Which official presided over the Roman senate and commanded the army in war?
a. quaestor b. aedile c. praetor d. consul
What is consul?
100
Quis est Romanus deus belli?
What is Mars?
100
The hunter took a "circuitous" path through the woods. "Circuitous" means ...
a. scenic b. direct c. well-marked d. roundabout
What is roundabout?
100
Daphne est nympha .......deus Apollo amavit.
a. qui b. quae c. quod d. quam
What is quae?
100
Troiani, a deis "moniti," portas tamen non clauserunt.
a. warning b. warned c. about to warn d. warn!
What is warned?
200
The legendary Roman patriot who helped depose the last king of Rome and who was elected first consul of the Roman Republic was...
a. Brutus b. Appius Claudius c. Cincinnatus d. Romulus
What is Brutus?
200
Osiris was the Egyptian lord of the Underworld; his Roman counterpart was....
What is Pluto?
200
The idiom "prima luce" means...
What is at dawn?
200
Viginti feminae stabant ad fontem. Postquam septem discesserunt, quot remanebant?
a. VII b. XIII c. XVII d. XXVII
What is XIII?
200
"Nolite sequi" lupum in silva!
a. I do not follow b. Don't follow
c. I don't want to follow d. Follow no one
What is don't follow?
300
Who, disguised as an old woman, visited Arachne and challenged her to a weaving contest?
a. Juno b. Proserpina c. Minerva d. Diana
What is Minerva?
300
"As a Greek prisoner on Crete, I designed the labyrinth, and later escaped on wings I made myself. Who am I?"
What is Daedalus?
300
The senator "cogitated" for a long time before he cast his vote. The best definition of "cogitated" is ....
a. labored b. thought c. argued d. talked
What is thought?
300
mons: montis:: servus:.......
a. servo b. servi c. servos d. servum
What is servi?
300
Many weary travelers "were walking" down the Appian Way.
a. ambulabunt b. ambulant c. ambulabant
d. ambulaverunt
What is ambulabant?
400
What action of Julius Caesar is often referred to when one takes an irrevocable decision?
a. invading Britain b. revising the calendar
c. crossing the Rubicon d. becoming Pontifex Maximus
What is crossing the Rubicon?
400
Circe, the Sirens, and the Cyclops are characters in the wanderings of ...
What is Ulysses?
400
Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the Latin expression "quid pro quo"?
a. Vive hodie b. Festina lente c. Parentes ama
d. Serva me; servabo te.
What is Serva me; servabo te.
400
Atalanta erat "celerrima" omnium?
a. swiftly b. swift c. swifter d. swiftest
What is swiftest?
400
Servi dominum in villa "viderunt."
a. to see b. saw c. see d. will see
What is saw?
500
Which of the following cities was located in northern Africa?
a. Carthage b. Brundisium c. Naples d. Athens
What is Carthage?
500
The trident and horses were associated with....
What is Neptune?
500
If you were asked "Quaenam tempestas est?" you might answer...
a. Hodie sol lucet. b. Ambula ad ianuam
c. Est magnum donum tibi. d. Claram fabulam recitabo.
What is Hodie sol lucet?
500
Ille poeta, .............., a multis amatur.
a. Catullus b. Catulli c. Catullo d. Catullum
What is Catullus?
500
Omnes libri de Vesuvio a discipulis "lecti sunt."
a. were reading b. will be read
c. have been read d. had been read