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Lines 1.36-1.76
Virginia Certamen Questions, Round Four 1.36-76
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MATRES MINORES FILIABUS SUNT
7. What is DCI plus DCI in Roman numerals? MCCII
A. What is DCI minus CXC? CDXI
B. What is CDXI plus CDIV? DCCCXV
8. What emperor succeeded Marcus Aurelius? COMMODUS
A. Who succeeded Commodus? PERTINAX
B. Who succeeded Pertinax? DIDIUS JULIANUS
9. Where in the Underworld did heroes go after death? ELYSIUM OR THE ELYSIAN FIELDS
A. Where were sinners punished? TARTARUS
B. Who ferried dead souls across the river into the Underworld, and what was the name of that river?
CHARON, THE STYX
10. "Nihil agis, nihil moliris, nihil cogitas . . ." is an example of which of the following literary devices: alliteration, anaphora, antithesis, or hyperbole? ANAPHORA
A. The Latin word velut introduces which of the following literary devices: antithesis, chiasmus, litotes, or simile? SIMILE
B. Name the literary device found in the phrase Quos ego. . . APOSIEOPESIS
11. Translate into English: Cuius libris uteris? WHOSE BOOKS ARE YOU USING?
A. Give the principal parts of the verb in that sentence. UTOR, UTI, USUS [SUM]
B. Give the principal parts of the verb fungor. FUNGOR, FUNGI, FUNCTUS [SUM]
12. What dynasty of emperors ruled Rome from 69 to 96? FLAVIANS
A. Which of the Flavian emperors began the construction of the Colosseum? VESPASIAN
B. Which of the Flavians was emperor when Pompeii was destroyed? TITUS
13. What did the Romans call dessert? SECUNDA MENSA
A. Name the room in a Roman house which was furnished with a mensa and tres lecti. TRICLINIUM
B. What were the mappae or lintea used at a Roman cena? NAPKINS
14. Who was the youngest of the Olympian gods, whose followers are known as the Maenads or "frenzied ones"? DIONYSUS
A. Dionysus' mother was the daughter of the founder of Thebes. Name this paternal grandfather of Dionysus. CADMUS
B. What Latin adjective was also a Roman name for Dionysus? LIBER
15. Which two of the following people were Roman historians? Livy, Martial, Plautus, Tacitus, Thucydides
LIVY AND TACITUS
A. Which two of the following were poets? Horace, Lucretius, Plato, Pliny, Terence
HORACE AND LUCRETIUS
B. Which of the following is a comedic playwright: Caesar, Petronius, Plautus, Seneca, Vergil PLAUTUS
16. What use of the dative is illustrated in the following sentence? Duas legiones praesidio reliquit. PURPOSE