Beginning NLE #2

The star on the map indicates what city located on the Tiber River?

• A) Athēnae

• B) Alexandrīa

• C) Londīnium

• D) Rōma

Answer explanation

A) Athēnae (Greece)

B) Alexandrīa (Africa)

C) Londīnium (Great Britain)

D) Rōma (Italy)

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Geography

What is Latin for “out of many, one,” the motto held by the eagle on the Great Seal of the United States of America?

• A) excelsior

• B) carpe diem

• C) in deo speramus

• D) e pluribus unum

Answer explanation

A) excelsior (higher)

B) carpe diem (seize the day)

C) in deo speramus (in god we trust)

D) e pluribus unum (one out of many)

The three Olympian brothers whose realms were the sky, the Underworld, and the seas were Jupiter, Pluto, and

• A) Mars

• B) Neptune

• C) Apollo

• D) Vulcan

Answer explanation

A) Mars (Ares) war

B) Neptune (Poseidon) sea, earthquakes, wild horses

C) Apollo (Apollo) music, prophecy, archery, medicine, sun

D) Vulcan (Hephaestus) blacksmith

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Poseidon

What abbreviation indicates that a reader should pay close attention to what follows?

• A) N.B.

• B) a.m.

• C) etc.

• D) P.S

Answer explanation

A) N.B. (nota bene) note well

B) a.m. (ante meridiem) before noon

C) etc. (et cetera) and others

D) P.S (post scriptum) written after

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jM398M27HVTZk2gaiVLUlVzWIUBJbGbt/view

An ātrium, a cubiculum, and a tablīnum could all be found

• A) in vīllā

• B) in silvā

• C) in agrō

• D) in amphitheātrō

Answer explanation

A) in vīllā (house)

B) in silvā (forest)

C) in agrō (field)

D) in amphitheātrō (amphitheater used for gladiator fights)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F1-EtIXzndagvrzjVDWwVHXPwjWwo8Jn/view

From this series of odd Roman numerals, I, III, V, _____, IX, which Roman numeral is missing?

• A) II

• B) IV

• C) VII

• D) VIII

Answer explanation

A) II - 2

B) IV - 4

C) VII - 7

D) VIII - 8

Based on its Latin root, a constellation is a group of

• A) birds

• B) islands

• C) stars

• D) ships

Answer explanation

A) birds - aves

B) islands - insulae

C) stars - stellae

D) ships - naves

Fabulous, fable, and fib are all related to the Latin word for a A) story B) spectacle C) valuable object D) library

• A) story

• B) spectacle

• C) valuable object

• D) library

Answer explanation

fabula, fabulae, f. - storyconfabulate - to talk together informally; chat: Friends are comfortable with each other, whether they are confabulating or saying nothing at all.Also: confabulation, confabulator, confabulatory. [fabulor, fabulari, fabulatus - to converse, chatter]fable - a story, frequently involving animals, whose purpose is to impart a moral lesson: The most famous fables are those of Aesop, but many otherauthors have written fables, too, including LaFontaine, Lessing, and George Orwell. Also: fabular (of or pertaining to a fable), fabulist (one whowrites or tells fables; a liar), fabled (legendary), fabulous, fabulousness.

In which part of the world is the star on the map located? A) Britannia B) Graecia C) Aegyptus D) Italia

• A) Britannia

• B) Graecia

• C) Aegyptus

• D) Italia

Answer explanation

https://www.purposegames.com/game/nle-roman-empire-map

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Geography

In the picture, who is the Roman goddess of the hearth and home and the eldest of the Olympians?

• A) Venus

• B) Vesta

• C) Ceres

• D) Minerva

Answer explanation

A) Venus (Aphrodite) love and beauty

B) Vesta (Hestia) hearth, home and family

C) Ceres (Demeter) harvest and seasons

D) Minerva (Athena) widom, crafts, war strategy and horsemanship