Identify the degree of the adjective and translate: felicior
What is comparative; more lucky or luckier
100
Identify (person, number, tense) and translate the following:
exclamaverunt
What is 3rd, plural, perfect; they exclaimed
100
How long was a Roman school day?
What is 6 hours.
100
What pronoun would be appropriate with this verb:
habetis
What is vos
100
Identify the three teachers that Roman students would encounter during their formal education:
What is ludi magister, Grammaticus, rhetor
200
Identify the degree of the adjective and translate: callidus
What clever; positive degree
200
Identify (person, number, tense) and translate the following:
servatis
What is 2nd person, plural, present; you (all) save/protect
200
Fill in the blank with the appropriate noun form of "merchant":
____________ stolas in foro vendunt.
What is mercatores
200
What pronoun would be appropriate to use with this verb: sumus
What is nos
200
Teachers in the Roman world were most frequently from this region of the world:
What is Greece
300
Identify the degree of the adjective and translate: pulcherrimus
What is very beautiful; superlative
300
Identify (person, number, tense) and translate the following:
capio
What is 1st person, singular, present; I take
300
Fill in the blank with the appropriate noun form of girl (singular):
Quintus ____________ fabulam narravit.
What is puellae
300
What pronoun would be appropriate to use with this verb:
lacrimo
What is ego
300
Where would Roman classes be held; name at least 2 locations
What is rented room, public colonnade, public square
400
Identify the degree of the adjective and translate: optimus
What is best; superlative
400
DAILY DOUBLE!
CHOOSE TWO MEMBERS FROM YOUR TEAM TO COME TO THE BOARD TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING:
For single jeopardy: Conjugate (i.e. make a chart) of the present verb forms of "praise"
For double points: also conjugate the imperfect forms
400
When are Roman schools closed? (i.e. when do they have an extended break?)
What is July to October
400
Translate and ID the nouns (Subject, DO, IO) of the sentence:
pater filio togam dedit.
What is The father gave a toga to his son.
400
Describe the education of Roman girls.
school sometimes, but usually education in the home with a private tutor (for upper class families)
lessons to run a household: cooking, cleaning, childcare, spinning/weaving, organize slaves (if wealthy)
500
DAILY DOUBLE
Choose two people from your team to answer the question at the board.
Form the positive, comparative, and superlative forms of the adjective 'happy' or 'angry
500
Identify (person, number, tense) and translate the following:
nuntiabat
What is 3rd person, singular, imperfect; s/he was announcing
500
Fill in the blank with the appropriate noun form of "ring" (in the plural) :
Syphax Metellae ____________ tradidit.
What is anulos
500
Describe what Roman boys learned in each stage of education. There are 3 stages.
1st stage: read and write Latin and Greek, simple arithmetic
2nd Stage: how to read literature (Greek and Roman epic and Greek tragedy), analyzing grammar and reading it aloud
3rd Stage: public speaking. Rhetorical skill and argumentation.