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Certamen for Beginners

Total questions: 105

Worksheet time: 57mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What were the food and drink of the gods? ________

a)

ambrosia and nectar

b)

bread and wine

c)

honey and milk

d)

mead and ale

2.

Whose face is said to have launched a thousand ships?

a)

Helen's

b)

Cleopatra's

c)

Aphrodite's

d)

Joan of Arc's

3.

Who stole fire from heaven to give to mankind?

a)

Prometheus

b)

Zeus

c)

Hermes

d)

Apollo

4.

What is the Roman name for Athena?

a)

Minerva

b)

Venus

c)

Juno

d)

Diana

5.

What goddess is symbolized by the cornucopia?

a)

Ceres/Demeter

b)

Aphrodite/Venus

c)

Athena/Minerva

d)

Artemis/Diana

6.

What king turned everything he touched to gold?

a)

Midas

b)

Arthur

c)

Solomon

d)

Tutankhamun

7.

Who slew the Minotaur?

a)

Theseus

b)

Perseus

c)

Heracles

d)

Odysseus

8.

What hero went in quest of the golden fleece?

a)

Jason

b)

Hercules

c)

Perseus

d)

Theseus

9.

What Greek minstrel went to the Underworld to win back his wife Eurydice?

a)

Orpheus

b)

Achilles

c)

Perseus

d)

Theseus

10.

What Titan holds the world on his shoulders?

a)

Atlas

b)

Prometheus

c)

Cronus

d)

Hyperion

11.

Who was the Roman god of wine? ________

a)

Bacchus

b)

Mars

c)

Jupiter

d)

Mercury

12.

Who was the commander-in-chief of Greek forces at Troy?

a)

Agamemnon

b)

Odysseus

c)

Achilles

d)

Menelaus

13.

What Trojan prince abducted Helen?

a)

Paris

b)

Hector

c)

Aeneas

d)

Deiphobus

14.

Who slew Medusa?

a)

Perseus

b)

Theseus

c)

Hercules

d)

Odysseus

15.

Name the three fates: ________

a)

Clotho, Lachesis, Atropos

b)

Hera, Demeter, Hestia

c)

Athena, Artemis, Aphrodite

d)

Persephone, Rhea, Gaia

16.

Allecto, Megaera and Tisiphone make up what group?

a)

Furies

b)

Muses

c)

Graces

d)

Nereids

17.

What Greek hero killed Hector?

a)

Achilles

b)

Odysseus

c)

Agamemnon

d)

Ajax

18.

Who was the muse of epic poetry?

a)

Calliope

b)

Clio

c)

Erato

d)

Thalia

19.

What hero rode Pegasus to kill the Chimera?

a)

Bellerophon

b)

Perseus

c)

Theseus

d)

Heracles

20.

Who was the Roman goddess of the hearth?

a)

Vesta

b)

Minerva

c)

Juno

d)

Diana

21.

What daughter of Ceres did Pluto abduct for his wife?

a)

Proserpina

b)

Diana

c)

Minerva

d)

Venus

22.

What were the shades in the underworld called?

a)

Manes

b)

Lares

c)

Penates

d)

Furies

23.

By what river did the gods swear? ________

a)

Styx

b)

Nile

c)

Amazon

d)

Ganges

24.

Who were the Atreidae?

a)

Agamemnon and Menelaus

b)

Achilles and Patroclus

c)

Odysseus and Telemachus

d)

Paris and Hector

25.

What great hero was the son of Laertes and Anticlea?

a)

Odysseus

b)

Achilles

c)

Perseus

d)

Theseus

26.

What mythological figure solved the riddle of the sphinx?

a)

Oedipus

b)

Perseus

c)

Theseus

d)

Hercules

27.

Whose prophecies were never believed? ________

a)

Cassandra

b)

Athena

c)

Helen

d)

Penelope

28.

Who were king and queen of Troy?

a)

Priam and Hecuba

b)

Agamemnon and Clytemnestra

c)

Menelaus and Helen

d)

Odysseus and Penelope

29.

