WorksheetsCheckpoint B - Part V (2011-2015)
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What disaster occurred in Rome in 64 AD during the reign of Nero?
a great fire
an earthquake
a flood
a volcanic eruption
What is the name of this platform?
Carcer
Curia
Basilica
rostra
The hot water bath in the thermae was called the
frigidarium
unctorium
palaestra
caldarium
A Roman milestone bearing the inscription DCXLV marks a distance in miles of
445
565
645
765
Where would Romans go to watch the chariot races?
Cloaca Maxima
Pantheon
Theatre of Marcellus
Circus Maximus
Which god or goddess is NOT correctly paired with their Greek counterpart?
Minerva-Aphrodite
Diana-Artemis
Mars-Ares
Jupiter-Zeus
In which work is this story told?
Iliad
Odyssey
Ars Amatoria
Argonautica
According to tradition, how many consuls were elected every year during the Roman Republic?
1
2
3
4
Over what mountain range did Hannibal cross when he invaded Italy?
the Alps
the Himalayas
the Adirondacks
the Andes
The hero of Vergil's epic who voyages to Italy after the Trojan War:
Achilles
Aeneas
Hector
Odysseus
The handsome youth in mythology who falls in love with his reflection much to the dismay of Echo:
Adonis
Orpheus
Narcissus
Pygmalion
What Mediterranean city once housed a famous library, and had a huge lighthouse?
Constantinople
Alexandria
Pompeii
Sparta
The words stola and palla refer to Roman
coins
clothing
books
toys
Who was the Titan who stole fire from the heavens?
Theseus
Prometheus
Perseus
Hercules
What Golden Age poet was responsible for such works as the Metamorphoses, the Ars Amatoria, and the Amores?
Suetonius
Ovid
Augustus
Plautus
In the Roman calendar, the first of the month was always known as the
Kalendae
Nōnae
Īdūs
prīmā lūce
The terms retiarius and murmillo refer to types of
clothing
coins
gladiators
priests
According to mythology, mulberries are now red because of the blood shed by the unfortunate lovers
Pyramus and Thisbe
Narcissus and Echo
Deucalion and Pyrrha
Baucis and Philemon
Which month is named after the Roman god of war?
January
March
June
August
Which figure of speech gives an object or idea human characteristics?
personification
anaphora
polysyndeton
chiasmus
