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Latin Placement Test (IN PROGRESS)

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the function of the dative case?

a)

subject

b)

indirect object

c)

direct object

d)

possession

e)

I don't know what this question is asking.

2.

What is the main function of the Accusative Case?

a)

Subject

b)

Indirect Object

c)

Direct Address

d)

Direct Object

e)

I don't know what this question is asking.

3.

What is the function of the genitive case?

a)

subject

b)

indirect object

c)

direct object

d)

possession

e)

I don't know what this question is asking.

4.

Choose the correct case and number for

rege


(from rex, regis (m))

a)

nominative singular

b)

nominative plural

c)

ablative singular

d)

accusative plural

e)

I don't know what this question is asking.

5.

Choose the correct case and number for

VIĀS.

a)

nominative singular

b)

nominative plural

c)

accusative singular

d)

accusative plural

6.

Choose the correct case and number for montis.

a)

nominative singular

b)

nominative plural

c)

genitive singular

d)

ablative plural

e)

I don't know what this question is asking.

7.

What are the case and number of this noun ending?


-ibus

a)

dat & abl sing

b)

gen sing

c)

dat & abl pl

d)

acc sing

e)

I don't know what this question is asking.

8.

Choose the correct endings for the words with blanks: colon____ bon____ cenam laudant.

a)

colonus bonus

b)

colonus bonae

c)

colonī bonī

d)

colonum bonum

9.

ubi puella sedet? puella sedet...

a)

sub arbore

b)

in hortō

c)

prope rivum

d)

in agrō

10.

What use of the ablative is indicated by the underlined words?


puella mediā nocte ē cubiculō in agrōs ambulat.

[media: the middle of; nox, noctis, f.: night]

a)

I don't know what this question is asking.

b)

ablative of accompaniment

c)

ablative of manner

d)

ablative of means

e)

ablative of time when

11.

What use of the ablative is indicated by the underlined words?


ego dextrā scrībō, sed soror sinistrā scrībit.

[dextra, -ae, f.: right hand; sinistra, -ae, f.: left hand]

a)

ablative of time when

b)

ablative of accompaniment

c)

ablative of manner

d)

ablative of means

e)

I don't know what this question is asking.

12.

Choose the Latin sentence that matches this English translation:


The chiefs are showing spears to the farmers.

a)

principēs hastās colonīs ostendunt.

b)

principēs hastae colonōs ostendunt.

c)

princeps hastās colonīs ostendit.

d)

principēs hastās colonōrum ostendunt.

13.

Choose the Latin sentence that matches this English translation:


The companions of the queen ran into the city.

a)

comitēs regina in urbs curro.

b)

comitēs reginārum in urbe currunt.

c)

comēs reginae ad urbem currunt.

d)

comitēs reginae in urbem cucurrunt.

14.

What conjugation is: doceō, docēre, docuī, doctum

a)

1st

b)

2nd

c)

3rd

d)

4th

e)

I don't know what this question is asking.

15.

Translate:


sum

a)

I am

b)

you are

c)

he was

d)

he is

16.

What is the correct translation?


pulsābant

a)

they were punching

b)

they will punch

c)

they punched

d)

they will have punched

e)

I don't know what this question is asking.

17.

Translate:

quaerō

a)

I search for

b)

you searched for

c)

I searched for

d)

I don't know what this question is asking.

18.

How do you translate the perfect tense?

a)

was verbing

b)

verbed

c)

will verb

d)

had verbed

e)

I don't know what this question is asking.

19.

What is the person, number, and tense of mīsistis?


(from mittō, mittere, mīsī, mittum)

a)

2nd plural perfect

b)

1st singular present

c)

2nd plural imperfect

d)

3rd singular pluperfect

e)

I don't know what this question is asking.

20.

Choose the best translation:


clamāre nōn uult.

a)

They don't want to shout.

b)

She does not want to shout.

c)

She is not shouting.

d)

Not to shout is good.

e)

I don't know what this question is asking.

21.

Choose the best definition of the English word "malady" based on your knowledge of its Latin root:

a)

a good sign

b)

a bad illness

c)

something that is placed outside

d)

quick to answer to a duty

e)

I don't know what this question is asking.

22.

The comparative of longus is...

a)

longior

b)

longier

c)

longissimus

d)

longire

e)

I don't know what this question is asking.

23.

The superlative of laetus is

a)

laetior

b)

laetissimus

c)

laetissiment

d)

laetiss

e)

I don't know what this question is asking.

24.

Which is NOT true about the verb phrase necesse est?

a)

it means "it is necessary"

b)

it's an impersonal verb

c)

it takes an infinitive

d)

it takes a dative of agent

e)

I don't know what this question is asking.

25.

Choose the correct pronoun that will replace the English word in parentheses:


(His)___________ mater regina non erit.

a)

is

b)

eius

c)

eum

d)

ea

e)

I don't know what this question is asking.

26.

