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WorksheetsLatin IV - Stage 35 Culture/Pliny
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What were amansuenses?
Secretaries
Merchants
Manual laborers
Soldiers
What did the letter-concluding phrase SVBE stand for?
salve vos, barbarus estis
sum vir, bonus et
si vales, bene est
sic volo, baculum exitium
True or False: Romans usually used the present tense in letters
True
False
What was the relationship between Pliny the Elder and Pliny the Younger?
Father and son
Uncle and nephew
Brothers
Cousins
About how many of Cicero's letters have surived to present day?
450
500
700
900
Where was letter-writing more common?
Greece
Rome
What was the primary reason for publishing written letters?
notarius
salutem
dignitas
volumen
What were most letters and notes written on?
Wax tablets
Papyrus
Stone
Wooden boards
Whose works are considered the model of most Roman letter?
Pliny the Younger
Pliny the Elder
Domitian
Cicero
What was the name of the Vestal Virgin executed by Domitian?
Domitia
Cornelia
Licinianus
Tacitus
Where was Licinianus exiled?
Sicily
Judea
Britain
Spain
Which other writer does the article compare Pliny to?
Tacitus
Virgil
Horace
Martial
Which of these was not considered a Roman literary category?
Comedy
Tragedy
Horror
Philosophy
What is the Latin word for the scroll a book was kept in?
librarius
volumen
cerae
charta
What part of a letter would the phrase SPD be used?
Greeting
Conclusion
