1999 VJCL Latin Language Test
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tempus : temporibus :: lupis :
a. lupos
b. lupo
c. lupum
d. lupis - d. lupis
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She is a good Latin student. What part of speech is Latin in this sentence?
a. noun
b. preposition
c. adjective
d. adverb - c. adjective
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Verbs such as laborat, ridet, discedit, or dormit, which take no direct object are said to be
a. impersonal
b. intransitive
c. subjective
d. deponent - b. intransitive
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Cur? wants to know...
a. When?
b. Why?
c. Who?
d. How? - b. Why?
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The best meaning of the Latin word quoque is
a. each
b. and who
c. everywhere
d. also - d. also
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The question Quid tu agis? asks
a. How old are you?
b. Who are you?
c. What are you doing?
d. Where are you goin? - c. What are you doing?
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Which of the following words is not related in meaning to the others?
a. narrat
b. clamat
c. inquit
d. portat - d. portat
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The accusative case is used for
a. direct objects
b. indirect objects
c. prossession
d. subjects - a. direct objects
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The tense indicator letters -ba- canNOT mean
a. has verbed
b. was verbing
c. verbed
d. used to verb - a. has verbed
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The best meaning for etc., et cetera is...
a. and so on. b. and more
c. and other
d. and all the rest - d. and all the rest
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TRAHUNTNE EQUI raedam?
a. Why do the horses pull
b. Do they pull the horses
c. Are the horses pulling
d. How do the horses pull - c. Are the horses pulling
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Tace, Flavia! ? servos!
a. Nolite excitare
b. Non excita
c. Noli excitare
d. Non excitate - c. Noli excitare
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YOU ARE brave, boys!
a. estis
b. sumus
c. est
d. sunt - a. estis
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The girls tell a very scary story about a wolf to the boys. Which word would not be declined when translated into Latin?
a. scary
b. wolf
c. boys
d. very - d. very
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Marcus : Marce :: Cornelia:
a. Corneliae
b. Corneliam
c. Corneliarum
d. Cornelia - d. Cornelia
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The English words a, an, and the are called
a. modifiers
b. articles
c. participles
d. adjectives - b. articles
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arbor : arbores :: equus :
a. equi
b. equos
c. equorum
d. both a & b - d. both a & b
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Pater meus ? videbant. (the messenger)
a. nuntii
b. nuntiorum
c. nuntios
d. nuntium - a. nuntii
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OK, now tell this test "Good-bye!"
a. Salve!
b. Veni!
c. Vide!
d. Vale! - d. Vale!
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Geta, noli cistas ? iacere. (out of the carriage)
a. ex raeda
b. ex raedam
c. ex raedis
d. raeda - a. ex raeda
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Her mother is beautiful. Mater eius est ?.
a. pulcher
b. pulchran
c. pulchra
d. pulchrius - c. pulchra
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The girls tell a very scary story about a wolf to the boys. Which word would be translated 'de' in the Latin version of this sentence?
a. the
b. about
c. a
d. to - b. about
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Ager, agri belongs in what declension?
a. 1st
b. 2nd
c. 3rd
d. 4th - b. 2nd
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How many conjugations of verbs does Latin have?
a. one
b. two
c. three
d. four - d. four
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The girls tell a very scary story about a wolf to the boys. Which two words would be translated in the same case?
a. very, scary
b. story, wolf
c. scary, story
d. boys, wolf - c. scary, story
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What can over 95% of the delegates to this convention say truthfully about their mother?
a. intrat
b. abest
c. pingit
d. stertit - b. abest
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The girls tell a very scary story about a wolf to the boys. Which word would be translated in the nominative?
a. girls
b. boys
c. wolf
d. story - a. girls
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You can always determine which declension a Latin noun belongs to by the:
a. nom. sing. ending
b. nom. sing. base
c. gen. sing. ending
d. acc. sing. ending - c. gen. sing. ending
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Vir ad urbem venit QUOD ludos in Colosseo videre vult.
a. because
b. and
c. bult
d. or - a. because
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Hoc examen none est ?.
a. difficile
b. difficilis
c. difficilium
d. difficilem - b. difficile
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The grammatical term for giving an order is
a. indicative
b. imperative
c. locative
d. infinitive - b. imperative
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The Latin case name "dative" gets its name from the Latin word mening "to..."
a. show
b. say
c. give
d. date - a. show
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From its Latin root, you know that a video is something that you
a. listen to
b. plug in
c. buy
d. watch - d. watch
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Words in the nominative case can be
a. Direct objects
b. subjects
c. predicate nouns
d. both b & c - d. both b & c
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What are the case and number of villam?
a. ablative, plural
b. ablative, sing.
c. accusative, sing.
d. accusative, plural - c. accusative, sing.
