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Stage 7-8 Test Review

Total questions: 47

Worksheet time: 2hrs 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the highest honor for a gladiator?

a)

flowers

b)

money

c)

wooden sword

d)

laurel crown

2.
The nominative form is used for the 
a)
subject
b)
direct object
3.
The accusative form is used for the 
a)
subject
b)
direct object
4.

Give the use:

dominī ad forum ambulant.

a)

Subject

b)

Direct Object

c)

Object of the Preposition

5.

Give the use:

ego in urbe servum video.

a)

Subject

b)

Direct Object

c)

Object of the Preposition

6.

What is a subject?

a)

who or what does the verb

b)

a noun that receives the action of the verb

c)

a noun that renames the subject

d)

a noun that follows a preposition

7.

What is a direct object?

a)

who or what does the verb

b)

a noun that receives the action of the verb

c)

a noun that renames the subject

d)

a noun that follows a preposition

8.

What is the tense of festīnābam?

a)

present

b)

imperfect

c)

perfect

9.

What is the tense of superāvērunt?

a)

present

b)

imperfect

c)

perfect

10.

What is the tense of pulsāt?

a)

present

b)

imperfect

c)

perfect

11.
What is the indicator of the imperfect tense?
a)
-bo-
b)
-ba-
c)
-bi-
d)
-bu-
12.

Singular or Plural?

puerī

a)

singular

b)

plural

13.

Singular or Plural?

agricolās

a)

singular

b)

plural

14.

True or false. The 3 parts of an adjective are masculine, feminine, neuter

a)

true

b)

false

15.

True or false. The Romans buried their dead in tombs alongside the road.

a)

true

b)

false

16.

What is something that was NOT given to the dead by the living?

a)

tools

b)

animal sacrifices

c)

jewelry

d)

food/drink

17.

Adjectives that are regular adjectives are in the ______ degree.

a)

Positive

b)

Comparative

c)

Superlative

18.

Adjectives that are translated with -er, more , or rather are in the ______ degree.

a)

Positive

b)

Comparative

c)

Superlative

19.

Adjectives that are translated with -est, most , or very are in the ______ degree.

a)

Positive

b)

Comparative

c)

Superlative

20.

Which of the following is a positive adjective?

a)

laeta

b)

laetissima

21.

Which of the following is a positive adjective?

a)

pulcher

b)

pulcherrimus

22.

Which of the following is a superlative adjective?

a)

bona

b)

optima

23.

Which of the following is a superlative adjective?

a)

feroces

b)

ferocissimi

24.

Gladiators lived and trained in a school/barracks under the supervision of a _____.

a)

team of winning ex-gladiators

b)

group of freedmen

c)

professional trainer

25.

According to the Cambridge text, a thumb turned down probably meant _____.

a)

let him die

b)

let him live

c)

rematch

26.

The great riot of Pompeii occurred in 59 A.D.

a)

true

b)

false

27.

The great riot of Pompeii occurred between the Pompeians and the Nucerians

a)

true

b)

false

28.

The account of this riot was written by the Roman historian Tacitus.

a)

true

b)

false

29.

The emperor at the time of the riot was Domitian.

a)

true

b)

false

30.

The Nucerians won the fight in the great riot of Pompeii.

a)

true

b)

false

31.

The Senate was so shocked by this riot that it suspended the privileges of the games for 15 years.

a)

true

b)

false

32.

What type of gladiator were the murmillonēs?

a)

The one with a sword, shield, and a fish on the helmet

b)

The one with a net and a trident

c)

The one with a round shield and a curved sword/dagger

d)

The one with an oblong shield and a short sword

33.

What type of gladiator were the thracians?

a)

The one with a sword, shield, and a fish on the helmet

b)

The one with a net and a trident

c)

The one with a round shield and a curved sword/dagger

d)

The one with an oblong shield and a short sword

34.

What type of gladiator were the retiariī?

a)

The one with a sword, shield, and a fish on the helmet

b)

The one with a net and a trident

c)

The one with a round shield and a curved sword/dagger

d)

The one with an oblong shield and a short sword

35.

What type of gladiator were the samnites?

a)

The one with a sword, shield, and a fish on the helmet

b)

The one with a net and a trident

c)

The one with a round shield and a curved sword/dagger

d)

The one with an oblong shield and a short sword

36.

What tense is a verb if it is happening now and is translated as "---s, am/are/is ---ing, or does ---"?

a)

present

b)

imperfect

c)

perfect

37.

What tense is a verb if it shows ongoing, incomplete, or repeated action in the past and is translated as "was ---ing, used to ---, or kept ---ing"?

a)

present

b)

imperfect

c)

perfect

38.

What tense is a verb if it is in the past tense and is translated as "---ed, have ---ed, or did ---"?

a)

present

b)

imperfect

c)

perfect

39.

True or False? The dead had to be buried properly and looked after or else their ghosts would haunt and harm the living.

a)

true

b)

false

40.

Epicurus taught that ____.

a)

the most important thing in life was to live virtuously and simply.

b)

there was only a "bad" part of the Underworld.

c)

there was no afterlife and people should live life to the fullest.

41.

True or false? Most gladiator battles were fought to the death.

a)

true

b)

false

42.

Gladiators were usually NOT ____.

a)

slaves

b)

soldiers

c)

condemned criminals

d)

free volunteers

43.

Which of the following is a superlative adjective?

a)

pulchrum

b)

pulcherrimum

44.

The arena where gladiators would fight was made out of ___.

a)

sand

b)

rocks

c)

concrete

45.

servus umbrās spectavit. What case is umbrās?

a)

nominative

b)

genitive

c)

accusative

46.

spectatorēs gladiatorēs plauserunt. What case is gladiatorēs?

a)

nominative

b)

genitive

c)

accusative

47.

centurio puerōs necavit. What case is puerōs?

a)

nominative

b)

genitive

c)

accusative