Download 2016 GJCL Fall Forum Pentathlon Exam Section I: Latin Vocabulary

2016 GJCL Fall Forum Pentathlon Exam
Section I: Latin Vocabulary and Derivatives
CHOOSE THE SYNONYM FOR THE FOLLOWING LATIN WORDS:
1. animus
a. arx
b. mens
2. poena
a. praemium b. pecunia
3. lapis
a. saxum
b. aedificium c. litus
4. mare
a. maritus
b. aequor
5. pecus
a. grex
b. turba
c. corpus
d. animal
c. supplicium d. oppidum
c. caelum
c. opes
d. murus
d. aestas
d. gradus
SELECT THE ENGLISH MEANING FOR EACH WORD
6. numen
a. name
b. child
c. divine will
d. sanctuary
7. vereor
a. love
b. delay
c. die
d. fear
8. quando
a. where to
b. when
9. invitus
a. discover
b. invite
10. vitare
a. live
b. avoid
c. what sort
d. how
c. unwilling
d. dishonor
c. hide
Choose the English word derived from the given Latin word.
11. pus
(a) purulent
(b) impurity
(c) pupil
12. unda
(a) coadunate
(b) redundancy (c) adumbrate
13. armus
(a) ambry
(b) armillary (c) armistice
d. find
(d) pulverulent
(d) unate
(d) armadillo
Choose the word that does NOT belong according to its derivation.
14. (a) embellishment (b) bellicose
15. (a) manual
(b) manacle
16. (a) deracinate
(b) radical
(c) rebellion
(b) manipulate
(c) eradicable
(d) revelry
(d) mandate
(d) erase
17. Which of the following Latin words is at the root of the English word morose?
(a) morior
(b) mors
(c) mos
(d) mora
18. Which of the following Latin words is at the root of the English word reincarnation?
(a) carrus
(b) carus
(c) caries
(d) caro
19. Which of the following Latin words is at the root of the English word venerable?
(a) venus
(b) venia
(c) venenum
(d) venum
20. Which of the following Latin words is at the root of the English word abstruse?
(a) trunco
(b) trudo
(c) tribuo
(d) tueor
Section II: Latin Grammar
21. Choose the correct Latin form of the underlined words: By whose ship was that journey made?
a. iter fecisset b. iter factum est c. iter facietur d. iter faciebat
22. Identify the underlined construction: Cicero curavit ut civitas maxima in salute esset.
a. purpose clause b. jussive clause c. indirect statement d. proviso clause
23. Identify the underlined construction: Cum senatores videbitis, eos vincemus.
a. purpose clause b. temporal clause c. circumstantial clause d. causal clause
24. Choose the correct Latin form of the underlined words: We shall win, so long as you do not fail.
a. ut non deficias b. ne deficies c. dummodo ne deficias d. cum non deficis
25. Choose the correct Latin form of the following sentence: He gives attention to fighting barbarians.
a. Barbaros pugnare operam dat b. Pugnans barbaros operam dat c. Operam barbaris pugnanti dat
d. Barbaris
pugnandis operam dat
26. Identify the underlined construction: Dixerunt quid essem.
a. relative clause b. indirect question c. result clause d. circumstantial clause
27. Translate the underlined words: Caesar Galliam fere omnem quinque annis possedit.
a. for five years b. by five years c. in five years d. of five years
28. Translate "We possess great cows" into Latin.
a. magnos vaccos potimus b. magnas vaccas possemus c. magnis vaccis potimur d. magnarum vaccarum potiemur
29. Translate "Confess your crimes!" into Latin.
a. scelera tua fate b. scelera tua fatere c. scelera tua fatite d. scelera tua fatetis
30. Translate "Those are the sorts of men who love that woman" into Latin.
a. Illi sunt qui eam feminam ament b. Sunt ei qui hanc feminam amament c. Viri sunt qui a illa femina amantur d. Hi sunt
viri qui eam feminam amant
31. Quintus (talking about Publius) said that he didn't want to come.
32.
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34.
35.
a. se
b. eum
c. is
d. (no pronoun required - a verb ending in -t)
Follow me, boy!
a. sequaris
b. sequeri
c. sequimini
d. sequi
We came to hear the speech.
a. orationem audire
b. ut orationem audiamus
c. ut orationem audiremus
d. qui orationem audiremus
Which of you did this?
a. Quis
b. Quis vestrum
c. Qui vos
d. Qui vos omnes
The bridge had been defended by the bravest of the soldiers.
a. pontem defendit fortior miles
b. pons a fortiore milite defensus est
c. pons a fortissimo militum defensus erat
d. Miles fortissimus pontem defenderat
Identify the underlined construction.
