The "mare Tyrrhenum, Mare Adriaticum and Mare Aegeum" are parts of ....
a. Atlantic Ocean b. Black Sea
c. Arabian Gulf d. Mediterranean Sea
What is Mediterranean Sea?
100
Ovid wrote about the nymph who wasted away with grief and the youth who loved only himself. Who were they?
a. Daphne and Apollo b. Orpheus and Eurydice
c. Jason and Medea d. Echo and Narcissus
What is Echo and Narcissus?
100
If you are looking for a job, you might be asked to submit an account of your qualifications called....
a. pro forma b. dramatis personae
c. habeas corpus d. curriculum vitae
What is curriculum vitae?
100
Nos consulem "ipsum" salutabimus.
a. ourselves b. the same c. himself d. each one
What is himself?
100
"Mihi placet" ludos spectare.
a. I am sorry b. It pleases me
c. i ought d. It is forbidden
What is "It pleases me."
200
The Rubicon River served as the boundary between...
a. Gaul and Germany b. Gaul and Spain
c. Italy and Germany d. Italy and Gaul
What is Italy and Gaul?
200
In mythology the three old women who spun, measured, and cut the thread of life represented...
a. illness b. justice c. fate d. joy
What is fate?
200
The houses reflected the "antebellum" period.
a. prehistoric b. Renaissance
c. prewar d. modern
What is prewar?
200
"Non modo" discipuli "sed etiam" parentes illum magistrum amaverunt.
a. Not only...but also b. Some....others
c. Not ....even d. Neither .....nor
What is not only .... but also?
200
"His verbis auditis," discipuli periculum intellexerunt.
a. Who heard these words b. These words shall be heard
c. After these words had been heard
d. You heard these words
What is "After theses words had been heard"?
300
The Punic Wars, which were waged for control of the western Mediterranean, were fought between....
a. Sicily and Athens b. Rome and Carthage
c. Spain and Gaul d. Crete and Sardinia
What is Rome and Carthage?
300
Who were the messengers of the gods?
a. Iris and Mercury b. Deucalion and Pyrrha
c. Pyramus and Thisbe d. Proserpina and Pluto
What is Iris and Mercury?
300
A defendant in a court case enters a plea of "nolo contendere" when he....
a. asks that his bail be lowered
b. does not want to contest the charge
c. seeks a change in lawyers
d. appeals his conviction
What is does not want to contest the charge
300
Caesar acrius "quam" hostes pugnavit.
a. which b. how c. than d. whom
What is than?
300
"Oppugnavisse" illam urbem fuit stultissimum!
a. To attack b. To be about to attack
c. To be attacked d. To have attacked
What is to have attacked?
400
What office of the "cursus honorum" judged civil and criminal cases?
a. tribune b. augur c. praetor d. dictator
What is praetor?
400
Who killed the Gorgon Medusa?
a. Theseus b. Jason c. Perseus d. Hercules
What is Perseus?
400
A magician might be called a "prestidigitator." "Presti" means "ready" and "digiti" means....
a. feet b. hands c. fingers d. ears
What is fingers?
400
Magister discipulum rogavit, "Quando" Scipio tandem Hannibalem vicit?"
a. Where b. Why c. How d. When
What is when?
400
Nescivi quomodo equi "effugissent."
a. would escape b. were escaping
c. had escaped d. are escaping
What is had escaped?
500
The Battle of Actium pitted Octavian against...
a. Antony and Cleopatra b. Brutus and Cassius
c. Pompey and Crassus d. Sulla and Marius
What is Antony and Cleopatra?
500
What underworld figure was damned to spend eternity surrounded by food and drink that he could not reach?
a. Sisyphus b. Tantalus c. Pluto d. Cerberus
What is Tantalus?
500
The handles of the Greek jar were "auricular." That is they were shaped like...
a. feet b. eyes c. ears d. hands
What is ears?
500
Clodia est altior "sua sorore."
a. by her sister b. of her sister
c. than her sister d. with her sister
What is than her sister?
500
Mors, mi amice, "non" nobis "metuenda est!"
a. is not fearing b. was not fearing
c. must not be feared d. has not been feared