What daughter of Minos helped Theseus kill the Minotaur?

a)

Ariadne

b)

Phaedra

c)

Helen

d)

Andromeda

30.

What daughter of Cassiopeia did Perseus marry?

a)

Andromeda

b)

Helen

c)

Medusa

d)

Ariadne

31.

Who became a laurel tree to escape the embraces of Apollo?

a)

Daphne

b)

Ariadne

c)

Europa

d)

Io

32.

Who were the original six Olympians?

a)

Zeus, Hades, Poseidon, Hestia, Demeter, Hera

b)

Zeus, Apollo, Artemis, Athena, Hermes, Hera

c)

Hades, Poseidon, Demeter, Persephone, Ares, Hera

d)

Zeus, Hades, Poseidon, Aphrodite, Demeter, Hera

33.

What deity was born from Zeus' head?

a)

Athena

b)

Aphrodite

c)

Artemis

d)

Hera

34.

To what deity was the Parthenon dedicated? ________

a)

Athena

b)

Zeus

c)

Apollo

d)

Hera

35.

Who was Odysseus' loyal wife?

a)

Penelope

b)

Helen

c)

Clytemnestra

d)

Andromache

36.

Who was the goddess of the rainbow?

a)

Iris

b)

Athena

c)

Hera

d)

Aphrodite

37.

Who was the goddess of victory?

a)

Nike

b)

Athena

c)

Hera

d)

Aphrodite

38.

Who was the ferryman of the styx?

a)

Charon

b)

Hermes

c)

Cerberus

d)

Hades

39.

What centaur was a tutor to heroes?

a)

Chiron

b)

Nessus

c)

Pholus

d)

Eurytion

40.

After whose father was the Aegean sea named?

a)

Theseus'

b)

Perseus'

c)

Odysseus'

d)

Jason's

41.

What god carried the caduceus?

a)

Hermes/Mercury

b)

Apollo

c)

Zeus

d)

Ares

42.

Who opened Pandora's box?

a)

Pandora

b)

Athena

c)

Hera

d)

Aphrodite

43.

Whose entrapment did Odysseus avoid when he put wax in the ears of his men?

a)

Sirens

b)

Cyclops

c)

Scylla

d)

Charybdis

44.

What creature was half goat and half man?

a)

Satyr

b)

Minotaur

c)

Centaur

d)

Griffin

45.

What creature was half horse and half man?

a)

Centaur

b)

Minotaur

c)

Sphinx

d)

Griffin

46.

What was Hercules' first labor?

a)

Nemean lion

b)

Augean stables

c)

Ceryneian Hind

d)

Stymphalian birds

47.

What was Hercules' last labor?

a)

Bringing up Cerberus from the Underworld

b)

Capturing the Ceryneian Hind

c)

Cleaning the Augean stables

d)

Slaying the Nemean Lion

48.

Where in the Underworld were heroes punished?

a)

Tartarus

b)

Elysium

c)

Asphodel Meadows

d)

Lethe

49.

What Trojan prince escaped the ashes of Troy and founded Roman Civilization?

a)

Aeneas

b)

Paris

c)

Hector

d)

Priam

50.

What deity was the father of Romulus?

a)

Mars

b)

Jupiter

c)

Apollo

d)

Neptune

51.

How is the conjugation of a verb determined?

a)

From the 2nd principal part or infinitive

b)

From the 1st principal part or present tense

c)

From the 3rd principal part or perfect tense

d)

From the 4th principal part or supine

52.

Say in Latin "Time flies"

a)

tempus fugit

b)

hora currit

c)

dies volat

d)

tempestas vadit

53.

Give the Latin and English for the abbreviation e.g.

a)

exempli gratia, for the sake of example

b)

et cetera, and the rest

c)

id est, that is

d)

nota bene, note well

54.

How is the declension of a noun determined?

a)

From its genitive singular

b)

From its nominative plural

c)

From its dative singular

d)

From its accusative plural

55.