36. Haec urbs nobis capienda est.
37.
38.
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40.
a. dative of agent
b. abative of agent
c. dative of reference
d. dative of purpose
Identify the underlined part of the sentence, if it were written in Latin.
She told me to come.
a. complementary infinitive
b. infinitive in indirect discourse
c. purpose clause
d. indirect command (jussive noun clause)
I replied that I wasn't coming.
a. complementary infinitive
b. infinitive in indirect discourse
c. imperfect indicative verb
d. imperfect subjunctive
She asked why I didn't want to come.
a. complementary infinitive
b. infinitive in indirect discourse
c. indirect question
d. indirect command
If I had gotten up earlier, I would have found the time to come.
a. conditional -- factual
b. conditional -- future less vivid
c. conditional -- contrary to fact/present
d. conditional -- contrary to fact/past
Section IV: Reading Comprehension
C. PLINIUS TACITO SUO S.
1 Petis ut tibi avunculi mei exitum scribam, quo verius tradere
posteris possis. Gratias ago; nam video morti eius si celebretur a te
immortalem gloriam esse propositam. Quamvis enim pulcherrimarum
clade terrarum, ut populi ut urbes memorabili casu, quasi semper
victurus occiderit, quamvis ipse plurima opera et mansura condiderit,
multum tamen perpetuitati eius scriptorum tuorum aeternitas addet.
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What is the use of the subjunctive mood in scribam (l. 1)?
Result clause b. indirect command c. hortatory d. relative clause of purpose
What is the use of the subjunctive mood in possis (l. 2)?
Result clause b. indirect command c. hortatory d. relative clause of purpose
In Petis – possis (ll. 1-2), about what event does Pliny claim to have been asked to write?
The future generations b. His uncle’s work c. His uncle’s death d. His own departure from Pompeii
Lines 2 – 3 tell us that Pliny will reluctantly oblige the request.
True b. False c. Unable to determine
memorabili (l. 4) is modifying which word?
clade b. populi c. urbes d. casu
In quamvis – occiderit (ll. 3 – 5) Pliny implies that…
Cities may die, but people live on b. There are not many reasons for living c. One’s memory will live on if the
person dies in a memorable catastrophe d. Nothing in life is as memorable as death
To whom does ipse (l. 5) refer?
Pliny’s uncle b. Pliny himself c. Tacitus d. The gods
What do both victurus (l. 5) and mansura (l. 5) have in common? They are both…
Modifying the same noun b. Future participles c. Supines d. The same case and number
What does Pliny relate in quamvis – addet (ll. 5 – 6)?
Tacitus’ writing is inferior to that of his uncle b. Much of his uncle’s writing will be lost for eternity c. The
importance of Tacitus’ writing will be misunderstood by later generations d. The memory of Pliny’s uncle will live
for eternity through Tacitus’ writing
What is the subject of addet (l. 6)?
ipse (l. 5) b. opera et mansura (l. 5) c. Perpetuitati (l. 6) d. Aeternitas (l. 6)
Vix ea fatus erat, medi cum sede senatus
constitit alma Venus nulli cernenda suique
Caesaris eripuit membris nec in aera solvi
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passa recentem animam caelestibus intulit astris
dumque tulit, lumen capere atque ignescere sensit
emisitque sinu: luna volat altius illa
flammiferumque trahens spatioso limite crinem
stella micat natique videns bene facta fatetur
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esse suis maiora et vinci gaudet ab illo.
