2014 NLE - Latin I

Which Roman deity’s symbol is shown in the picture?

• Juno

• Minerva

• Diana

• Venus

What is the name of the great, domed temple in Rome dedicated to all the gods?

• Circus Maximus

• Pantheon

• Campus Martius

• Palatine

In which room of a Roman house might you find the larārium and the impluvium?

• triclinium

• cubiculum

• atrium

• culina

Transmission, missile, and emit are all English derivatives of the Latin verb that means to

• remain

• move

• warn

• send

The abbreviation i.e. stands for the Latin words id est and is best translated

• that is

• for example

• therefore

• and the rest

Which of the following places was NOT located on the Italian peninsula?

• Pompeii

• Brundisium

• Troia

• Ostia

Which Roman god is often represented by a statue of a long-haired youth with a lyre or a bow and a quiver of arrows?

• Apollo

• Mars

• Mercury

• Vulcan

The Latin words Novus ordō seclōrum, found on a U.S. dollar bill, may be translated

• Out of many one

• New order of the ages

• He has favored our beginnings

• In God we trust

How is the year 1976 expressed in Roman numerals?

• MCMLXXVI

• MMLX

• MCMVI

• MMXII

If a Latin student answers, “Adsum,” what does the teacher understand?

• everyone is ready

• someone is sick

• the student is late

• the student is present