WorksheetsPliny Part 1 and 2 test review Check
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 56mins
Match the Latin word to the grammar term from passage 1. (questions 1-5)
petis
indicat
rogat
accipit
vertit
eruditissimo viro
trunco
ramis
domo
villa
fuga
ille
inceperat
dederat
(6) Who is the author of this letter?
Pliny the Elder
Pliny the Younger
Tacitus
Rectina
(7) Who is the recipient of this letter?
Pliny the Elder
Pliny the Younger
Tacitus
Rectina
(8) What Latin proves that Tacitus wants to tell future generations what happened at Pompeii?
petis ut tibi avunculī meī
avunculī meī exitium scrībam,
vērius trādere posteris possīs
erat Mīsēnī classemque imperiō
(9) Where is Pliny the elder stationed?
Pompeii
Stabiae
Rectina
Misenum
(11) What Latin Phrase shows that the date and time of the eruption was August 24th around 2pm?
imperiō praesēns regēbat.
nōnum Kal. Septembrēs hōra ferē septima
māter mea indicat
eī nūbem mirabilem appārēre
(12) What Latin Phrase shows that Pliny the Younger's Mother saw the cloud first?
imperiō praesēns regēbat.
nōnum Kal. Septembrēs hōra ferē septima
māter mea indicat
eī nūbem mirabilem appārēre
(13) What Latin says that Pliny's original reason for departing was to study the disaster?
magna propiusque noscenda est
nūbēs surgebat
si venire una vellem rogat;
respondī studēre mē mālle,
(14) To what did Pliny compare the cloud?
mushroom
pine tree
umbrella
branches
(15) What Latin says that Pliny's reason for staying back was to study?
magna propiusque noscenda est
nūbēs surgebat
si venire una vellem rogat;
respondī studēre mē mālle,
(16) What Latin states that notebooks arrived and changed Pliny's mind about studying the disaster?
espondī studēre mē mālle,
quod scrīberem dederat
exiebat domō;
accipit cōdicillōs Rectīnae Tascī imminentī perīculō perterritae
(19-22) Categorize the example under each grammatical concept.
imminenti
eruditissimo
studere
malle
scribererm
eriperet
(23-27) Match the Latin word to its definition.
petis
you look for
avunculi
of my uncle
verius
truth
regebat
he was governing
visa est
it seemed
(28-32) Match the Latin term to its definition.
eruditissimo
very educated
proprius
closer
arbor
tree
altum
high
nam
for
(34-38) Categorize the Latin into its grammatical form.
ascendit
orae
festinat
fugiunt
tenet
obstantia
montis
monenti
posuerat
resedisset
illius mali
(39) What Latin phrase shows the Pliny is taking a large ship instead of a small one?
dēdūcit quadrirēmēs
ascendit ipse nōn Rectīnae modō sed multīs
erat enim frequēns amoenitās ōrae
lātūrus auxilium
(40) What Latin phrase shows why Pliny is taking a large ship instead of a small one?
dēdūcit quadrirēmēs
ascendit ipse nōn Rectīnae modō sed multīs
erat enim frequēns amoenitās ōrae
lātūrus auxilium
(41) What Latin phrase proves that Pliny was not scared as he sailed?
rēcta gubernācula in perīculum tenet
adeō solūtus metū
omnēs illīus malī mōtus
omnēs figūrās
(43) What Latin phrase states that Pliny takes notes as he sails?
omnēs illīus malī mōtus
omnēs figūrās ut dēprēnderat
oculīs dictāret
adnotāretque
(44) Match the Volcanic Activity to the Latin phrase.
cinis incīdēbat, calidior et dēnsior,
thick and hot ash falling
pūmicēs etiam lapidēsque nigrīque et ambustī et frāctī igne
pumice and other black stones
vadum subitum
sudden shallow areas in the sea
lītora ruīnā montis obstantia
debris from the mountain on the shores
ventus resēdisset.
Winds blowing
(45) What Latin phrase means, "fortune favors the bold!"
haestitat paulisper
an retrō nāvigāret
ut ita faceret monentī
'Fortēs' inquit 'fortūna iuvat:
(46) What Latin phrase explains they arrived at Stabiae?
Pomponiānum pete.
Stabiīs erat dirēmptus sinū mediō
circumāctīs curvātīsque lītoribus mare īnfunditur
ibi perīculum, quamquam nōndum appropinquābat, tamen valdē cōnspicuum erat;
(47) What Latin phrase explains that the geography of Stabiae is on the bay?
Pomponiānum pete.
Stabiīs erat dirēmptus sinū mediō
circumāctīs curvātīsque lītoribus mare īnfunditur
ibi perīculum, quamquam nōndum appropinquābat, tamen valdē cōnspicuum erat;
(48) What Latin phrase explains that it is obvious the eruption is going to come for them?
Pomponiānum pete.
Stabiīs erat dirēmptus sinū mediō
circumāctīs curvātīsque lītoribus mare īnfunditur
ibi perīculum, quamquam nōndum appropinquābat, tamen valdē cōnspicuum erat;
(49) What Latin phrase shows that Pomponianus was already ready to leave on his boats?
ibi perīculum,
quamquam nōndum appropinquābat
tamen valdē cōnspicuum erat;
igitur sarcinās posuerat in nāvēs
(50) What Latin phrase explains that Pomponianus was waiting for the wind to die down?
certus fugae
contrārius ventus resēdisset.
(51-55) Match the Latin term to the definition.
enim
for
alii
others
cursum
path
periculum
danger
metu
from fear
(56-60) Match the Latin term to the definition.
pumices
pumice stones
lapides
stones
litora
shores
gubernatori
to the helmsman
monenti
to the warning...
(61-65) Match the Calendar term to its explanation
AUC
Ab Urbe Condita
Kal
Kalends- 1st day of the month
Non
Nones- 5th or 7th of the month
Ides
Ides- 13th or 15th of the month
F
Fas-- a day to do legal business
(67-69) Match the Roman Calendar date to our dating system.
a.d. VI Idus Ian
January 8th
pridie Idus Martius
March 14th
a.d. II Nones Nov
November 4th
a.d. X Kal Feb
January 23rd
a.d. IV Ides Nov
November 11th
(70-71) How did Caesar fix the Calendar?
Added in January
Added a Leap year
Changed to a Lunar calendar
Changed to a Solar Calendar
(72) What was the last year of the lunar calendar?
46 bce
56 bce
66 bce
76 bce
(74) How many months were in the lunar calendar?
12
11
10
9
(75) In the earliest Roman calendar, what was the first month?
March
July
October
May
(76) What two months did Numa Pompilius add?
July
January
August
February
(77) Organize the Months into those names after Gods/Goddesses and those that are not.
Mars
April
May
June
Quintilis
Sextilis
September
October
November
December
July
August