Metamorphoses XV.842-852
51. According to lines 842-845, which deity was present in the senate?
52. What was unique about this deity’s situation?
d) had an unusual number of limbs
53. What did the deity snatch?
stars
a) unseen
a) limbs of Caesar
a) Caesar B) Venus
b) leader of the Roman world
b) the dissolving air
c) Alma
d) Fate
c) had just spoken
c) soul of Caesar
d) heavenly
54. What would have happened, had the diety not been present?
a) Caesar would have survived b) Caesar
would have been known to the stars
c) Caesar’s soul would have dissolved in the air d) Caesar would have been
unseen
55. How would you best describe Caesar’s situation?
a) he loved Venus
c) he had just died
d) he was looking at the stars
56. What Latin text supports that the deity felt the item change?
altius illa
d) recentem animam
57. What path did the flying item take?
d) in a high line
a) dumque tulit b) ignescere sensit
a) higher than the moon b) dragging the moon
58. What Latin text shows that the transformation is complete?
c) fatetur
d) stella micat
59. Whose deeds does Caesar admire?
b) his limbs were floating in the air
a) his own
a) gaudet
b) Venus’
c) luna volat
c) high with the moon
b) natique videns bene facta
c) Augustus’ d) the stars’
60. Of what metamorphosis do these lines tell?
a) Augustus’ rise to stardom b) Caesar becoming a comet
c)Venus becoming a star
d) Augustus’ deification
Section IV: Roman History
61. Which battle, which according to legend featured Castor and Pollux fighting on the Roman side, resulted in the
Foedus Cassianum? A. Lake Regillus B. Mons Algidus C. Mount Gaurus D. Lake Cassius
62. Which was not a battle pitting the Romans against Pyrrhus of Epirus? A. Asculum B. Beneventum C. Heraclea
D. Caudine Forks
63. The outbreak of the Social War in 91 BC was partly due to the assassination of the tribune: A. Rutilius Rufus
B. Livius Drusus C. Marcus Antonius D. Lutatius Catulus
64. Victory over what people, led by Decebalus, resulted in and is depicted on Trajan’s column? A. Marcomani
B. Parthians C. Dacians D. Samartians
65. Whom did the Romans, led by Flavius Aetius defeat at the battle of Chalons in 451 AD? A. Geiseric B. Alaric
C. Atilla D. Stilicho
66. What position was held by only three men between 63BC and 14AD: Caesar starting in in 63 BC, Lepidus in 44BC,
and Augustus in 12 BC? A. Flamen Dialis B. Dictator Perpetuus C. Praetor Peregrinus D. Pontifex Maximus
67. Who became the first plebeian dictator in 356 BC? A. Marcius Rutilus B. Publilius Philo C. Tiberius Coruncanius
D. Lucius Sextius
68. The generals Valens and Caecina, with their victory at Cremona, were largely responsible for the ascension of:
A. Galba B. Otho C. Vitellius D. Vespasian
69. Which emperor tried to redirect the Roman empire away from Christianity to “traditional ancient Roman values” in
the 360s AD? A. Gratian B. Jovian C. Constantius III D. Julian
70. At what location did Augustus fight a seige against Fulvia and Lucius Antonius, the wife and brother of Marc
Antony? A. Perusia B. Bononia C. Misenum D. Naulochus
71. What battle effectively ended the 1st Punic War? A. Drepana B. Agrigentum C. Aegates Islands D. Mylae
72. Who tried to use a bequeathment of the kingdom Pergamum to Rome by Attalus III to fund a legislative agenda
against the wishes of the Senate in 133 BC? A. Tiberius Gracchus B. Gaius Gracchus C. Saturninus D. Glaucia
73. What father of Caligula avenged the battle of Teutoberg Forest and recovering two lost signa? A. Drusus
B. Germanicus C. Lucius Caesar D. Tiberius
74. At what battle of the Third Macedonian War did L. Aemilius Paulus gain the agnomen Macedonicus by defeating
Perseus? A. Cynoscephalae B. Callicinus C. Pella D. Pydna
75. What commander, noted for his lavish gardens, raised the siege of Cyzicus and won the battle of Tigranocerta in the
Third Mithridatic War? A. L. Licinius Lucullus B. L. Licinius Murena C. C. Flavius Fimbria D. L. Valerius
