The Eridanus river became the final resting place of what mythological figure after he fell
from the sky when struck by a lightning bolt by Zeus?
What is PHAETHON
100
Give the case and use of the Latin word for “son” in the following English sentence:
Māter ad templum cum fīliō currēbat.
What is ABLATIVE OF ACCOMPANIMENT
100
Which of the Greeks at Troy convinced Agamemnon to abandon Philoctetes and also
convinced Clytemnestra to send Iphigeneia to Aulis by telling her that she would be the
bride of Achilles?
What is ODYSSEUS
100
Translate this sentence from Latin to English: Aurēlia lentē ad vīllam ambulāvit.
What is AURELIA SLOWLY WALKED / HAS WALKED
TO THE (COUNTRY) HOUSE
100
What two-word Latin phrase might be found in a document denying a lawyer’s motion
because the conclusion did not logically follow from the arguments?
What is NŌN SEQUITUR
200
Who were the parents of Phaethon?
What is CLYMENE & HELIOS / APOLLO
200
Using a preposition, say in Latin “on behalf of the senator.”
What is PRŌ SENĀTŌRE
200
What Roman emperor summoned the famous physician Galen to Italy in the middle of a
plague brought back from the East by Roman legions around 168 AD?
What is MARCUS AURELIUS
200
Now translate this sentence: Familia magna domum ambulābit
What is THE LARGE FAMILY WILL WALK TO THE HOUSE / HOME
200
What three-word Latin phrase might be found on a power-of-attorney document enabling
another person to make decisions for a child in place of a parent?
What is IN LOCŌ PARENTIS
300
Although Pollux is the son of Zeus, Castor and Pollux were often called the Tyndaridae,
indicating them to be the sons of what man?
What is TYNDAREUS
300
Which of the following Latin words, if any, does not belong because of gender:
multitūdō, mare, nāvis, lūx, fēmina?
What is MARE
300
What building in the Forum was burned down by a mob in 52 BC, rebuilt by Julius
Caesar in 44 BC, and served as the meeting place for the Roman Senate?
What is CURIA
300
Translate this sentence: Multī in forō Cicerōnem audiēbant.
What is MANY (MEN / PEOPLE) WERE LISTENING /
USED TO LISTEN / LISTENED TO CICERO IN THE FORUM
300
What two-word Latin phrase is found on legal documents in which the accused does not
wish to contest the charges brought against him?
What is NŌLŌ CONTENDERE
400
According to some sources, what seer in mythology received his powers of prophecy
from Athena as compensation for being struck blind when he saw her bathing?
What is T(E)IRESIAS
400
What use of the ablative case is illustrated in the phrase minor nātū, meaning “younger”?
What is RESPECT / SPECIFICATION
400
What two young men, the grandsons and likely heirs of Augustus, died prematurely
between 2 and 4 AD?
What is GAIUS AND LUCIUS CAESAR
400
What derivative of a Latin verb meaning “recline” means “to give way to superior force;
to yield”?
What is SUCCUMB
400
What war ended with the capture of the prows of pirate ships from Antium in 338 BC?
What is GREAT LATIN WAR
500
What mythological twins, one with his brawn and one with his musical talents, built the
walls of Thebes?
What is AMPHION AND ZETHUS
500
For the verb lābor, give the active participial forms.
What is LABĒNS, LAPSŪRUS
500
Who wrote fābulae praetextae concerning the childhood of Romulus and Remus, as
well as Marcellus’ victory at Clastidium?
What is (GNAEUS) NAEVIUS
500
Translate the following sentence into English: Scīsne utrum sociī an hostēs sint?
What is DO YOU KNOW WHETHER THEY ARE ALLIES OR ENEMIES?