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Latin IV - Stage 35 Culture/Pliny

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What were amansuenses?

a)

Secretaries

b)

Merchants

c)

Manual laborers

d)

Soldiers

2.

What did the letter-concluding phrase SVBE stand for?

a)

salve vos, barbarus estis

b)

sum vir, bonus et

c)

si vales, bene est

d)

sic volo, baculum exitium

3.

True or False: Romans usually used the present tense in letters

a)

True

b)

False

4.

What was the relationship between Pliny the Elder and Pliny the Younger?

a)

Father and son

b)

Uncle and nephew

c)

Brothers

d)

Cousins

5.

About how many of Cicero's letters have surived to present day?

a)

450

b)

500

c)

700

d)

900

6.

Where was letter-writing more common?

a)

Greece

b)

Rome

7.

What was the primary reason for publishing written letters?

a)

notarius

b)

salutem

c)

dignitas

d)

volumen

8.

What were most letters and notes written on?

a)

Wax tablets

b)

Papyrus

c)

Stone

d)

Wooden boards

9.

Whose works are considered the model of most Roman letter?

a)

Pliny the Younger

b)

Pliny the Elder

c)

Domitian

d)

Cicero

10.

What was the name of the Vestal Virgin executed by Domitian?

a)

Domitia

b)

Cornelia

c)

Licinianus

d)

Tacitus

11.

Where was Licinianus exiled?

a)

Sicily

b)

Judea

c)

Britain

d)

Spain

12.

Which other writer does the article compare Pliny to?

a)

Tacitus

b)

Virgil

c)

Horace

d)

Martial

13.

Which of these was not considered a Roman literary category?

a)

Comedy

b)

Tragedy

c)

Horror

d)

Philosophy

14.

What is the Latin word for the scroll a book was kept in?

a)

librarius

b)

volumen

c)

cerae

d)

charta

15.

What part of a letter would the phrase SPD be used?

a)

Greeting

b)

Conclusion