Fill in the blank with the form of "hic" that matches the word:

_____ pompam vīdī.

a)

hunc

b)

hoc

c)

hanc

d)

his

e)

I don't know what this question is asking.

27.

Choose the best translation for the underlined pronoun:


ille suam familiam interfecit.

a)

That man (he)

b)

That woman (she)

c)

That thing (it)

d)

This man

e)

I don't know what this question is asking.

28.

Select the best translation for the participle in the following Latin sentence.

id pro pugnantibus militibus fecimus.

a)

fighting

b)

about to fight

c)

having been fought

d)

deserving to be fought

e)

I don't know what this question is asking.

29.

Choose the best translation for the underlined participle.


mater neglectura liberōs suōs Romam fūgit.

a)

about to neglect

b)

neglected

c)

having been neglected

d)

ignored

e)

I don't know what this question is asking.

30.

Which answer is the perfect passive participle in the following sentence?


duo uirī gladiīs armatī facēsque manibus tenentēs ad rostram accessērunt.

a)

tenentēs

b)

rostram

c)

accessērunt

d)

armatī

e)

I don't know what this question is asking.

31.

Choose the best translation for this sentence:

Aenēās, ā deō iussus, ā Didōne moritūrā crūdēliter abiit.

a)

Ordered by the gods, Aeneas left cruel Dido to die.

b)

Aeneas, having been ordered by a god, cruelly went away from Dido who was about to die.

c)

Having been ordered by a god, Aeneas came to Dido as she was about to die.

d)

Having been ordered by the god, Aeneas went away from Dido who was about to die.

32.

Which of these is a deponent verb? Choose all that apply.

a)

complector, -ī, complexus sum

b)

dēserō, -ere, dēseruī, dēsertum

c)

intueor, -ērī, intuitus sum

d)

perdō, -ere, perdidī, perditum

e)

I don't know what this question is asking.

33.

Choose the tense and voice of the underlined verb.


puellae ā felibus amantur.

a)

present passive

b)

imperfect active

c)

present passive

d)

perfect passive

e)

I don't know what this question is asking.

34.

Choose the correct person, number, tense, voice and mood of amatus est.

a)

2nd singular perfect active indicative

b)

3rd singular perfect passive indicative

c)

1st singular perfect passive subjunctive

d)

3rd plural perfect passive indicative

e)

I don't know what this question is asking.

35.

Choose the correct translation of the underlined word:


rex audīrī voluit.

a)

to be heard

b)

to hear

c)

hear!

d)

I heard

e)

I don't know what this question is asking.

36.

Choose the correct form of the verb to make the sentence an indirect statement.


dicō mē _______ cibum

a)

amō

b)

amat

c)

amamus

d)

amāre

e)

I don't know what this question is asking.

37.

Choose the correct type of subjunctive clause:


tot hostēs castra nostra oppugnābant ut dē vitā desperāremus.

a)

I don't know what this question is asking.

b)

indirect question

c)

purpose clause

d)

indirect command

e)

result clause

38.

Choose the best translation for this hortatory subjunctive verb:


portem

a)

Let me carry!

b)

I will carry

c)

I will be carried

d)

I am carrying

e)

I don't know what this question is asking.

39.

A Gerundive is called a "passive periphrastic" when used with the verb esse to show:

a)

obligation/necessity

b)

regret

c)

past tense

d)

possible action

e)

I don't know what this question is asking.

40.

Choose the best translation:


mihi fugiendum est.

a)

I must flee.

b)

To me it is fled.

c)

Flee with me.

d)

It is time for me to flee.

e)

I don't know what this question is asking.

41.

Choose the best translation of the verb


temptāverant.

a)

they had tried

b)

they tried

c)

they will have tried

d)

they have tried

42.

Give the tense, voice, and mood of this verb:


amārent

a)

Imperfect Active Subjunctive

b)

Imperfect Passive Subjunctive

c)

Pluperfect Active Indicative

d)

Present Passive Infinitive

e)

I don't know what this question is asking.

43.

Identify the person, number, tense, voice, and mood of amāvissemus.

a)

1st person plural pluperfect active subjunctive

b)

2nd person singular pluperfect active indicative

c)

3rd person plural imperfect active subjunctive

d)

1st person plural present active indicative

e)

I don't know what this question is asking.

44.

Read the synopsis of this story in English. Then read the paragraph in Latin. Then answer the question:


In the first paragraph, how many strokes did the teacher give to Quintus? Why?

a)

six; three for not listening and three for writing bad poetry

b)

three; he had not listened to the poetry the teacher was explaining

c)

six; three for not writing what the teacher was saying and three for listening to bad verses

d)

three; he did not return to his seat when the teacher told him to

45.

verum aut falsum (true or false?)


In lines 11-15, Quintus tells his father he would rather go work in the fields with his family than continue his education.

a)

verum

b)

falsum

46.

Did you feel like this test was:

a)

too easy

b)

just right

c)

too hard