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Test # 12 Roman Literature Area C February, 2012 Livius Andronicus to Boethius 1. Livius Andronicus, according to Livy is credited with writing the first Latin _______ with a plot. a) novel; b) poem; c) play; d) book of essays 2. Livius Andronicus began his literary career at the request of an aedile. He was asked to compose materials for the ______. a) Saturnalia; b) Ludi Romani; c) Lupercalia; d) Quirinalia 3. Livius Andronicus translated into Latin many of the ________ literary works. a) Greek; b) Etruscan; c) Fescennine; d) Phoenician 4. The first writer to give Latin literature a nationalist character was ________. a) Terence; b) Ennius; c) Andronicus; d) Gnaeus Naevius 5. A distinction was made in the type of Roman comedy. There were those performed in Greek dress and were called ________. a) togatae; b) palliatae; c) tunicae; d) chitonae 6. There were comedies performed in Latin dress which were called ________. a) togatae; b) palliatae; c) tunicae; d) chitonae 7. Gnaeus Naevius was of _______ origin. a) Roman; b) Carthaginian; c) Greek; d) northern Italian 8. Gnaeus Naevius wrote a notional epic in Latin verse which mentioned the connection between Rome and Troy. The title was ________’ a) Equus Troianus; b) Oriolus; c) Hector Profiscens; d) Bellum Punicum 9. Quintus Ennius, claimed by many historians to be the true father of Latin literature, was born in _______. a) Rome; b) Calabria; c) Umbria; d) Tuscany 10. Ennius’ major work of 18 books is titled________. a) Satires; b) Bellum Punicum; c) Annals; d) Sacred Histories 11. Ennius’ work in writing tragedies was continued by his nephew ______. a) Seneca; b) Marcus Pacuvius; c) Terence; d) Lucretius 12. A younger, rival writer of tragedies to the answer of number 11 was_________. a) Lucius Accius; b) Seneca; c) Julius Caesar Strabo; d) Gaius Lucilius 13. Titus Maccius Plautus is known for his writing of Latin _________. a) tragedy; b) comedy; c) lyric poetry; d) didactic essays 14. Plautus’ plays are almost formulaic. Which ingredient is not in the formula? a) a young gentleman; b) a charming girl about to be sold; c) a parasite who defrauds the gentleman’s father; d) an irate mother of the young girl 15. Which is not a play by Plautus? a) Aulularia; b) Iphigenia; c) Menaechmi; d) Miles Gloriosus 1 16. Caecilius Statius, a freedman writer who wrote after Plautus but before Terence, and was considered equal to these writers was born in _______ a) Rome; b) Carthage; c) Spain; d) Milan 17. According to tradition Terence was born in _________. a) Rome; b) Carthage; c) Spain; d) Milan 18. Terence was accepted into an enlightened group of men known as the_________. a) Scipionic Circle; b) Circle of Maecenas; c)Epicureans; d) Stoics 19. Of all of Terence’s plays, ______ survive. a) none; b) four; c) all; d) ten 20. Terence’s plays are original Latin plays and have no Greek affiliation to anything Greek. a) a= true; b) b= false 21. Gaius Lucilius was known for his writing of ________. a) comedies; b) verses; c) tragedies; d) satires 22. Marcus Porcius Cato , the Censor, wrote a useful treatise, the oldest extant prose work in Latin known as__________. a) de agricultura/ de re rustica; b) ad filium; c) delenda est Carthago; d) carmen de moribus 23. Cato , when an old man, wrote a seven volume history of Rome, known as the________. a) ab urbe condita; b) Libri magistratuum; c) Milesian Tales; d) Origines 24. L. Cassius Hemina, C. Fannius, Sempronius Asello, wrote ________ about Rome. a) legends; b) essays; c) histories; d) plays 25. Many Romans wrote their autobiographies. Which name listed is not the name of a person who wrote his autobiography? a) Aemelius Scaurus; b) Plautus; c) Rutilius Rufus; d) Sulla 26. The literary form most characteristic of the Romans is_______. a) play writing; b) autobiographies; c) letter writing; d) persuasive speech(oratory) and history 27. Which Roman did Cicero not mention as a worthy orator? a) Publius Cornelius Scipio; b) Gaius(or Tiberius) Gracchus; c) Quintilian; d) Laelius 28. Lucretius’ poetry is Epicurean in theme. His most famous work is _________. a) de rerum natura; b) Tusculan disputations; c) actiones; d) de iuris disciplina 29. The “love” of