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Lines 1.45-1.60
Virginia Certamen Questions, Round One 1.45-60
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Bonus: Now make it future in Latin. Puellae puerique in villa pugnabunt.
16. What was the Latin abbreviation for Pompeys praenomen? Gn.
Bonus: Pompey had a cognomen, one he gave himself. What was it? Magnus.
17. Responde Latine. In what room of the Roman house might you find a lectus ? Cubiculum /triclinium
Bonus: In what other room of the Roman house would you find one? Cubiculum /triclinium.
18. Complete this analogy: Spain is to Hispania as Switzerland is to . . . Helvetia.
Bonus: Complete this analogy: France is to Gallia as Scotland is to . . . Caledonia.
19. What moon of the planet Jupiter was named after a lover of Jupiter who was turned into a cow? Io.
Bonus: What other moon of Jupiter bears the name of the lover whom Juppiter, transformed into a bull, carried away to Crete? Europa.
20. Name, in reverse chronological order, the three kinds of government that Rome had. Empire, Republic, Monarchy.
Bonus: Name the last king of Rome. Tarquinius Superbus /Tarquin the Proud.