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Cicero and Catiline 1A

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 31mins

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1.

What is the construction of underlined phrase:

M. Tulliō Cicerōne ōrātōre et C. Antōniō cōnsulibus, annō ab urbe conditā sexcentēsimō octōgēsimō nōnō, L. Sergius Catilīna contrā Rōmam coniūrāvit.

a)

abl. of means

b)

abl. of accompaniment

c)

abl. of time

d)

abl. ablsolute

2.

What is the best translation of the underlined phrase:

M. Tulliō Cicerōne ōrātōre et C. Antōniō cōnsulibus, annō ab urbe conditā sexcentēsimō octōgēsimō nōnō, L. Sergius Catilīna contrā Rōmam coniūrāvit.

a)

by Marcus Tullius the orator and Gaius Antonius the consuls

b)

with Marcus Tullius the orator and Gaius Antonius the consuls

c)

when Marcus Tullius the orator and Gaius Antonius were the consuls

d)

with Marcus Tullius the orator and Gaius Antonius being consuls

3.

What is the best translation of the underlined phrase:

M. Tulliō Cicerōne ōrātōre et C. Antōniō cōnsulibus, annō ab urbe conditā sexcentēsimō octōgēsimō nōnō, L. Sergius Catilīna contrā Rōmam coniūrāvit.

a)

in the 689th year from the city having been founded

b)

after the 689th year by the founded city

c)

from the 689th year of the city having been founded

4.

Which is the construction of ut imperium caperet?

L. Sergius Catilīna, nōbilissimī generis vir, sed ingeniī prāvissimī, contrā Romam coniurāvit ut imperium caperet.

a)

purpose

b)

result

c)

indirect command

d)

indirect question

e)

fear clause

5.

What are all the possible translations of nōbilissimī:

L. Sergius Catilīna, nōbilissimī generis vir, sed ingeniī prāvissimī, contrā Romam coniurāvit ut imperium caperet.

a)

rather noble

b)

very noble

c)

most noble

d)

too noble

e)

noblest

6.

What is the best translation of ingeniī prāvissimī:

Sergius Catilīna, nōbilissimī generis vir, sed ingeniī prāvissimī, contrā Romam coniurāvit ut imperium caperet.

a)

rather depraved character

b)

of the most depraved character

c)

with a very depraved character

d)

for a most depraved character

7.

What is the best translation of coniurāvit:

L. Sergius Catilīna, nōbilissimī generis vir, sed ingeniī prāvissimī, contrā Romam coniurāvit ut imperium caperet.

a)

he will have plotted

b)

he might have plotted

c)

he had plotted

d)

he plotted

8.

What is the best translation of ut imperium caperet:

L. Sergius Catilīna, nōbilissimī generis vir, sed ingeniī prāvissimī, contrā Romam coniurāvit ut imperium sibi caperet.

a)

to seize power for himself

b)

so that power itself may be seized

c)

in order that he himself may seize power

d)

so that he might seize power for himself

9.

What is the best translation of the sentence:

L. Sergius Catilīna, nōbilissimī generis vir, sed ingeniī prāvissimī, contrā Romam coniurāvit ut imperium sibi caperet.

a)

Lucius Sergius Catiline, a man of very noble birth, but of a most depraved character, plots against Rome in order that he may seize power for himself.

b)

Lucius Sergius Catiline, a man of very noble birth, but with a most depraved character, plotted against Rome in order that he might seize power for himself.

c)

Lucius Sergius Catiline, with a man of very noble birth, but of a most depraved character, had plotted against Rome so that he seized power for himself.

d)

Lucius Sergius Catiline, a man of very noble birth, but with a most depraved character, plotted against Rome so that as a result he seized power for himself.

10.

What is the best translation:

Ā Cicerōne (ex) urbe expulsus est.

a)

Cicero had expelled him from the city.

b)

Having been expelled by Cicero, he was left in the city

c)

He had been expelled from the city by Cicero.

d)

He was expelled from the city by Cicero.

11.

Sociī eius dēprehensī in carcere strangulātī sunt. (deprehendō, deprehendere, deprehendī, deprehensum)

a)

about to arrest

b)

needing to be arrested

c)

arrested

d)

having been arrested

12.

Reflecting on previous sentences, to whom does eius refer?

Sociī eius dēprehensī in carcere strangulātī sunt.

a)

Catiline

b)

Cicero

c)

Antonius

13.

Sociī eius dēprehensī in carcere strangulātī sunt.

strangulō (1) - to strangle, choke

a)

His allies about to be arrested had been strangled in jail.

b)

His allies having been arrested were strangled in jail.

c)

His allies, arrested, are being strangled in jail.

14.

Ab Antōniō, alterō cōnsule, Catilīna ipse victus proeliō est interfectus.

a)

From Antonius, the other consul

b)

From Antonius, to the other consul

c)

By Antonius, the other consul

d)

By Antonius, and the other consul

15.

Ab Antōniō, alterō cōnsule, Catilīna ipse victus proeliō est interfectus.

a)

is killed

b)

was killed

c)

is being killed

d)

had been killed

16.

What is the best translation:

Ab Antōniō, alterō cōnsule, Catilīna ipse victus proeliō est interfectus.

a)

Catiline himself, having been conquered was killed in battle by Antonius, the other consul.

b)

Catiline, having been conquered was killed in the battle itself by Antonius, the other consul.

c)

By Antonius, the other consul, Catiline is killed himself in the battle.

d)

By Antonius, the other consul, Catiline was killed himself in the battle.