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Virginia Certamen Questions, Finals 1.1-21
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2. In the sentence Audio magistrum pueris respondentem what is the case and construction of pueris ? Dative of indirect object.
Bonus 1: In the sentence Pueri dormientes servos clamantes audiunt who is doing the shouting? The slaves.
Bonus 2: Listen carefully and translate: Canis animal volans non est; animalia volantia sunt aves. A dog is not a flying animal; flying animals are birds.
3. What office died out in Rome between the end of the 2nd Punic war and its revival by Sulla? Dictatorship.
Bonus 1: Only one person after Sulla held the office of dictator. Who was it? Caesar.
Bonus 2: This office also fell into abeyance after 70 A.D., during the period of the Civil Wars. Censorship.
4. Translate the verb in this sentence: "Let's remain at home". Maneamus.
Bonus 1: Translate "at home". Domi.
Bonus 1: Now make the sentence negative. Ne maneamus domi.
5. What unusual physical characteristic did Arges Brontes, and Steropes share? They had only one eye (they were Cyclops).
Bonus 1: What unusual physical characteristic did Briareus, Cottus, and Gyges share? They had 100 hands (Hecatoncheires or Centimani).
Bonus 2: What unusual physical characteristic did Teiresias endure? To be both man and woman.
6. Translate the following sentence into Latin: He thinks that the man is fighting. Putat (cogitat, censet, etc.) virum pugnare.
Bonus 1: Now this: "He thinks that the man was fighting". Putat (etc.) virum pugnavisse.
Bonus 2: Now: He thinks that the man will fight. Putat (etc. )virum pugnaturm esse.
7. What emperor of Rome brought the Age of the 5 Good Emperors to an end? Marcus Aurelius.
Bonus 1: What happenstance of nature caused this group of Good Emperors to come to an end? Marcus Aurelius had a son.
Bonus 2: Who was his son, who was eventually assassinate,d sparking yet another round of civil wars. Commodus.