Prose Question Answers
1. Spectatores leonem moventem viderunt.
A) moved B) having moved C) moving D)
about to move
2. Puer nesciebat quot animalia _________.
A) vulnerata erant B) vulnerata sunt C)
vulnerata erunt D) vulnerata
essent
3. Multi cives convenerunt ut clarum virum viderent.
A) when they saw B)
in order to see C) who had seen D)
no one saw
4. Clamoribus auditis, servi in vias cucurrerunt.
A) About to hear the shouts B)
After the shouts had been heard C) With
many shouts D) By shouting loudly
5. Multi laudari cupiunt.
A) to have been praised B) will have been
praised C) to be praised
D) about to praise
6. Dolor matris tantus erat ut loqui non _______ .
A) possit B) potest C) posset D) poterat
7. Mirati sunt quae causa difficultatis esset.
A) They wonder B) They will wonder
C) They wondered
D) They had wondered
8. Ex urbe quam celerrime descedunt.
A) quickly B) more quickly C) as quickly as possible D)
quicker
9. Cui victoriam nuntiavistis?
A) By whom B) To whom
C) About whom D) From
whom
10. Let us not discuss the matter now.
A) Non disputamus B) Non disputare
C) Ne disputemus
D) Noli disputare
Cultural Knowledge
11. Which Roman office was established to protect the rights
of the plebeians with the power of veto?
A) censor B) consul C)
praetor D)
tribune
12. "Delenda est Carthago" is a famous phrase uttered
by the Censor Cato with reference to
A) the erruption of Vesuvius B)
the Punic Wars C) the fall of the Roman
empire D) the plot against Julius Caesar
13. The new terms of the agreement referred to piscatory
rights. The term piscatory refers to
A) voting B) fishing
C) farming D)
building
14. In Roman society, the Lares and Penates would be found
A) inside the baths B) on a student's
desk C) in a Roman household
D) at a gladiatorial game
15. The significance of Caesar's crossing the Rubicon Riber
was that
A) his army refused to obey him for the first time B)
he was acknowledging his defeat by the Gauls C) the
entire army had to swim across D)
he was making a decision that could not be changed
Reading Passage
Past and Present
Seneca gives his thoughts on life.
In tria tempora vita dividitur: quod fuit, quod est, quod
futurum est.
Ex eis, quod agimus breve est, quod acturi sumus dubium, quod
egimus certum. Multi homines sunt tam occupati ut illis non
vacet non vacet=there is
no time
praeterita respicere; illis tempora praeterita elapsa
sunt et eorum praeteritus,
-a, -um = past
memoria amittitur. Praesens tempus ita brevissimum est
ut quibusdam hominibus nullum videatur; nam in cursu
id semper nullum = no (time)
est et desinit ese antequam advenit; nec magis moram
desinit = cease; moram = delay
patitur quam mundus aut sidera. Praesens tempus igitur
solum patitur = permit;
solum = only
ad occupatos pertinet, quod tam breve est ut capi non possit.
adapted from Seneca, Dialogues,
X. 10.
Life is divided into three periods: that which has been, that
which is, that which will be. Of these, that which we are living
(the present) is brief; that which we are going to live is doubtful;
that which we have lived, certain. Many men are so busy (occupied)
that there is no time for them to look back at the past; for them
past times have slipped by and the memory of them is lost. The
present time is so very brief that to certain men it seems like
no (time); for it is always in progress, it ceases to be before
it has come, and no more permits delay than the universe or the
stars. Therefore, the present time only pertains to busy people
because it is so brief that it cannot be snatched (grabbed).
16. In line 1, the author makes the statement that
A) there are three basic truths B) seasons of the
year match the stages of life C) the world is
divided into three regions D)
life is divided into three periods
17. In lines 2 and 3 (Ex eis...certum), Seneca states
that
A) it is difficult to discover the truth B)
no one can be expected to learn from the past C) it
is human nature to try to accomplish too much D) the future is doubtful
18. The author states in lines 3 and 4 (Multi...respicere),
that many men
A) waste time thinking of the past B) should
plan their future more carefully C) do not enjoy
the present because they are so busy D)
have no time to think about the past
19. In lines 4 and 5 (illis...amittitur),"memoria"
is described as
A) sad B) comforting C) lost D) divine
20. In lines 5-7 (Prasens...advenit), the present time
is the briefest because it
A) is always in motion B)
follows the past C) is doubtful D)
anticipates the future
21. In lines 7 and 8 (nec...sidera), stopping the passage
of time is compared to
A) trying st stop chariots on a race course B) delaying the movement of the stars or the
earth C) defying the
will of the gods D) trying to survive without
water or food
22. The present time is described in lines 8 and 9 (Praesens...possit)
as so brief that
A) it cannot be grasped B)
one should live for the moment C) no one should think
about the future D) it is important to write everything
down
23. In line 1, the use of quod...quod...quod is an
example of
A) hyperbole B) anaphora
C) simile D) personification
