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Latin 8 - Pretest

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 1hrs 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Rome’s first road was the Via Appia or the Appian Way.

What is the use of "road" in the sentence?

a)

subject

b)

possession

c)

indirect object

d)

direct object

e)

object or preposition

2.

Rome’s first road was the Via Appia or the Appian Way.

What is the use of "Via Appia or the Appian Way" in the sentence?

a)

subject

b)

predicate nominative or subject complement

c)

possession

d)

direct object

e)

direct address

3.

Appius Claudius Caecus, or App. Claudius the Blind, gave Rome its first road starting in 312 BCE.

What is the use for "Rome" in the sentence?

a)

subject

b)

possession

c)

indirect object

d)

direct object

e)

object of preposition

4.

Appius Claudius, walk your road and feel the defective stones.

What is the use of "Appius Claudius" in the sentence?

a)

subject

b)

possession

c)

object of preposition

d)

direct address

e)

direct object

5.

The Latin root dict means

a)

fire

b)

against

c)

to say

d)

good

6.

The Latin root bene means

a)

good

b)

against

c)

sharp

d)

to say

7.
cenat
a)
he dines
b)
ready
c)
they dine
d)
dinner
8.
mox
a)
soon
b)
and
c)
likely
d)
happy
9.
irata
a)
prepares
b)
suddenly
c)
angry
d)
happy
10.
iuvat
a)
helps
b)
praises
c)
calls
d)
daughter
11.
in +acc
a)
within
b)
toward
c)
into
d)
around
12.

The pattern for principal parts "-o,-are, -avi,-atum " is seen regularly in this verb conjugation

a)

first

b)

second

c)

third

d)

fourth

13.

a conjugation is a

a)

group of nouns with the same endings

b)

grouping of adjectives with the same endings

c)

group of verbs with the same first and second principal part endings

14.
3rd conjugation verbs have this infinitive ending
a)
-ire
b)
-ere
c)
-are
d)
-ere with a macron on the 1st -e
15.
This conjugation has -eo in the first principal part and -ere in the second with a macron on the first -e
a)
first
b)
second
c)
third
d)
fourth
16.
nāvigāre
a)
I sail
b)
to sail
c)
ship
d)
ships
17.
dēfendō
a)
defense
b)
I defend
c)
defendunt
d)
to defend
18.
cur Horatia et Scintilla ad forum procedunt?
a)
videre amicos
b)
emere pisces
c)
parant cenam
d)
colloquium facit cum feminā
19.
Translate: "cur in terrā iaces?"
a)
Why are you sitting on the ground?
b)
Why are you lying on the ground?
c)
You are sitting on the ground.
d)
You are lying on the ground.
20.
Translate: "sum fessus."
a)
He is tired.
b)
You are tired.
c)
They are tired.
d)
I am tired.
21.

litterās nōn bene scrībis, Gaī. ignāvus es.

Case?

a)

nominative

b)

genitive

c)

dative

d)

vocative

e)

accusative

22.

litterās nōn bene scrībis, Gaī. ignāvus es.

Person and number?

a)

1st singular

b)

2nd singular

c)

2nd plural

d)

3rd singular

23.

abī, male canis. quid facis?

Grammatically identify.

a)

imperative

b)

vocative

c)

infinitive

d)

genitive

24.

Wise man who went on a long journey home from Troy.

a)

Agamemnon

b)

Menelaus

c)

Odysseus

d)

Aeneas

25.

Woman whom Paris won in a beauty contest, but she was already married

a)

Helen

b)

Penelope

c)

Iphigenia

d)

Cassandra

26.
cūr?
a)
what?
b)
who?
c)
why?
d)
when?
27.
saepe
a)
often
b)
at last
c)
so
d)
suddenly
28.
amicī
a)
friends
b)
friend
c)
brothers
d)
brother
29.
eōs
a)
them
b)
him
c)
her
d)
us
30.

debeo, debere

a)

I ought, I must

b)

I teach

c)

I order

d)

I decide

31.

eo, ire

a)

I go

b)

I write

c)

I yell

d)

I see

32.
he/she/it shouts
a)
clāmat
b)
dat
c)
facit
d)
pōnit
33.
he/she/it watches
a)
rogat
b)
dat
c)
facit
d)
spectat
34.
he/she/it places, puts
a)
respondet
b)
pōnit
c)
dat
d)
iacet
35.
Verb ending in -mus
a)
y'all
b)
they
c)
you
d)
we
36.
Verb ending in -tis
a)
you
b)
we
c)
y'all
d)
I
37.
Noun ending in -ae
a)
feminine plural subject
b)
masculine plural subject
c)
masculine singular D.O.
d)
masculine plural D.O.
38.

Noun ending in -us/-r

a)

feminine singular subject

b)

feminine plural subject

c)

masculine singular subject

d)

masculine plural subject

39.
Noun ending in -ōs
a)
masculine singular subject
b)
masculine plural subject
c)
masculine singular D.O.
d)
masculine plural D.O.
40.

Word order for sentences

a)

S-D.O.-V

b)

V-D.O.-S

c)

S-V-D.O.

d)

V-S-D.O.

41.
What is a "case"?
a)
how a noun/adj is used
b)
verb
c)
sg/pl
d)
when a verb happens
42.

The preposition ad takes what case as its object?

a)

nominative

b)

genitive

c)

accusative

d)

ablative

43.

Cenam parat.

a)

Dinner prepares.

b)

Prepares dinner.

c)

They prepare dinner.

d)

He prepares dinner.

44.

Choose the best translation:

decem annos Graeci Troianos obsident sed urbem capere non possunt.

a)

For ten years, the Greeks besiege Troy but they are not able to capture the city.

b)

After ten years, even though the Trojans besieged the Greeks, they were not able to capture the town.

c)

In December of that year, the Greeks attacked Troy and were able to capture the city.

d)

For ten years, the Greeks besieged Troy but they were able to capture the city.

45.

Choose the best translation:

summō in monte pāstōrem Polyphēmum vident.

a)

The shepherd sees Polyphemus on the top of the mountain.

b)

They see the shepherd Polyphemus on the top of the mountain.

c)

At the summit on the mountain the shepherd Polyphemus sees.

d)

The summing of the shepherd was seen by Polyphemus on the mountain.