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Latin 3 Midterm Review

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The term novus homo was used to designate...

a)

a newly elected consul

b)

the dictator on his first day in power

c)

the first on in a family to be elected to high public office

d)

a military commander given his first command

2.

Who defeated the Parthians after prolonged engagements?

a)

Caesar

b)

Antony

c)

Pompey

d)

Romulus

3.

The plot of the Aeneid was modeled on the Iliad and...

a)

the Georgics

b)

the Heroides

c)

the Odyssey

d)

the Annales

4.

Where were the politicians who defended the power of the people?

a)

tribunes

b)

consuls

c)

dictators

d)

senators

5.

Pompey and Caesar faced off during the Battle of...

a)

Pharsalus

b)

Spartacus

c)

Actium

d)

Parthia

6.

What phrase = "The die is cast!"

a)

Alea iacta est!

b)

Pro gloria Romae!

c)

Ego vita excessi!

d)

Lacrimo ut nemo maneret!

7.

Which of the following CANNOT happen in one given foot Dactylic Hexameter

a)

| - uu |

b)

| uu - |

c)

| - - |

d)

| - x |

8.

Choose the correct definition of: interficere

a)

to live

b)

to kill

c)

to obstruct

d)

to fall

9.

Translate: Caesare interfecto, mali viri excesserunt.

a)

Caesar killed

b)

With Caesar having been killed

c)

They killed Caesar

d)

Caesar will be killed

10.

The repetition of the same word at the beginning of each sentence or phrase is called:

a)

aliteration

b)

anaphora

c)

asyndeton

d)

simile

11.

Sentence structures that follow the pattern A B | B A demonstrate which rhetorical device:

a)

Chiasmus

b)

Parallelism

c)

Litotes

d)

Polyptoton

12.

Haec sunt verba ipsa Caesaris.

a)

his own words

b)

the very words

c)

these words

d)

your words

13.

Timor tantus erat ut excedere cupiverunt

a)

There was some fear

b)

There was lots of fear

c)

The fear was so great

d)

He was very afraid

14.

Timor tantus erat ut excedere cupiverunt

a)

...so he scared them all

b)

...that they wanted to leave

c)

... all were put to flight

d)

...that they didn't want to stay

15.

Which of the following is NOT way to translate the preposition "cum"

a)

with

b)

although

c)

why

d)

since

16.

in the great war

a)

in magno bello

b)

in magna bella

c)

ad magna bella

d)

cum magno bello

17.

Quis sum?

a)

Where are you?

b)

Who am I?

c)

Will I be?

d)

How am I?