the poet Catullus was named _______ in his poems. a) Corinna; b) Delia; c) Lesbia; d) Cynthia 30. The meters in Catulllus’ poems was/were_________. a) never dactylic hexameter; b) usually Alexandrian meters; c) meters of the Fescennine plays; d) blank verse 31. A close friend of Catullus who is mentioned in one of his poems and was also a poet was ____. a) Volacius Sedigitus; b) Valerio Cato; c) Aulus Gellius; d) C. Licinius Macer 32. Catullus’ patron to whom he dedicates a volume of poetry was ________. a) Cornelius Nepos; b) Cornelius Scipio; c) Maecenas; d) Julius Caesar 2 33. Catullus’ longest poem is _________. a) Attis; b) The Sapphic ode; c) The Lock of Berenice; d) The Marriage of Peleus and Thetis 34. Julius Caesar wrote all through his lifetime. He wrote literary criticism, treatise on astronomy, treatise on grammar, and on political theory. August suppressed all except commentaries about the Gallic and Civil Wars. The Gallic War is in _______ books. a) one; b) three; c) five; d) seven 35. Gaius Sallustius Crispus is remembered for his writing of _______. a) poetry; b) plays; c) history; d) orations 36. Sallust and Caesar were both contemporaries and friends. a) a= true; b) b= false 37. Cornelius Nepos, mentioned by Catullus, is the first writer to write a universal ________ three volumes. a) poem; b) play; c) history; d) oration 38. The man who was the greatest scholar and most productive writer of Rome (according to many historians) and was in charge of the public library by Julius Caesar was _______. a) M. Terentius Varro; b) Cornelius Nepos; c) G. Sallustius Crispus; d) Velleius Paterculus 39. A man to whom Cicero wrote many letters, was a friend of Nepos, and who was a writer in his own right is_______. a) Sallust; b) Atticus; c) Caecilius Rufus; d) Caecilius Metellus 40. Marcus Tullius Cicero was born in _______. a) Rome; b) Milan; c) Capua; d) Arpinum 41. Cicero is best known for his ________. a) poetry; b) oratory; c) drama; d) essays 42. Cicero’s great rival was ______. a) Julius Caesar; b) Cornelius Nepos; c) Q. Hortensius Hortalus; d) Pompey 43. The only Latin literature which Vergil wrote was the Aeneid. a) a= true; b) b= false 44. Which type of poetry did Quintus Horatius Flaccus not write? a) odes; b) epodes; c) ecologues; d) satires 45. Horace is known as a _____ poet. a) lyric; b) epic; c) satiric; d) love 46. Tibullus wrote poems to a woman named _____. a) Corinna; b) Lucretia; c) Lesbia; d) Delia 47. Publius Ovidius Naso is famous for his telling of the ancient myths in his _______. a) Ars Amatoria; b) Remedium Amoris; c) Epistles from the Pontus; d) Metamorphoses 48. Livy has written the principal textbook of Roman history which is _______. a) Annals; b) Ab Urbe Condita Libri; c) Res Gestae; d) Chronica 49. Lucius Annaeus Seneca, one of the Silver style of Latin writers, wrote ______ which were patterned after the Greek models. a) lyric poetry; b) orations; c) tragic drama; d) comic drama 3 50. Boethius and Cassiodorous may be credited with preserving a summary of ancient knowledge at a time in the Middle Ages when there was beginning an era of intellectual darkness. a) a= true; b) b= false Tie breakers 96. Livius Andronicus lived circa ______. a) 674-524 BC; b) 428-348 BC; c) 284-204 BC; d) 177-31 BC 97. Lucius Accius lived long enough to become a friend to ______ and discuss literary questions with him. a) Cicero; b) Caesar; c) Vergil; d) Livy 98. Terence’s plays were said to have been written with help from his group of friends. Terence never responded to this accusation. a) a = true; b) b= false 99. Which title did Vergil not write? a) Ecologues; b) Georgics; c) Aeneid; d) Works and Days 100. Pliny the Younger gives the reader insights into his uncle’s, Pliny the Elder, life. One of the Elder’s books which has survived is _____. a) The Students; b) Natural History; c) Linguistic Queries; d) A Continuation 4 Roman Literature Area C February 2012 Answer Key 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. c b a d b a c d b c b a b d b d b a c b d a d c b d c a c b d a d d c a c a b d 41. b 42. c 43. b 44. c 45. a 46. d 47. d 48. b 49. c 50. a Tie breakers 96. c 97. a 98. a 99. d 100. b Reference text: A History of Latin Literature by Moses Hades 5