# Round Three 1.48-77

Virginia Certamen Questions, Round Three, Lines 1.48-1.77. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/virginia-certamen-questions/round-three-8/1.48

A. Now instruct Cornelius to do it! CORNELI, FAC
B. Now tell Marcella to lead! MARCELLA, DUC
10. Give the 1st person singular present active subjunctive form of “esse.” SIM
A. Make “sim” imperfect. ESSEM
B. Make “essem” indicative. ERAM
11. What rhetorical device is evident in the sentence, “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.”?
ALLITERATION/CONSONANCE
A. The repetition of the “p” sound could indicate what other rhetorical device?
CONSONANCE/ALLITERATION
B. What is the repetition of vowel sounds known as? ASSONANCE
12. Imagine that you are a diehard Certamen player from a powerhouse Certamen school. You live, breathe, and eat Certamen. You practice Certamen for 3-hours a day after school. You only date fellow Certamen players. You cry like a baby when you lose Certamen matches. You want to be married in your Latin teacher’s room, so that your Certamen trophies will surround you. To what goddess would you undoubtedly have prayed prior to this competition, in order to ensure that you will be victorious? NIKE
A. Say in Latin, “I cry like a baby when I am conquered in Certamen.”
FLEO UT INFANS CUM VINCAR IN CERTAMINE
B. Say in Latin, “I wish to be married in my Latin teacher’s classroom.”
VOLO IUNGERI IN CAMERA MAGISTRI/MAGISTRAE LINGUAE LATINAE
13. There is a painting by Goya in the Museo del Prado in Madrid that depicts a Roman god consuming a headless, bloody child. This painting shares its name with what god? SATURN
A. Which child survived the filial cannibalism of Saturn? JUPITER
B. How did he survive Saturn? HIS MOTHER WRAPPED A ROCK IN BLANKETS AND
GAVE THE ROCK TO SATURN, WHO ATE IT THINKING THAT IT WAS JUPITER
14. In what meter is Vergil’s Aeneid written? DACTYLIC HEXAMETER
A. In what meter is much of Catullus poetry, including the poem that begins with the word
“Vivamus.” HENDECASYLLABIC
B. Please parse the word “vivamus.” 1st PLURAL PRESENT ACTIVE SUBJUNCTIVE
15. Catullus uses the word “Vivamus” in his fifth poem. What type of subjunctive does this word employ?

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