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rex spectaculum dat part 1

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 29mins

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Class
Date
1.

What does the Latin word 'recumbebant' mean in English?

a)

were reclining

b)

were running

c)

were singing

d)

were writing

2.

According to the passage and the diagram, who were reclining near the king?

rex cum multis hospitibus in 

aula cenabat. Salvius et Quintus 

prope regem recumbebant

a)

Salvius and Quintus

b)

Belimicus and Dumnorix

c)

Cogidubnus and Varica

d)

Salvius and Belimicus

3.

What does the Latin phrase 'gratias agebant' mean?

a)

were giving thanks

b)

were asking for help

c)

were making a promise

d)

were telling a story

4.

According to the passage, who praised the food?

Britanni cibum laudabant, Romani

vinum.

a)

A) Britanni

b)

B) Romani

c)

C) omnes hospites

d)

D) regis

5.

According to the passage, who praised the wine? Britanni cibum laudabant, Romani

vinum.

a)

Britanni

b)

Romans

c)

omnes hospites

d)

regis

6.

subito Belimicus tardus intravit.

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7.

What does the Latin word 'naufragus' mean?

a)

Captain

b)

Shipwrecked sailor

c)

Pirate

d)

Navigator

8.

Translate the Latin sentence: "ecce! naufragus noster intrat," clamavit Dumnorix. "num tu aliam navem amisisti?"

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9.

What is the English meaning of the Latin word 'tacitus'?

a)

loudly

b)

silently

c)

quickly

d)

happily

10.

ceteri Belimicum deriserunt et

Dumnorigem plauserunt. Belimicus tamen nihil respondit, sed tacitus consedit.

tacitus - silently

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11.

What is the English meaning of the Latin word 'spectaculum'?

a)

show

b)

book

c)

table

d)

window

12.

rex hospitibus suis spectaculum

nuntiavit.

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13.

statim pumiliones cum

saltracibus intraverunt et hospites delectaverunt.

14.

deinde, ubi rex eis signum dedit,

omnes exierunt.

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15.

Salvius, quem pumiliones et

salatrices non delectaverant, 

clamavit,

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16.

“haec cena est bona. numquam ego 

cenam meliorem consumpsi, sed ego 

ursam, quae saltat, videre volo!


Numquam – never                      quae – which

Meliorem – better                       saltat- dances

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17.

What is the correct English translation of the Latin sentence: 'illa ursa me multo magis delectat quam pumiliones et saltratrices!'?

a)

That bear delights me much more than dwarfs and dancing girls!

b)

That bear frightens me more than the dwarfs and dancers!

c)

That bear is less interesting to me than the dwarfs and dancers!

d)

That bear is as delightful as the dwarfs and dancers!