TEST3

DIRECTIONS: Each question or incomplete statement is followed by several 'suggested answers orcompletions. Select the one that BEST answers the question or completes the statement. PRINTTHE LETTER OF THE CORRECf ANSWER IN THE SPACE AT THE RIGHi.

Questions 1-11 are to be answered on the basis of the following passage.

from Virgil, Eclogue IX

The farmers Lycidas and Moeris share stories and songs as they walk together to town.

Sic tua Cymeas fugiant examina taxos .sic cytiso pastae distendant ubera vaccae

.incipe, si quid habes. Et me fecere poetamPierides, sunt et mihi carmina, me quoque dicunt

(5) vatem pastores; sed non ego credulus illis.Nam neque adhuc Vario videor nee dicere Cinnadigna, sed argutos inter strepere anser olores.

examina, -ae, f.: hive, swarmtaxus, -i, f.: yew-treecytisum, -i: clover grassPierides: The MusesVarius and Cinna: Roman poets

1) The word Cvmeas (line 1) 1.

A. is the subject offugiantB. modifies examinaC. modifies taxosD. is the object of tua

2) Cytiso (line 2) is 2.

A. ablativeB. dativeC. genitiveD. accusati ve

3) In line 3, with the phrase incipe, si Quid habes,Lycidas

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A. announces that he will begin his songB. commands the Pieri des to make him a poetC. implores his companion to begin singingD. states that his cow's udders have begun to swell

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4) The subject of the verb sunt in line 4 is 4.

A. poetamB. PieridesC. canrunaD. pastores

5) Line 5 of the poem begins with 5.

A two spondeesB. a spondee followed by a dactylC. a dactyl followed by a spondeeD. two dactyls

6) carmina (line 4) is 6.

A dativeB. ablativeC. nominativeD. accusative

7) In line 5, illis refers to 7.

A the PieridesB. other poetsC. the shepherdsD. Varius and Cinna

8) In line 5, the case of illis is 8.

A nominativeB. dativeC. accusativeD. ablative

9) Videor (line 6) is 9.

A present passive indicativeB. passive infinitiveC. present passive subjunctiveD. imperative

10) Which word is governed by digna (line 7)? 10.

A ego (line 5)B. adhuc (line 6)C. Vario (line 6)D. anser (line 7)

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11) The best translation for the phrase argutos inter strepereanser olores (line 7) is

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A. music among the honking swans and ·geeseB. to honk like a goose among the musical swansC. a musical goose among the honking swansD. the swans honk in the presence of the musical goose

Questions 12p25 are to be answered on the basis of the following passage,

From Horace's Odes, Book IV

Spring's Return

Diffugere nives, redeunt iam gramina campisarboribusque comae;

mutat terra vices et decrescentia ripasflumina praetereunt;

(5) Gratia cum Nymphis geminisque sororibus audetducere nuda choros.

Immortalia ne speres, monet annus et almumquae rapit hora diem.

Frigora mitescunt zephyris, ver proterit aestas(10) interitum, simul

pomifer autumnus fruges effuderit, et moxbruma recurrit iners.

Damna tam en celeres reparant caelestia Iunae.

12) The metrical pattern of the poem's first line is 12.

A. spondee-dactyl-dactyl-spondeeB. dactyl-dactyl-dactyI-dactylC. dactyI-spondee-spondee-dactylD. spondee-spondee-spondee-spondee

13) Redeunt (line 1) is 13.

A. present indicativeB. present subjunctiveC. imperfect indicativeD. future indicative

14) The -que in line 2 joins 14.

A. the clause containing arboribus and the clause containing graminaB. arboribus and comaeC. arboribus and campisD. arboribus and ·gramina

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IS) The subjects of the verb redeunt in line I are IS.

A. nives (line 1)B. campis (line l ) and comae (line 2)C. campis (line 1) and arboribus (line 2)D. gramina (line 1) and comae (line 2)

16) Decrescentia (line 3) modifies ]6.

A. terra (line 3)B. ripas (line 3)C. .flumina (line 4)D. praetereunt (line 4)

]7) The words mutat terra vices (line 3) are translated 17.