Flaccus
76. What commander as governor of Britain subdued the Iceni rebellion led by Boudicca? A. Quintus Veranius
B. Quintus Petillius Ceralius C. Cn. Iulius Agricola D. C. Suetonius Paulinus
77. What underage emperor enjoyed the military command of Stilicho and during whose reign Rome was sacked for the
first time in 800 years? A. Arcadius B. Valens C. Theodosius I D. Honorius
78. The first instance of prorogation, or extension of imperium, was for which commanders siege of Neapolis in 326 BC?
A. Q. Publilius Philo B. Q. Marcius Rex C. App. Claudius Caecus D. L. Cornelius Scipio Barbatus
79. What name is sometimes given to the 2nd Jewish revolt quelled by the Roman commander Lusius Quietus?
A. Kitos War B. Bar Kokhba’s revolt C. Elezar ben Haniana’s revolt D. Mesada
80. What emperor survived the Nika riots and employed the able general Narses? A. Justinian B. Theodosius II
C. Zeno D. Anastasius I
Section IV: Mythology
81. Which of the Titans was parent to the Fates?
a. Themis b. Coeus
c. Iapetus
d. Theia
82. Who witnessed the abduction of Persephone by Hades?
a. Demeter b. Canace c. Cyane
d. Arethusa
83. Which blind seer did the Argonauts free from torment by the Harpies?
a. Phineus b. Pelagon c. Tiresias d. Calchas
84. Who oversaw the burial of Oedipus’ son Eteocles, and ordered that Oedipus’ other son, Polynices, be left unburied?
a. Antigone b. Creon c. Laius d. Cleobis
85. What praetor grew horns and was predicted to enslave Rome as a king if allowed to enter the city?
a. Cipus b. Picus
c. Caulon d. Perlorus
86. Whom did Hercules wrestle, breaking off one of his horns?
a. Oeneus b. Achelous c. Cacus
d. Anteius
87. Which Greek hero, while fighting in the Trojan war, actually wounded Ares and Aphrodite in battle, before finally
yielding to Apollo?
a. Odysseus
b. Ajax
c. Patroclus d. Diomedes
88. Followers of Dionysus, during their revelries, would carry a special scepter wrapped with ivy and topped with a
pinecone. What was this scepter called?
a. bumastus
b. ekkyklema
c. kylix
d. thyrsus
89. What shape-shifting sea god herds seals on the island of Pharos?
a. Proteus
b. Poseidon
c. Oceanos d. Triton
90. When Prometheus stole fire from the gods, what did he put it in?
a. a laurel root
b. his chest c. a fennel stalk d. his mouth
91. The name is the same: one committed suicide after killing sheep, and the other was impaled on a rock by Minerva for
a rape in her temple. A. Diomedes B. Poeas C. Machaeon D. Ajax
92. The name is the same: one was loved by Acis, and the other was made into a human by Venus. A. Atalanta
B. Galanthis C. Galatea D. Leucothoe
93. What city was at the center of the fathers of the Epigonoi and was defended by Melannipus and Polyphontes?
A. Athens B. Thebes C. Troy D. Megara
94. What man had been a woman and was killed under a great weight of trees stacked on him? A. Caeneus
B. Canens C. Caphereus D. Caunus
95. The name is the same: one is a spring in Boeotia and the other was tied to a bull horns by her sons Amphion and
Zethus. A. Dirce B. Daulis C. Antiope D. Anticleia
96. Who replaced lynchpins with wax to win a chariot race killing a king in the process? A. Oenomaus B. Myrtilus
C. Pelops D. Toxeus
97. What man was framed by Odysseus as revenge for revealing Odysseus’ sanity? A. Pandar B. Palamedes
C. Ajax D. Aeacus
98. What man ate himself from hunger after incurring Ceres’ rage for mistreating his daughter Maestra?
A. Erysichthon B. Eryx C. Ethemon D. Erectheus
99. The name is the same: one mourned Phaethon and was turned into a particular bird, one committed suicide to spite
Phylius and was turned into a particular bird, one was killed by Achilles although invulnerable and was turned into a
particular bird. A. Cycnus B. Tereus C. Corvus D. Botres
100.
The name is the same: one was rejected by Scylla and transformed into a sea god, one lost to Iolaus in a chariot
race, thus dying, and one exchanged armor with Diomedes. A. Glaucus B. Harmodius C. Idomenus
D. Machaeon
2016Pentathlon Key
1. B
2. C
3. A
4. B
5. A
6. C
7. D
8. B
9. C
10. B
11. A
12. B
13. B
14. A
15. D
16. D
17. C
18. D
19. A
20. B
21. B
22. A
23. B
24. C
25. D
26. B
27. C
28. C
29. B
30. A
31. B
32. A
33. C
34. B
35. C
36. A
37. D
38. B
39. C
40. D
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42. D
43. C
44. B
45. D
46. C
47. A
48. B
49. D
50. D
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52. A
53. C
54. C
55. C
56. B
57. A
58. D
59. C
60. B
61. A
62. D
63. B
64. C
65. C
66. D
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68. D
69. D
70. A
71. C
72. A
73. B
74. D
75. A
76. D
77. D
78. A
79. A
80. A
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82. C
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87. D
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90. C
91. D
92. D
93. B
94. A
95. A
96. B
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98. A
99. A
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