What is the technical term for -que and -ne?

a)

Enclitics

b)

Prefixes

c)

Infinitives

d)

Conjugations

56.

In the sentence, "Come here, Marcus!", translate Marcus

a)

Marce

b)

Marcum

c)

Marci

d)

Marcumus

57.

What is the case of direct address?

a)

Vocative

b)

Nominative

c)

Accusative

d)

Genitive

58.

Distinguish between in silva and in silvam:

a)

in the forest and into the forest

b)

into the forest and in the forest

c)

on the forest and under the forest

d)

by the forest and over the forest

59.

What gender are most nouns of the 1st declension?

a)

Feminine

b)

Masculine

c)

Neuter

d)

Common

60.

What is the long mark over a vowel called?

a)

Macron

b)

Cedilla

c)

Tilde

d)

Breve

61.

What is the technical term for two vowels sounded as one?

a)

Diphthong

b)

Monophthong

c)

Consonant Cluster

d)

Triphthong

62.

Give the Latin and the English for the abbreviation N.B.

a)

Nota Bene, Note well

b)

Nunc Bene, Now well

c)

Nomen Bonus, Good name

d)

Novus Bonus, New good

63.

What Latin phrase indicates a trade or exchange?

a)

Quid pro quo

b)

Carpe diem

c)

Veni, vidi, vici

d)

Et tu, Brute?

64.

Name five nouns of the 1st declension that are masculine:

a)

poeta, pirata, agricola, auriga, incola, nauta

b)

puella, rosa, mensa, aqua, via

c)

servus, dominus, puer, ager, filius

d)

rex, dux, mater, pater, soror

65.

Which case expresses the indirect object?

a)

Dative

b)

Nominative

c)

Accusative

d)

Genitive

66.

Using an enclitic, say in Latin "son and daughter"

a)

filius filiaque

b)

filius et filia

c)

filius atque filia

d)

filius cum filia

67.

What is the Roman numeral for 40?

a)

XL

b)

LX

c)

XLV

d)

L

68.

What is the Roman numeral for 500?

a)

D

b)

C

c)

L

d)

M

69.

What is the Roman numeral for 1666?

a)

MDCLXVI

b)

MDCXLVI

c)

MDCLXIV

d)

MDCXVI

70.

What is the Roman numeral for 1998?

a)

MCMXCVIII

b)

MCMXCIX

c)

MCMLXXXVIII

d)

MCMXCVII

71.

How many declensions are there?

a)

Five

b)

Three

c)

Six

d)

Four

72.

Primus:unus::duo:

a)

secundus

b)

tertius

c)

quartus

d)

quintus

73.

Pugno:pugnare::sum:

a)

esse

b)

videre

c)

audire

d)

habere

74.

Say in Latin "with great praise"

a)

magna cum laude

b)

cum grano salis

c)

carpe diem

d)

in vino veritas

75.

What English word means etymologically "almost an island"

a)

Peninsula

b)

Archipelago

c)

Isthmus

d)

Lagoon

76.

How many conjugations of verbs are there?

a)

Four (or five)

b)

Two

c)

Six

d)

Three

77.

Say in Latin "Beware of Dog"

a)

Cave canem

b)

Canis lupus

c)

Canem videre

d)

Cave lupus

78.

Give the Latin noun and its English meaning from which "voyage" derives

a)

Via: road

b)

Aqua: water

c)

Porta: gate

d)

Terra: land

79.

From what Latin verb does "applaud" derive?

a)

Laudo, praise

b)

Amo, love

c)

Curro, run

d)

Video, see

80.

What tense is indicated by -ba?

a)

Imperfect

b)

Perfect

c)

Future

d)

Pluperfect

81.

What is the motto of the United States Marine Corps?

a)

Semper Fidelis

b)

E Pluribus Unum

c)

Ad Astra Per Aspera

d)

Carpe Diem

82.