A. changes are seen in the earthB. the faces of the earth changeC. the earth is changing its appearanceD. you see the earth change

18) Which of the following phrases or expressions fromthe poem is NOT metaphorical?

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A. Diffugere nives (line 1)B. Decrescentia ripas f1umina praetereunt (line 4)C. Monet annus ... diem (line 7)D. Ver proterit aestas (line 9)

19) Nuda (line 6) modifies ]9.

A. Gratia (line 5)B. Nymphis (line 5)C. sororibus (line 5)D. choros (line 6)

20) Nymphis (line 5) are 2D.

A. ablativeB. genitiveC. accusativeD. vocative

21) The words annus et almum quae rapit hora diem (lines 7-8) 21.are translated

A. the nourishing year and the hour sieze the dayB. the nourishing day that seizes the year and the hourC. the day and the hour that seize the nourishing yearD. the year and the hour that sieze the nourishing day

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22) Speres (line 7) is 22.

A. present indicativeB. present subjunctiveC. active imperativeD. passive imperative

23) The object of the verb proterit (line 9) is 23.

A. frigora (line 9)B. zephyris (line 9)C. ver (line 9)D. aestas (line 9)

24) Lines 9-10 of the poem tell us that the zephyrsintroduce

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A. sprIngB. summerC. winterO. fall

25) Celeres (line 13) modifies 25. __

A. damna (line 13)B. reparant (line 13)C. caelestia (line 13)D. lunae (line 13)

Questions 26-39 are to be answered on the basis of the following passage.

from Caesar's Civil Wars. 3.65

Iamque Pompei ani magna caede nostrorum castris Marcellini appropinquabant nonmediocri terrore illato reliquis cohortibus, et M. Antonius, qui proximum locumpraesidiorum tenebat, ea re nuntiata cum cohortibus XII descendens ex locosuperiore cernebatur. Cuius adventus Pompeianos compressit nostrosque

(5) firmavit ut se ex maximo timore colligerent. Neque multo post Caesar significationeper castella fumo facta, ut erat superioris temporis consuetudo, deductis quibusdamcohortibus ex praesidiis eodem venit. Qui cognito detrimento cum anirnadvertissetPompeium extra munitiones egressum, castra secundum mare munire, ut liberepabulari posset nee minus aditum navibus haberet,

(l0) commutata ratione belli, quoniam propositum non tenuerat, castra juxtaPompeium munire jussit.

Pompeiani: followers of Pompeius, a member of the triumvirate and enemy of Caesar

26) Lines 1-2 of the passage tell us that 26. __

A. Marcellinus's men had been slaughtered by the PompeiansB. Marcellinus was approaching the camp of the slaughtered PompeiansC. the Pompeians had slaughtered Caesar's menD. Marcelli nus and Antonius were about to be slaughtered by the Pompeians

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27) The phrase non mediocri terrore illato reliquis cohortibus(lines 1-2) is translated

A. producing no small terror in the rest of the cohortsB. not inflicting terror in the smaller of the rest of the cohortsC. which had not produced a small terror in the rest of the-cohortsD. a terror not inflicted on the remainder of the 'Cohorts

28) Descendens (line 3) is a

A. . future active participleB. perfect passive participleC. future passive participleD. present active participle

29) Ex (line 3) is translated

A. fromB. out ofC. according toD. since

30) Cuius (line 4) refers to

A. MarcellinusB. AntoniusC. Caesarb. the Pompeians

31) The -que in line 4 joins

A. nostros with PompeianosB. nostros with firmavitC. the clause containing firmavit with the clause containing compressitD. the clause containing firmavit with the clause containing coIligerent

32) Ut (line 6) is translated

A. According toB. WhenC. SinceD. So that

33) The meaning of superioris in line 6 is

A. previousB. higherC. improvedD. supenor

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34) Q!!i (line 7) refers to 34.

A. MarcellinusB. AntoniusC. CaesarD. Pompeius

35) The words cognito detrimento in line 7 are translated 35.

