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Virginia Certamen Questions, Finals 1.1-17
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What war began as a dispute over the Sicilian city Messana and involved such generals as Regulus and Hamilcar Barca? The First Punic War.
Bonus 1: In the Second Punic War, Hannibal surprised the Romans by his lightning invasion of Italy. From what country did he set out? Spain.
Bonus 2: Carthage was finally destroyed, 146 B. C. by this famous Roman general. Scipio the Younger (Aemilianus).
In the sentence multos canes currentes vidimus ,translate and give the grammatical part of speech for currentes ? Running /present active participle.
Bonus 1: What is the number, case, and gender of currentes . Plural, masculine, accusative.
Bonus 2: The verb curro is a reduplicative. What is its 3rd principle part? cucurri. (Spell if not clearly enunciated).
Quid nomen tibi est is an example of what kind of dative? Dative of possession.
Bonus 1: Dux gladios militibus dedit is an example of what kind of dative? Dative of indirect object.
Bonus 2: Give the 4 principal parts of the verb from which "dative" derives. do, dare, dedi, datum.
I played a role in a number of myths and, although I was the aunt of Medea, I am most famous for turning Odysseus' men into swine. Circe.
Bonus 1: Circe also turned her lover Picus into a bird. What offense had he committed? He has been unfaithful.
Bonus 2: Circe was the daughter of what Titan? Helios.
How did the plebeians force concessions from the patricians in early Rome? By leaving the city (the seccessions of the plebs).
Bonus 1: How many times did they do this? 3.
Bonus 2: What provision of the 12 Tables particulary irked the plebeians? Prohibition of intermarriage between patricians and plebs.
Who would win the "most faithful wife contest" in the ancient world, waiting 20 years for her husband's return. Penelope.