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Virginia Certamen Questions, Finals 1.38-53
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13. Using odi, odisse ,say in Latin "I hated that man". Istum virum oderam.
Bonus 1: Now make that future. Istum virum odero.
Bonus 2: Now say "I remember" using a similar type of verb as odi . Memini.
14. Who provided Odysseus a special herb to protect him from Circe's
magic? Hermes (Mercury).
Bonus 1: Who provided the young man from Greece with special herbs and charms so that he might complete his quest? Medea.
Bonus 2: Medea did not learn the dreadful incantations of her magical charms by herself, but from this dark goddess, often called the three-formed goddess. Hecate.
15. With which of the following can hae not agree? naves, voces, pontes, dies ? Pontes.
Bonus 1: With which of the following can hi not agree? nautae, montes, milites, fabulae, scribae ? Fabulae.
Bonus 2: With which of the following can soli not agree? deo, feminae, manus, igni . Manus.
16. Poor Cicero! He headed the proscription list of the Second Triumvirate (Antony insisted) and was killed while fleeing Italy. His head was brought back to Rome and displayed where? On the Rostra (if "Forum" prompt for more).
Bonus: Antony's wife Fulvia must have been quite a character. What did she do to Cicero's head before it was displayed? Pulled out its tongue and pierced it with her knitting needles.
Bonus: What series of bitter speeches had Cicero delivered against Antony to cause such hatred? The Philippics.
17. Cleopatra may have ruled Eygypt, but her ancestors were from what country? Macedonia (ask to be more specific if they say "Greece").
Bonus 1: But Cleopatra was no descendant of the great Alexander. Which marshall of Alexander was her ancestor? Ptolemy.
Bonus 2: Sometimes things are just handed to you on a platter. Alexander would never have been able to conquer the Persian Empire had the city states of Greece not been subdued first. What was the name of Alexander's father who accomplished the task that the Persians never could? Philip (II).