A. . learning of the lossB. about to learn of the lossC. having learned of the lossD. to have learned of the loss

36) The tense of animadvertisset in line 8 is 36.

A. presentB. imperfectC. perfectD. pluperfect

37) The meaning of Jibere in line 9 is 37.

A. to liberateB. childrenC. freelyD. by the book

38) The words castra secundum mare munire (lines 8-9) 38.are translated

A. to build a second camp at the seaB. to build a camp next to the seaC. the men built a second seawallD. the men had built a second camp near the sea

39) The words commutata ratione belli (line 10) indicatethat Caesar

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A. changed his tacticsB. was persuaded that the war would changeC. changed the location of the battleD. discovered a reason for fighting

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Questions 40·50 are to be answered on the basis of the following passage.

Catullus, Poem 64.72-93

a misera, assiduis quam luctibus extemauitspinosas Erycina serens in pectore curas,ilia tempestate, ferox quo ex tempore Theseusegressus curuis e litoribus Piraei

(5) attigit iniusti regis Gortynia templa.nam perhibent olim crudeli peste coactamAndrogeoneae poenas exsoluere caediselectos iuuenes simul et decus innuptarumCecropiam solitam esse dapem dare Minotauro.

(10) quis angusta malis cum moenia uexarentur,ipse suum Theseus pro caris corpus Athenisproicere optauit potius quam talia Cretamfunera Cecropiae nee funera portarentur.atque ita naue leui nitens ae lenibus auris

(15) magnanimum ad Minoa uenit sedesque superbas.hune simul ac cupido conspexit lumine uirgoregia, quam suauis exspirans castus odoresleetulus in molli complexu matris alebat,quales Eurotae praeeingunt flumina myrtus

(20) auraue distinctos educit uema colores,non prius ex ilia flagrantia declinauitlumina, quam cuncto concepit corpore flammamfunditus atque imis exarsit tota medullis.

40) Whom does misera (line 1) describe?A. TheseusB. AriadneC. MinosD. The Minotaur

41) Where are the Gortynia Templa of line 5?A. AthensB. CreteC. PiraeusD. Asia Minor

42) lniusti (line 5) modifiesA. Regis (line 5)B. Piraei (line 4)C. CrudeJi (line 6)D. Androgeoneae (line 7)

43) In lines 8-10 we learn that AthensA. Was at war with King MinosB. Always feared the plagueC. Demanded tribute from many other citiesD. was forced to feed her children to the Minotaur

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44) The metrical pattern of the first four feet of line 8 is 44.A. dactyl-spondee-dactyl-dactylB. spondee-dacty l-dactyl -dactylC. spondee-span dee-dactyl -dacty ID. dacty l-spondee-spondee-dacty I

45) Quis (line 10) is what case? 45.A. NominativeB. GenitiveC. AccusativeD. Ablative

46) In lines 11-13 we learn that Theseus 46.A. Had to go to a funeral on CreteB. Was willing to risk his own life for all the AtheniansC. Threw himself into the sea out of griefb. Wanted to start a war with the Cretans

47) What is the antecedent of hunc (line I6)? 47.A. MinosB. CecropsC. TheseusD. The Minotaur

48) Cupido (line 16) modifies 48.A. virgo (line 16)B. Minoa (line IS)C. Lurninetline 16)D. Complexo (line 18)

49) Quam (line 17) is best translated 49.A. whomB. whichC. howD. than

50) What was Ariadne doing when she first met Theseus? 50.A. She was on a trip to AthensB. She was sitting with her motherC. She was in bed, sickD. She was going to the local festival

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KEY (CORRECT ANSWERS)1. c 4L B2. A 42. A3. C 43. D4. C 44. B5. A 45. D

6. e 46. B7. C 47. C8. B 48. C9. A 49. AJO. e 50. B

II. B12. A13. A

I14. A15. D

16~ CI17. C

18. B19. A

i20. A

2I. D

I22. B23. C24. A25. D

26. C27. A28. D29. A30. B

31. C32. A33. A34. C35. ('

36. D37. C38. B39. A40. B