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Ducite, pueri, puellas ad villam.
a. Girls, lead the boys to the farmhouse.
b. The girls are being led to the farmhouse by the boys.
c. We boys are leading the girls to the farmhouse.
d. Boys, lead the girls to the farmhouse. - d. Boys, lead the girls to the farmhouse.
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She is a good Latin student. What is the predicate nominative (noun) in this sentence?
a. she
b. good
c. Latin
d. student - d. student
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QUID est in agris?
a. What
b. Who
c. Why
d. How - a. What
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If you know the full Latin for our everyday English abbreviation a.m., "in the morning," you also know that the Latin preposition ante takes what case?
a. accusative
b. ablative
c. vocative
d. dative - a. accusative
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Almost all of Latin's accusative singular endings end in
a. -s
b. a vowel
c. -m
d. -a - c. -m
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Which of the following is not 3rd declension?
a. arbor
b. pater
c. puer
d. tempis - c. puer
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Liber tuus in mensa est. Ubi est liber tuus?
a. in your room
b. on your dest
c. in the library
d. outdoors - b. on your desk
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Your pater is your
a. father
b. brother
c. patron
d. son - a. father
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Pueri agricolas per agros ducebant.
a. The boys were leading the farmers through the fields.
b. The farmers were leading the boys through the fields.
c. The boy was leading the farmers through the fields.
d. The boy was leading the fa - a. The boys were leading the farmers through the fields.
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You are a real Roman, suddenly awakened after 2000 years in your school's Latin classroom. How weird! You gotta get out of there! The one sign familiar and helpful to you says
a. CAMPUS
b. JULIUS CAESAR
c. EXIT
d. AGENDA - c. EXIT
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Which of the following words is not related in meaning to the others?
a. femina
b. agricola
c. puella
d. filia - b. agricola
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Viri in the plural would be
a. viris
b. virorum
c. viros
d. viro - b. virorum
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Of the following, which is not an ending for the ablative cae?
a. o
b. is
c. ae
d a - c. ae
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When a verb ends in -o, the subject must be:
a. I
b. you, sing.
c. he
d. you, pl. - a. I
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Which of the following words is Not derived form the Latin words in E Pluribus Unum?
a. unity
b. unusual
c. plural
d. nonplussed - a. unusually
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silva : silvas :: hortus :
a. hortos
b. horto
c. hortis
d. horti - a. hortos
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The plural of est is
a. sum
b. sumus
c. estis
d. sunt - d. sunt
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What are the case and number of viris?
a. genitive, plural
b. ablative, sing.
c. accusative, sing.
d. accusative, plural - c. accusative, sing.
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Which of the following words is not the same part of speech as the others?
a. sum
b. sto
c. amo
d. ego - d. ego
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She is a good Latin student. What part of speech is she?
a. verb
b. preposition
c. adjective
d. pronoun - d. pronoun
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In Latin a self respecting action verb belongs where?
a. at the beginning
b. between the subject and the direct object
c. wherever I feel like putting it
d. at the end of its clause - d. at the end of its clause
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puella : puellarum :: pater :
a. patres
b. patrum
c. patrem
d. patribus - b. patrum
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ES in magna urbe.
a. You are
b. He is
c. We are
d. They are - a. You are
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When a person speaks in Latin about what he himself is doing, the verb ending will probably be
a. -o
b. -s
c. -t
d. -re - a. -o
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Latin's genitive case usually can be translated by the word...
a. in
b. of
c. from
d. to - b. of
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What is the difference in meaning between the Latin words me and meus?
a. "me" and "my"
b. "my" and "to me"
c. "mine" and "my"
d. "me" and "to me" - a. "me" and "my"
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Cornelius epistulam ? legit. (emperor's)
a. princeps
b. principum
c. principis
d. principe - c. principis
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Which of the following words is most similar in meaning to teneo, tenere?
a. timeo, timere
b. terro, terrere
c. habito, habitare
d. habeo, habere - d. habeo, habere
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The girls tell a very scary story about a wolf to the boys. Which word would be translated into accusative?
a. girls
b. boys
c. wolf
d. story - d. story
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She is a good Latin student. What part of speech is 'is'?
a. verb
b. prep
c. adjective
d. pronoun - a. verb
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To call a Roman probus, you probably mean he is
a. well-behaved
b. snoopy
c. dishonest
d. happy - a. well-behaved
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Stolae puellarum sunt pulchrae.
a. The beautiful girl has a dress.
b. The girls are holding the beautiful dresses.
c. They are the dresses of the beautiful girl.
d. The dresses of the girls are beautiful. - d. The dresses of the girls are beautiful.
