the best answer.

1.  Quid rīdźs? Mūtātō nōmine, dź tź fābula _____.
A.  nārrō
B.  nārrant
C.  nārrās
D.  nārrātur

2.  Parturiunt montźs, _____ rīdiculus mūs.
A.  nāscźtur
B.  nāscor
C.  nāscuntur
D.  nāscī

3.  Omnia vincit amor, et nōs _____ amōrī.
A.  cźdit
B.  cźdāmus
C.  cźdam
D.  cźdet

4. Nunc sciō _____ sit Amor.
A.  quī
B.  quem
C.  quid
D.  quae

5. Semper avārus _____.
A.  egeō
B.  eget
C.  egźmus
D.  egent

6. Urbem excoluit adeō, ut iūre sit glōriātus marmoream sź relinquere quam latericiam _____.
A.  accipiźbat
B.  accźpit
C.  accźpisset
D.  accipiat

7.  _____ antīquīs rźs stat Rōmāna.
A.  Mōs
B.  Mōre
C.  Mōrźs
D.  Mōribus

8. Est modus in _____.
A.  rźrum
B.  rźs
C.  rźbus
D.  rem

9.  Graecia _____ ferum victōrem cźpit.
A.  capita
B.  captum
C.  capta
D.  capit

10. Perīcula _____ vźra.
A.  est
B.  sum
C.  sunt
D.  es

Part IV. Latin Reading Comprehension
Read the Latin text and select the best answers for the questions. Aut amat aut odit mulier: nihil est tertium.

1.  Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from this saying?
A.  A man never feels lukewarm towards a woman.
B.  Men hate women half of the time.
C.  Women know the secret of the golden mean.
D.  A woman never feels lukewarm towards a man.

2. What is the subject of the verb "est"?
A.  "mulier"
B.  "nihil"
C.  an unspecified third emotional state
D.  an unspecified man

Thaļs habet nigrōs, niveōs Laecānia dentźs.
Quae ratiō est? Emptōs haec habet, illa suōs.

3.  Which is the best translation for "źmptōs"?
A.  rotten
B.  hollow
C.  store-bought
D.  cavities

4. What is the antecedent for the pronoun "haec"?
A.  ratiō
B.  Laecānia
C.  Thaīs
D.  dentźs

Aut prōdesse volunt aut dźlectāre poetae
aut simul et iūcunda et idōnea dīcere vītae.
Quidquid praecipiźs, estō brevis, ut cito dicta
percipiant animī docilźs teneantque fidźlźs:
omne supervacuum plźnō dź pectore mānat.

5.  What is the poet Horace cautioning us against in these verses?
A.  didactic poetry
B.  lazy readers
C.  overemotionalism
D.  unnecessary verbiage

6.  What is the verb tense of "praecipiźs"?
A.  present indicative
B.  present subjunctive
C.  future indicative
D.  perfect indicative

7. Why is "percipiant" in the subjunctive mood?
A.  It refers to a hypothetical situation.
B.  It is the main verb in a purpose clause.
C.  The verb in the main clause is future tense.
D.  It is an example of subjunctive by attraction.

Ante quam dź rź pūblicā, patrźs cōnscrīptī, dīcam ea quae dīcenda hōc tempore arbitror, expōnam vōbīs breviter cōnsilium et profectiōnis et reversiōnis meae. Ego cum spźrārem aliquandō ad vestrum cōnsilium auctōritātemque rem pūblicam esse revocātam, manendum mihi statuźbam quasi in vigiliā quādam cōnsulārī ac senātōriā. Nec vźrō usquam discźdźbam nec ā rź pūblicā dźiciźbam oculōs ex eō diź quō in aedem tellūris convocātī sumus. In quō templō, quantum in mź fuit, iźcī fundāmenta pācis Athźniźnsiumque renovāvī vetus exemplum; Graecum etiam verbum ūsūrpāvī quō tum in sźdandīs discordiīs ūsa erat cīvitās illa, atque omnem memoriam discordiārum oblīviōne sempiterna dźlendam cźnsuī.

8. What is the best translation for "in sźdandīs discordiīs" in this passage from Cicero?
A.  for settling disputes
B.  in the matter of seditious discords
C.  against seditious discords
D.  in the remaining discords

9. What is the grammatical subject of "convocātī sumus"?
A.  the senators
B.  Cicero and the senators
C.  all the citizens of Rome
D.  Cicero

10. What does "cīvitās" refer to in the last line?
A.  Rome
B.  civilized behavior
C.  Athens
D.  the citizens of Rome

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