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What's happening in this room?

Choose the best translation.

(You have additional time to look over the answers)

• Lepidina and Flavia are in the caldarium. Slave-women scrape carefully.

• Lepidina and Flavia are reclining in the caldario where slaves scrape them

• Lepidina and Flavia are being scraped carefully in the calidarium

• Lepidina and Flavia in the calidarium are being scraped carefully.

What is the best way to translate the word "tepidarium"?

• There is no best way because tepid is just another word for lukewarm and doesn't tell us much about the activities of the room.

• "hot sauna room"

• "cold relaxing room"

• "washing up room"

Where are they now?

Choose the best translation.

• Lepidina and Flavia in the tepidario are, and they are reclining lazily

• Lepidina and Flavia are reclining and lazy in the tepidarium.

• Lepidina and Flavia are in the tepidario. Lepidina is talking to Favia

• Lepidina and Flavia are in the teparium. They recline lazily.

Which adjective phrase describes the characters best as the story ends?

• They are pure and clean.

• They gossip with friends.

• They are happy and clean.

• They talk quickly.

You might think it was a bit odd for Romans to scrape themselves until you see a related word to radunt. Rasi means "I shaved" and is related to our word____________

• radiator

• ice scraper

• razor

• barbar

Where are they now?

Choose the best translation.

• Lepidina and Flavia are in the frigidarium. They submerge briefly.

• Lepidina and Flavia go swim in the frigidarium. Quickly they submerge.

• Ledidina and Flavia swim briefly in the frigidarium.

• Lepidina and Flavia go to the frigidarium and submerge quickly.

We typically do not translate words like "apodyterium" into English, but if we did we might choose to call it _________

• bathroom

• changing room

• cold room

• gymnasium

What is happening in this picture?

Which translation answers best?

(You have additional time to look over the choices carefully!)

• Lepidina and Flavia are changing in the apodyterio. Quickly they go out.

• Lepidina and Flavia are putting on their clothes and they leave quickly.

• Lepidina and Flavia are in the apodyterium. They leave quickly.

• Lepidina and Flavia in the apodyterio are and they quickly leave.

What are Lepidina and Flavia doing?

Which translation answers best?

• They are playing ball.

• Lepidina catches a ball while playing

• Lepidina and Flavia are at the baths playing.

• Lepidina and Flavia are playing cheerfully.