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A graduate of a school is usually called a/an
a. campus
b. dictator
c. alumnus
d. alma mate - c. alumnus
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Quis est? asks
a. Who's that?
b. What's that?
c. Who are you?
d. Where are you? - a. Whoe's that
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When would you most likely say SALVE to someone?
a. greeting him
b. leaving him
c. insulting him
d. giving an ord - a. greeting him
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In horto means
a. in the firlds
b. in the gardens
c. into the garden
d. in the garden - d. in the garden
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The atrium is the living room. If that is where you are, you say...
a. in atrium
b. in atrio
c. in atrii
d. atrii - b. in atrio
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The accusitive plural of amicus is
a. amici
b. amicum
c. amicorum
d. amicos - d. amicos
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Most nouns which end in -us are...
a. masculine
b. feminine
c. neuter
d. indeclinable - a. masculine
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Which two noun cases are used in prepositional phrases?
a. genitive, dative
b. accusative, nominative
c. ablative, accusative
d. dative, ablative - c. ablative, accusative
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I want TO MOVE the cart form the ditch.
a. movere
b. movent
c. movet
d. movemus - a. movere
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ARE YOU SLEEPING in a tree?
a. num dormis
b. dormimus
c. dormisne
d. dormitis - c. dormisne
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Latin's ablative case canNOT mean...
a. by
b. in
c. to
d. from - c. to
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The major exception to question #56 is the verb "I am," which in Latin is
a. est
b. sum
c. sunt
d. sumus - b. sum
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Mihi nomen est is the common Latin expression for
a. My name is
b. I am bobody
c. No one is where me
d. I have nothing -
a. My name is
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The correct plural of femina dormit is
a. femina dormit
b. feminae dormunt
c. femina dormiunt
d. feminae dormiunt - d. feminae dormiunt
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In Virgina's latin motto Six Semper Tyrannis, what case is tyrannius?
a. nominative
b. dative
c. accusative
d. ablative - d. ablative
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If a Roman family had a canis, you could hear which shound?
a. meow
b. arff
c. chirp
d. baa - b. arff
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If a person is in culina, where is he?
a. in his bedroom
b. in the dining room
c. in the garden
d. in the kitchen - d. in the kitchen
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Which action verb best completes the sentence Iuliu pecuniam ?.
a. venit
b. numerat
c. laudat
d. sedet - b. numerat
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Which preposition does not belong with the others?
a. in
b. ex
c. ab
d. ad - d. ad
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When a Roman tells one person to stand, he says sta! What does he say when he tells several people to stand?
a. stant
b. stare
c. state
d. stas - c. state
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Which would does NOT belong with the others?
a. magnus
b. pulcher
c. inter
d. longus - c. inter
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A word which ends in short -a must be what in the singular?
a. accusative
b. nominative
c. ablative
d. neuter - b. nominative
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A word which ends in -us-a-um is what part of speech?
a. adjective
b. adverb
c. noun
d. interjection - a. adjective
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The dative plural ending on any noun will always be
a. an -s added to the dative singular
b. a long vowel
c. the same as the ablative plural
d. the same as the nominative plural - c. the same as the ablative plural
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An iratus person will probably do which of the following?
a. sleep
b. study hard
c. sing
d. shout - d. shout
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When we say that this is 1999 A.D., we mean Anno Domini, meaning
a. after death
b. in the year of our Lord
c. since the begining of time
d. Annual Dating - b. in the year of our lord
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In the phrase IN ARBORE the -e on arbore is what case?
a. nominative
b. accusative
c. genitive
d. ablative - d. ablative
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Ad villam currunt.
a. They run from the farmhouse.
b. We run from the farmhouse.
c. They run to the farmhouse.
d. We run to the farmhouse - c. They run to the farmhouse.
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? voces in horto audimus.
a. Ego
b. Tu
c. Vos
d. Nos - d. Nos
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The overseer beat Geta WITH A STICK.
a. baculum
b. baculis
c. baculo
d. baculi - c. baculo
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Hodie in agris CURRIMUS.
a. we run
b. they run
c. she runs
d. you run - a. we run
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What does a Latin question which begins -ne ask?
a. It's not true, is it?
b. Where?
c. Why?
d. Is it true? - d. Is it true?
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Iulius Quintum salutat. What is Iulius doing to Quintus>
a. greeting him
b. hitting him
c. leavin him
d. obeying him - a. greeting him