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ELE - Entertainment - gladiatorial combat and chariot racin

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Quid est?

a)

Est amphiteathrum.

b)

Est theatrum.

c)

Est circus.

d)

Est Forum Romanum.

2.

What did the Romans call the sandy area where gladiators fought?

a)

arena

b)

versus

c)

gladius

d)

spina

3.

a gladiator who fought against animals

a)

bestiarius

b)

retiarius

c)

lanista

d)

auriga

4.

the largest amphitheater in ancient Rome

a)

the Colosseum

b)

the Circus Maximus

c)

the Theatrum

d)

the Ludus Magnus

5.

a person who fights in an amphitheatrum

a)

gladiator

b)

auriga

c)

lanista

d)

persona

6.

Quid est?

a)

gladius

b)

versus

c)

meta

d)

cavea

7.

the person who owns a school for training gladiators

a)

lanista

b)

retiarus

c)

poeta

d)

spina

8.

a training school in Rome next to the Colosseum

a)

Ludus Magnus

b)

Circus Maximus

c)

scaena

d)

theatrum

9.

What some gladiators said before they fought to the death:

a)

Nos morituri te salutamus

b)

Gratias

c)

Pugnate

d)

Salve

10.

a naval battle for entertainment (not real combat)

a)

naumachia

b)

venatio

c)

factio

d)

vomitoria

11.

pugnat

a)

he fights

b)

he races

c)

she writes

d)

she plays a character on stage

12.

Quis est?

a)

retiarius

b)

bestiarius

c)

spectator

d)

lanista

13.

one who watches gladiatorial fights or chariot racing

a)

spectator

b)

auriga

c)

poeta

d)

tesserae

14.

an animal hunt for public entertainment

a)

venatio

b)

vomitoria

c)

lanista

d)

quadriga

15.

the entrances/exits, corridors, and stairs which brought the spectators to/from their seats in a large amphitheatra

a)

vomitoria

b)

venatio

c)

lanista

d)

retiarius

16.

Quis in amphitheatro pugnat?

a)

gladiator

b)

lanista

c)

arena

d)

auriga

17.

auriga

a)

charioteer

b)

4-horse chariot

c)

2-horse chariot

d)

the starting gates

18.

Quid est?

a)

biga

b)

quadriga

c)

lanista

d)

spina

19.

carceres

a)

starting gates

b)

the turning posts

c)

the dividing wall in a circus

d)

a 4-horse chariot

20.

the very large race track in ancient Rome

a)

Circus Maximus

b)

Colosseum

c)

Theatrum

d)

Amphitheatrum

21.

chariot racing teams

a)

factiones

b)

metae

c)

spina

d)

biga

22.

the turning posts in a circus

a)

metae

b)

spina

c)

biga

d)

auriga

23.

Quid est?

a)

quadriga

b)

biga

c)

lanista

d)

spina

24.

the dividing wall in a circus

a)

spina

b)

auriga

c)

quadriga

d)

carceres

25.

Ubi sunt quadrigae et bigae?

a)

in circo

b)

in theatro

c)

in amphitheatro

d)

in foro