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Virginia Certamen Questions, Finals 1.45-59
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16. Who was willing to face the capital punishment that has been decreed by Creon, the new king of Thebes, as the penalty for anyone burying Polyneices? Antigone.
Bonus 1: Antigone's story was told in a play of the same name. Who was the author of Antigone ? Sophocles.
Bonus 2: Antigone was part of a trilogy of the ill-fated royal house of Thebes. What was the name of the first play in this trilogy? Oedipus Rex (the King).
17. To what small family of verbs do the following belong: gaudeo, audeo, fido, soleo ? Semi-deponents.
Bonus 1: What are the principal parts of audeo ? Audeo, -ere, ausus sum.
Bonus 2: In the sentence "Having dared these things, Caesar rose to the height of power" translate "having dared these things". Haec ausus.
18. Sallust was considered by some ancients as the equal of what great Greek historian, the author of The Peloponnesian War ? Thucydides.
Bonus 1: Whom did all the ancients consider the Father of History? Herodotus.
Bonus 2: What later Greek historian wrote the history of Rome's rise to empire? Polybius.
19. The gerund doesn't really have a nominative form. What is used to express the nominative gerund, just as in English. The infinitive.
Bonus 1: What case of the gerund is used with causa . Genitive.
Bonus 2: So how would we say, "for the sake of fighting"? Pugnandi causa (or gratia).
20. What type of verb has a perfect active participle? Deponents.
Bonus 1: With that in mind, say in Latin: "Having said these things, the woman left the house". Haec locuta femina domo excessit (exiviit, etc.) .
Bonus 2: How does Latin normally contract the construction futurum esse ? Fore.