Say in Latin, "Hello, everyone"

a)

Salvete, omnes

b)

Ave, amici

c)

Salve, discipuli

d)

Bene, omnes

83.

Give the Latin and the English for the abbreviation P.M.

a)

post meridiem, after noon

b)

pro merito, for merit

c)

per manus, by hand

d)

prae matutinum, before morning

84.

What ablative construction is found in Puella cum pueris ambulat?

a)

Ablative of accompaniment

b)

Ablative of means

c)

Ablative of manner

d)

Ablative of agent

85.

Change all the forms of the following sentence to the plural: Poeta agricolaum laudat.

a)

Poetae agricolas laudant.

b)

Poetae agricolaum laudant.

c)

Poeta agricolas laudant.

d)

Poetae agricolae laudant.

86.

What English verb meaning to wipe out derives from the Latin ordinal number for 10th?

a)

Decimate

b)

Eradicate

c)

Obliterate

d)

Exterminate

87.

Give the Latin and the English for the abbreviation

a)

id est, that is

b)

e.g., for example

c)

ad hoc, for this

d)

vice versa, the other way around

88.

Change bonus to an adverb?

a)

bene

b)

bono

c)

bona

d)

boni

89.

Give the Latin number missing in this sequence: unus, tres, septem, novem

a)

quinque

b)

octo

c)

sex

d)

duo

90.

Give the imperative plural of the verb do, dare

a)

date

b)

datis

c)

dant

d)

dare

91.

Change equus to the plural

a)

equi

b)

equuses

c)

equae

d)

equii

92.

Change medium to the plural

a)

media

b)

mediums

c)

medias

d)

medii

93.

Give an English noun that comes unchanged into English

a)

café

b)

cat

c)

run

d)

quickly

94.

Give the Latin and English for the abbreviation etc.

a)

et cetera, and the rest

b)

exempli gratia, for example

c)

id est, that is

d)

nota bene, note well

95.

In what three ways must an adjective agree with the noun it modifies?

a)

case, number, gender

b)

tense, mood, voice

c)

person, aspect, degree

d)

subject, object, predicate

96.

Identify the use of the ablative case in this sentence: In silva habitamus.

a)

Ablative of place where

b)

Ablative of means

c)

Ablative of agent

d)

Ablative of manner

97.

What answer does the following question expect 'Num ambulas?'

a)

no

b)

yes

c)

maybe

d)

always

98.

Translate the phrase "to walk"

a)

ambulare

b)

videre

c)

scribere

d)

audire

99.

What is the study of word origins?

a)

etymology

b)

biology

c)

geology

d)

anthropology

100.

Name the four words that cause the "ali" to drop out of aliquis/aliquid

a)

si, nisi, num, ne

b)

et, sed, aut, nec

c)

cum, dum, post, ante

d)

ubi, quo, quod, quam

101.
Question Image

Match the gods/goddesses with their "claim to fame".

a)

War, Civility, Bloodlust

1.

Ares

b)

Wisdom and War

2.

Athena

c)

Messenger of the Gods

3.

Hermes

d)

Grain, Bread, Agriculture

4.

Demeter

e)

Queen of the Gods

5.

Hera

102.

Match the following

a)

1.

Wife of Zeus, goddess of marriage, family

b)

2.

God of grain

c)

3.

King of Gods, god of sky

d)

4.

God of sea, earthquakes & horses

e)

5.

God of the Underworld

103.

Match the following

a)

1.

God of love & beauty

b)

2.

God of the moon and hunting

c)

3.

God of messages and rainbows

d)

4.

Goddess of wisdom and warfare

e)

5.

Queen of the underworld

104.

Match the following

a)

1.

Zeus

b)

2.

Poseidon

c)

3.

Aphrodite

d)

4.

Hermes

e)

5.

Athena

105.

Match the following

a)

1.

Cyclops

b)

2.

Pegasus

c)

3.

Gorgon

d)

4.

Cerberus

e)

5.

Satyr

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