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Year 8 Latin Half Term Quiz

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does 'caput' mean?

a)

no one

b)

arm

c)

head

d)

soldier

2.

What does 'nam' mean?

a)

no one

b)

for

c)

gladly

d)

part

3.

What does 'pro' mean?

a)

in front of

b)

where?

c)

there

d)

for

4.

What does 'fortasse' mean?

a)

afterwards

b)

refuse

c)

began

d)

perhaps

5.

What does 'dea' mean?

a)

soldier

b)

dare

c)

goddess

d)

god

6.

What does 'libenter' mean?

a)

obstruct

b)

afterwards

c)

perhaps

d)

gladly

7.

What does 'soleo' mean?

a)

be accustomed

b)

leave

c)

began

d)

dare

8.

What does 'manus' mean?

a)

mean

b)

man

c)

hand

d)

ham

9.

What does 'postea' mean?

a)

post

b)

past

c)

after

d)

afterwards

10.

What does 'recuso' mean?

a)

rubbish

b)

refusal

c)

refuse

d)

refute

11.

Roman Alexandria was famous for glass production

a)

True

b)

False

12.

The main ingredient of glass is sand.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

The invention of glass-blowing made it possible to produce items much more quickly and cheaply.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Glass-blowing was invented in the 5th Century BC.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Ancient glass-makers often added lines of molten glass to a finished vessel, like icing on a cake.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

How many grammatical genders are there in Latin?

a)

Two

b)

Three

c)

Four

d)

Five

17.

What is it called when an adjective changes its gender to match the gender of the noun it describes?

a)

Acclimatisation

b)

Concurring

c)

Acceptance

d)

Agreement

18.

What gender is the word 'ancilla'?

a)

Masculine

b)

Feminine

c)

Neuter

19.

What gender is the word 'navis'?

a)

Masculine

b)

Feminine

c)

Neuter

20.

What gender is the word 'bellum'?

a)

Masculine

b)

Feminine

c)

Neuter

21.

What gender is the word 'puer'?

a)

Masculine

b)

Feminine

c)

Neuter

22.

What gender is the word 'mercator'?

a)

Masculine

b)

Feminine

c)

Neuter

23.

What gender is the word 'templum'?

a)

Masculine

b)

Feminine

c)

Neuter

24.

What gender is the word 'dea'?

a)

Masculine

b)

Feminine

c)

Neuter

25.

What gender is the word 'ornamentum'?

a)

Masculine

b)

Feminine

c)

Neuter

26.

What is the feminine nominative singular form of the adjective 'bonus'?

a)

bonus

b)

bona

c)

bonum

27.

What is the masculine nominative singular form of the adjective 'bonus'?

a)

bonus

b)

bona

c)

bonum

28.

What is the neuter nominative singular form of the adjective 'bonus'?

a)

bonus

b)

bona

c)

bonum

29.

What is the Latin for 'the good goddess'?

a)

dea bonus

b)

dea bonum

c)

deus bona

d)

dea bona

30.

What is the Latin for 'the good ship'?

a)

navis bona

b)

navis bonum

c)

navis bonus

d)

shippus goodus

31.

What is the Latin for 'the good slaves'?

a)

servus bonus

b)

servus bona

c)

servi boni

d)

servi bonum

32.

What is the Latin for 'the good temple'?

a)

templum bonus

b)

templum bona

c)

templum bonum

d)

templum templum

33.

What is the Latin for 'the clever slave-girls'?

a)

ancillae callidi

b)

ancillae boni

c)

ancillae callidae

d)

ancillae bonae

34.

What is the Latin for 'the new cook'?

a)

coqui novi

b)

coquae novae

c)

coquus novi

d)

coquus novus

35.

What is the Latin for 'to the clever merchant'?

a)

mercatorem callidum

b)

mercatores callidos

c)

mercator callidus

d)

mercatori callido

36.

Who found the shop for Clemens?

a)

Caeciius

b)

Metella

c)

Quintus

d)

Grumio

37.

What was the name of the mob-boss?

a)

Eutychus

b)

Bastet

c)

Corleonus

d)

Caecilius

38.

What does 'quis es, homuncule?' mean?

a)

Where is my cat?

b)

Who trashed my shop, fool?

c)

What are you selling, friend?

d)

Who are you, little man?

39.

Who / what defends Clemens from Eutychus?

a)

A snake

b)

Caecilius

c)

A cat

d)

Metella

40.

What Stage of the Cambridge Latin Course have we just completed?

a)

8

b)

12

c)

18

d)

22